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Showing posts with label Fine Dining. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Fine Dining. Show all posts

Monday 13 July 2015

3-Course Set Lunch at Ocean Restaurant by Cat Cora (Resorts World Sentosa - S.E.A. Aquarium, Level B1M) Reservation: 6577 6869 / 6577 6688

Visited on 14 June 2015 (Sun). Ocean Restaurant was opened by Cat Cora - renowned celebrity chef and the first female Iron Chef in Singapore.



3-Course Set Lunch (Starter + Main + Dessert) = $55++ per person.

With the restaurant located inside the S.E.A. Aquarium, diners can savour a magnificent view of the Open Ocean habitat whilst enjoying a truly memorable dining experience. This is a place that everyone should come at least once to experience this amazing dining concept!

Admission to Ocean Restaurant is via West Zone Carpark, B1M. Diners can park near Equarius Hotel.



















Latte ($6++)


You can choose to have the 3 Course Set lunch at $55++ per person or order ala carte items with the prices indicated at each category. Note: There is a minimum spending of $38++ per person.





Starter: Fried Brown Crab in Brick

This was the BEST Starter that I had among several fine-dining restaurants! The crab cake was fried to perfection - Loads of real succulent crab meat inside with crispy exterior that has won my heart!!! They made it look like a brick like those brick games we've used to play. Haha!



Main Course: Crispy Duck Leg Confit


The meat of the duck leg confit was a tad not tender enough but the overall taste was quite good, paired with 3 little cutie chestnuts!




Main Course: Crispy Skin Barramundi 
I enjoyed this crispy exterior with tender and juicy barramundi!



Dessert: Chocolate Delights
Wow I love this chocolate dessert so much! You can savour both chocolate as well as salty cocoa but this was quite rich.




They will provide a complimentary slice of birthday cake if you mention it upon reservation. Of course the cake tasted great as well! :)




Overall Impression: Service was quite good. The 3-Course Set lunch did not disappoint us, really lives up to the name of Iron Chef Cat Cora! Every dish is delightful and dining in front of the ocean really can make a person feel relax thoroughly!

The prices of their set dinner are around 3 times higher than the set lunch as there're 5-Course in the set dinner. So if you would like to try this place at a more affordable price, do come for their lunch. The restaurant is quite small, remember to make a reservation first before you go.

Note: Their menu changes regularly. 


*Highly Recommended*

Operating Hours:

Lunch: 11.30am - 3pm (Daily)
(Last order at 2.15pm)

Dinner: 6pm – 10.30pm (Daily)
(Last order at 10pm)

Website: http://www.rwsentosa.com/Homepage/Restaurants/CelebrityChefs/OceanRestaurantbyCatCora


Tuesday 7 April 2015

Restaurant Week Dinner at Salt Grill & Sky Bar (2 Orchard Turn, ION Orchard, #55-01 & #56-01 Singapore 238801)

It's such a hassle to make reservation through phone - Book now through Chope for Instant Reservations! Reservation is highly recommended at Salt grill!


Visited on 21 March 2015 (Sat) during Restaurant Week Dinner. 

Restaurant Week 3-Course Dinner: $55++ per person. (This price is only available during Restaurant Week)

Helmed by celebrity chef Luke Mangan, Salt grill & Sky bar is a stylish urban restaurant and bar offering Luke’s special style of contemporary Australian cuisine. 

Directions: Take the escalator up to Level 4, walk to the concierge of ION Art and you'll see Salt Grill Reception at the end of the counter. Inform the staff of your reservation and they will direct you to their delicated lift up to Level 55 of their exclusive dining restaurant! 












Entrance of Salt Grill!




This is the main dining hall on level 55 with an open concept kitchen!






Walk on this red carpet to level 56!



And here is where we seated at the center table!


Diners can indulge in pre or post-dinner drinks here on level 56 or you can hold a private event at this floor!









We were served with warm nice bread...



Sydney crab omelette, enoki mushroom & 
herb salad, miso mustard broth
Salt Grill has proved to us that a simple omelette can also be so tasty with their fresh crabmeat inside! The omelette complemented very well with their superb miso mustard broth too! The crab omelette is really melt-in-the-mouth..... But there was too much herb salad that looked messy and ruined the taste of the yummy broth.. I think it would be perfect if the herb salad were sat only onto the omelette and leave the side with just the broth for diners to savour easily...




Barramundi, petit pois, a la francaise (with bacon) 
As most people don't understand petit pois in french is actually small green peas, so I think most people were shocked to see so many small green peas.. The barramundi was fresh, quite tender and with great flavor but I was really turned off by the countless green peas and only consume the fish and the small bacon..



Grilled Tara valley tenderloin, braised fennel, parsley puree bordelaise sauce
The beef was cooked to perfection and complemented well with the sauce..




Mocha brulee, white chocolate ice-cream, coffee meringue, oreo crumbs
It's rare to see mocha brulee and this certainly excite my taste bud with aromatic mocha taste! It goes so well with the white chocolate ice-cream, coffee meringue and oreo crumbs!





Yuzu panna cotta, mandarin segments, ginger beer sorbet
Another unique dessert - very refreshing!





The view from our table! It's a little far though as it's not window seat..



This is their sky bar for some drinks and tapas from 11am to 11.30pm!




A great place to chill!





I like their lift with the light!



Overall Impression: Food quality for the main course was good except the sides. But I must say the food quality has dropped a little compared to my visit in 2014.

As they have 2 seatings, so we felt they seemed to be very rush throughout the whole dinner, every dish served one after another almost immediately - They served the bread, our 3 course with coffee everything within an hour, this make us feel we finished dinner early and can return the table to them earlier. Probably this only happened during restaurant week period.. Despite this, the whole ambience was really romantic and great with charming bird's-eye view! 

