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Categories : French | Middle Eastern/Mediterranean | European

I was craving for French food and I decided to come to Brasserie Gavroche for dinner one evening. Walking down Tras Street, you'd probably miss this eatery because of the lack of obvious signage.

When we entered we were shown to our tables very promptly. Service, needless to say, was excellent.

 
We started off with the bone marrow on toasted Poilane bread with garlic confit ($19). This was Chef Frédéric Colin's grandfather's recipe (one of many actually) and it was super delicious. Loved the bone marrow and garlic confit combo - I think I could've easily polished off two plates of these!

 
The French onion soup ($15) was another thing we had to share. Unfortunately, their version is disappointing. I've had better elsewhere (Au Chocolat & Antoinette to be exact). The soup lacked punch and wasn't flavourful enough. By the way, this is also another of Chef's grandfather's recipes.

 
My boyfriend ordered the pan-roasted Angus sirloin with Béarnaise sauce and French fries ($48). It may look plain and ordinary but this was really phenomenal. Without any sauce, it was still great.

 
My main course for the evening: Grandpa Henri’s fish quenelle with crayfish sauce ($35). Served with bechamel sauce and prawns, the little white dumpling-like things are actually made of fish meat. This dish was quite nice as well, but it was really a little too gelad for me (the bechamel sauce must be to blame, although it was nice - not saying it wasn't)

 
Finally, dessert. We had the vanilla mille-feuille and wild strawberry sorbet ($14). This was the best mille-feuille I'd ever tasted. No competition here. The strawberry ice cream was SUPER well done too.

Overall, I had a lovely time at Brasserie Gavroche. However, I think this is good enough for a one-time experience and I think my wallet feels the same as well. Total damage (plus 2 glasses of wine): $181.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Bone marrow on toasted bread,Mille-feuille
 
Date of Visit: Aug 02, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $90(Dinner)

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Heavenly cakes! Smile May 13, 2013   
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Categories : Japanese | Bakery

Dropped by for a friend's birthday celebration on a quiet Sunday afternoon. We arrived around 4 but most of the cakes were already sold out so be warned: come early to avoid disappointment!

We had six (extremely pretty) cakes in total, all were different except for one flavour that was repeated. Good thing actually - cos everyone at the table seemed to love that particular flavour the most!

 
Kinabaru - coconut mousse with passionfruit centre

This was the flavour that we got 2 slices of. Everyone really enjoyed this one, it's fruity and very light. Well, actually, most of Kki's cakes are light! The crumbly base was excellent.

 
Emily - champagne mousse with wild strawberry centre

This one was my favourite of the lot. I love alcohol-infused stuff and strawberry-anything so this just sealed the deal for me. This cake's more on the cold side so eat it fast.

 
Fromage Melon (left) - cheese mousse with rock melon centre and Onigiri (right) - basil infused milk chocolate mousse with blood orange centre

The Fromage Melon was so-so, couldn't really taste the cheese. Definitely tasted more rock melon. As for the Onigiri, this took the award for "Most Creative Flavour" for us - who uses basil in cake? Only Kki! Super refreshing choice!

 
Cafe Dumo - chocolate coffee mousse with praline centre

This is probably one of Kki's slightly heavier cakes. It may seem like an average coffee choco cake but once you stick your fork in you'd understand that it's not. The exterior is so delicate and a tad bitter and it adds this nice contrast to the thick, sweet praline centre. It takes a lot of skill to make something so heavy well-balanced like this.

 
The milk tea - pretty light, more tea-ish than milky, a little too diluted for my liking but still satisfying.

I can see myself returning to Kki over and over again. They also make their cakes in different sizes so you know what to do the next time you're in need of a damn good birthday cake for special someone ;)
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Emily
 
Date of Visit: May 05, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $10(Tea)

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Loola's - always fantastic! Smile Jan 11, 2013   
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Categories : Fusion | Restaurant | Pasta | Chinese Soup | Burgers and Sandwiches

I don't care what anyone says about Loola's - I think it's a place where you can get an extraordinary meal and I'm always spoilt for choice when I look at the menu, be it for mains or desserts!

I was here again with my boyfriend and this was his first time trying Loola's.
Awesome!

Awesome!

