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See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2015/03/16/good-3pax-lunch-tess-bar-kitchen-on-13mar2015/had lunch with 2 friends at tess bar & kitchen at 38 seah street last fri on 13.3.2015. interior is a pleasant modern industrial chic design. tess is helmed by head chef martin wong, alumni of l’atelier of joel robuchon. ^^ there about 5 tables were occupied & only 1 server who was quite good overall though strangely she did not automatically serve us dessert & coffee when we finished f
had lunch with 2 friends at tess bar & kitchen at 38 seah street last fri on 13.3.2015.
interior is a pleasant modern industrial chic design. tess is helmed by head chef martin wong, alumni of l’atelier of joel robuchon. ^^ t
here about 5 tables were occupied & only 1 server who was quite good overall though strangely she did not automatically serve us dessert & coffee when we finished food, and we waited a long time before asking her.
we ordered the deep-fried pork belly & sous vide baby octopus for starters to share. we had wanted to order the smoked duck & wagyu cubes we saw on other reviews, but they were not available for lunch.
octopus was excellent, very tender texture & nicely matched & flavoured with chorizo & sundries cherry tomatoes. ^^
pork belly was an ok bear finger food, but not comparable with the standard roast pork in most chinese restaurants like crystal jade, imperial treasure, tunglok & canton paradise.
since there were not many ala carte tapas orders for lunch, we decided to order the main courses, which also came with a choice of soup or salad, and a choice of dessert or coffee/tea.^^
1 friend had the tomato soup of the day. 2 of us had the waldorf salad. salad was good, crunchy veg, & quite a few lovely cheese. tomato soup was good too. it was the standard restaurant fare, not my favourite.
2 of us decided to skip meat main dishes & ordered 2 pasta mains to share to share. the tiger prawn linguine was good. prawns had the nice bbq flavour, & pasta was tasty with the sauce. ^^
my initial taste of the vongole was much less good. when i took it with a lot for sauce at the bottom of the plate, it was much better. there were a lot of clams. ^^
another friend ordered the frenched lamb rack. i tried a small piece. it was good.
1 friend ordered the profiteros. 2 of us had regular coffee.
the lunch came to about S$120 or S$40pax nett. not too bad. food was pretty good restaurant standard if not overwhelming. this a place i would come back to try out the other tapas dishes.^^
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