*Recommended*





You can also enjoy the Afternoon Tea platter at $30++ per person including coffee or tea from 2:30 pm- 5:00 pm daily.



It's such a hassle to make reservation through phone - Book now through Chope for Instant Reservations! Reservation is highly recommended at Salt grill!



Tuesday 23 December 2014

Degustation Lunch at Jaan (Level 70, Equinox Complex - SwissĂ´tel The Stamford, 2 Stamford Road, Singapore 178882) Reservation: 6837 3322

Visited on 6 Dec 2014 (Sat). Jaan is an intimate, 40-seat restaurant dedicated to showcasing the finest in modern French cuisine in Singapore. Helmed by Chef de Cuisine Julien Royer, Jaan was ranked 17th at Asia's 50 Best restaurants 2014!   

I'm delighted to have my birthday celebration at the tallest and multi award-winning restaurant! Among the "high-rise" restaurants I've visited, I must say Jaan has the best breathtaking view of Singapore’s iconic cityscape! 

5 Course Degustation Set Lunch = $118++ per person = $277.77 for 2 pax.


Entrance to JAAN










The ornate interior features a stunning Murano crystal and silver free-form chandelier that spans the entire length of the ceiling.









The magnificent view... simply breathtaking...






Dining while overlooking the city... You'll be wishing that they serve everything slowly, just so you could stay a little longer... But they served a little too fast...
















Amuse Bouche
I was very pleased to have so many starters before our degustation menu started. Little one-mouth items to get the palette warmed up. :)








This hummus is Chef Julien’s personal interpretation using lentils from Saint Flour in his home region of Auvergne and Chestnut Paste!




Cep Sabayon
Look, we're still at the amuse bouche - Initially we were served with just the ingredients presented in a wooden cup, then the staff will pour the mushroom tea with a french press into the cup in front of us. (Too engrossed to watch and forgot to take that photo of pouring the mushroom tea) Warm and Robust Wild Mushroom Tea with crunchy bits of walnuts and mushrooms - The most special mushroom soup/ tea I've ever had! Tastes heavenly!!!




The server will bring a bread basket with 4 different varieties to each table and we get to choose which ones we like. And not to worry if you don't choose all at one go, the server will come back to ask if you want another refill after some time or you can always ask for a refill.  Haha so far this is the only fine dining restaurant I've been to with so many choices of bread! 




Homemade bread with french butter...




Autumn Garden 
Interesting choice of arrangement, only one quarter of the side of the plate used?



As I don't take beetroot, the restaurant was kind enough to change the first dish to the Autumn Garden for me. It comes with a combination of Roots vegetables, mushroom ketchup, Burgundy truffle etc.



Beetroot Collection
An interesting dish, consists of Burratta artigiana, honeycomb, radish.. The beetroot was served frozen like a scoop of gelato. My partner says it's quite refreshing and had a very distinct taste (which I suppose is what beetroot tastes like)





55′ Rosemary Smoked Organic Egg with Ratte Potato, Chorizo Iberico and Buckwheat
This was one of the most memorable dishes! It was really mesmerizing when the egg was served in it's shell with an egg carton and dry ice flowing down across the table!





The staff will then pour the sous vide egg onto ratte potato espuma topped with chorizo iberico and crispy buckwheat. This was served in a little orb capped on top of some smoked rosemary. You could smell the waft of rosemary emanating through the gap... Wow, so much thought must have been put in just for the presentation alone!



The smoked organic egg was poached slowly for 55 minutes at 64 degrees celcius. The results were runny with silky texture...



Omg... This was really too delicious!!!


Confit Rainbow Trout with Parsley, Romanesco, Miso Caramel
The meat of the trout was extremely tender, melted in the mouth... served with fresh crunchy greens, you could taste the natural sweetness of the trout. 



Venison  Saddle
Two portions of tender venison, served with mulled wine pear, celeriac, sauce 'poivrade'. Although the venison was very tender, this dish didn't sit very well with me as I'm not a venison fan.... 



Wait.. It's not dessert time yet! Mango sorbet for palate cleansing, presented in a beautiful  glass bowl. This was really refreshing for a "pre-dessert"!





Choconuts Tart
Finally THIS is the dessert! The staff will add the chocolate espuma at the table, so that the foam doesn't go flat by the time it reaches us. Using tempered chocolate with different textures, served at different temperature here! Some chocolate was warm while some was cold, very innovative! Not forgetting the crumbly and buttery chocolate tart as well - A very unique chocolate dessert experience at Jaan! 




Mignardises (Petit Fours Platter)
Liquid nitrogen was poured onto the rosemary lollipop!




This is the most impressive petit fours that I've seen! The platter consists of Rosemary scent of chocolate ice-cream lollipop, canelĂ© and coconut marshmallow! A canelĂ© is a small French pastry with a soft and tender custard center and a dark, thick caramelized crust. I personally love the chocolate lollipop and coconut marshmallow very much!!







Mushroom with chocolate macaroons! This was quite a rare macaroon combination and it's not bad....




Coffee and Cappucino to end the meal....




Complimentary birthday cake from Jaan! Thank you! A very premium quality chocolate cake that was not too sweet! :)



The five-course lunch here seems like a 9-course lunch with all the little additional treats. From the amuse bouche to the food and dessert, we were really impressed with the presentation, probably the BEST!!! Of course the food quality is high! You'll definitely be satisfied and feeling full leaving the restaurant. Service was prompt and good but we did not receive that kind of warm fine dining service from the lady who served us most of the time so we were a tad disappointed in this... Besides this, everything was very good... Best venue for any special occasions! 


*Highly Recommended*

Website: http://www.jaan.com.sg/about-us