 
I ordered the Oxtail Ragout Pasta ($28) which was mainly tagliatelle (a traditional type of pasta), ragout of oxtail and parmesan, while my boyfriend had the Pan Seared Braised Pork Belly ($28) - honey glazed pork belly with lotus root chips (interesting) and bubble & squeak.

The oxtail pasta was super flavourful thanks to the tomato-based sauce with parmesan cheese. It was further enhanced with the tender bits of oxtail, cooked to perfection!

The pork belly was also absolutely fantastic. It was super succulent and it just melted in my mouth. Probably the best pork belly I've ever tasted!
Superb

Superb

 
For dessert we ordered the Rich Chocolate Cake ($14). I actually wanted Loola's Brownie (one of the best desserts in the house), but my bf isn't a big fan of brownies. Nevertheless, the cake was pretty darn good! It was super fudge-y on the outside and on the inside. Loved it.

Goes without saying, I'll be back for more the next time, and the next, and the next... you get the picture.
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Pan Seared Braised Pork Belly,Oxtail Ragout Pasta,Loola's Brownie
 
Date of Visit: Dec 15, 2012 

Spending per head: Approximately $45(Dinner)

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Wonderful Xmas Menu @ Prive Grill Smile Dec 11, 2012   
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Categories : Steaks and Grills

Christmas came early this year and my boyfriend and I decided to have our special Xmas dinner at Prive Grill. Located on Singapore's only private island, Prive Grill isn't the easiest eatery to reach, but it sure is worth the journey.

We had the 5-course Festive Menu which was about $80++ per person. The dinner took about 2 hours and the pace the food was served at was perfect; they'd wait for you to be done with one before preparing and serving the other. We also had the BEST seats in the house, right by the waterfront! That evening we saw not one, but two firework displays right from where we were seated. Apparently, one of the staff told us that December sees weekly firework shows because of the festive season, so that was an awesome experience!

 
Tataki of Yellow Fin Tuna
Tataki of Yellow Fin Tuna was one of the starters and this was arguably one of my favourite items on the festive menu. The freshness of the yellow fin was unrivalled and it was seasoned so well. I gobbled this baby right up!

 
Josper-grilled King Prawns
The king prawns were huge, firm and juicy (must be the magic of the Josper grill). The bits of caviar added that burst of flavour to every bite, and the bed of truffled mash the prawns sat on was heavenly.

 
Pan-roasted Atlantic Cod
The cod was cooked to PERFECTION. What made this so tasty was the Niçoise olive and parsley crust which added a savoury touch to the dish. I love dishes that play with contrasting textures and flavours and the crust did just that, while complementing the smoothness of the fish meat.

 
Pineapple Carpaccio
Dessert was pretty out of this world. Thinly sliced pineapple topped with chilli, vanilla ice cream and olive oil coconut cake. Again, the contrasting textures and flavours with the sweetness of the pineapple and the spiciness of the chilli did it for me.

To top it all off, the service at Prive Grill was splendid. Our evening was perfect thanks to these guys. Bravo Prive!!
 
Date of Visit: Dec 08, 2012 

Spending per head: Approximately $100(Other)

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Excellent French crepes Smile Aug 05, 2013   
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Categories : French | Café | Vegetarian | Desserts and Cakes | Ice Cream and Gelato | Western Soup

A friend introduced this place to me back in 2011 and I've been back since.

This was probably my 5th or 6th time here and this time I had the set menu. I think it's about $30++ for one savoury crepe, one dessert crepe, the soup of the day, plus a drink. Not too shabby, eh?

 
Soup of the day: clam chowder. This was awesome and this is coming from someone who is NOT a fan of clam chowder. Too many times have I tried fishy-tasting, weird clam chowder. This on the other hand, was not the case.

 
For my savoury crepe, I chose the La Groix - camenbert cheese with potatoes and bacon bits. I usually would go for Geraldine's Cheese (different kinds of cheese in one crepe), but I wanted to try something different and was very happy with my choice. The addition of bacon bits was great!

 
Lastly, the dessert crepe. I had to try the Entre-Nous (homemade salted butter caramel) crepe. Actually I was quite surprised I hadn't tried it till now. This creation was da bombbbbb. It's salted caramel done right - not too sweet and not at all hard on the throat! I'm craving for this right now, sigh. A must-try!
 
Recommended Dish(es):  Salted butter caramel crepe
 
Date of Visit: Aug 04, 2013 

Spending per head: Approximately $30(Dinner)

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