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2007-11-23
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read about the good comments here, especially about the seafood platter, so decided to come here with a few friends after work.the first impression of the place is a nice, elegant, a little old school kind of place, nothing fancy or avant garde, but comfortable enough. The problem arose when we told them that we didn't make a reservation, and after a few moments, the manager decided to give us a separate table by the beverages bar, that was separated from the rest of the room by a screen. This a
the first impression of the place is a nice, elegant, a little old school kind of place, nothing fancy or avant garde, but comfortable enough. The problem arose when we told them that we didn't make a reservation, and after a few moments, the manager decided to give us a separate table by the beverages bar, that was separated from the rest of the room by a screen. This area of the room was obviously used for storing spare chairs and tables and a jacket was hanging off a coat hanger... If it weren't for the constant whirling and whizzing noise from the mixer and blender, we wouldn't have minded sitting there, since we were being stupid and cracking jokes and hooting with laughter the whole night... what can we say, we didn't make a booking on a thursday night... one thing though, they played pop music from backstreet boys etc.... that needs to be changed!!
They poured us a glass of sparkling fruit juice to start off with, then gave us the menu. The waiter was quite helpful, and very patient with us as we were basically mucking around... they also refilled our bread basket a couple of times.... the baguette was warm, crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.
We ordered a large seafood platter ($480), mushroom soup that was served in a large upside down mushroom (about $68 i think).... that was quite innovative, you can eat the mushroom afterwards, and the rack of lambs, the braised lamb knuckle and the osso buco ($138 each). Had to pay for the water though, $70 for 2 large bottles of Vittel, ok la, can't complain.
The seafood platter had 2 types of oysters, TG1 and pearl, 4 each, some shrimps, conches, mussels and half a cholesterol-laden crab. My friends seemed happy with the quality. The mushroom soup was served interestingly in a mushroom, but the taste wasn't that special. The lamb knuckle was tender, not "so", and nicely seasoned, and it came with some vegetables and potatos. The waiter gave me extra sauce to go with it. I tried a bit of my friends' rack of lamb (the meat was a funny pink colour, and it didn't have much taste to it... one can easily find better quality elsewhere) and the osso buco (tender, but there wasn't much "meaty" taste to it). We didn't have wine to go with the meal, but the waiter had offered it to us without being too pushy.
We were too full for dessert, but they gave us a fruit platter afterwards. Overall, not bad, but Poppy's in Tin Hau can cook the same quality of main courses (and probably bigger portions too), and many other places serves more impressive seafood platters.
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