heh... yup, we do love our food!
So anyway, Big Sis and Little Benedict picked us up from the airport and we went back home for lunch. We got to see baby Dominic as well, and luckily his mozzie bite souvenirs from Kuching had healed pretty well!! :)
Then we met Sis no.4 at Marina Bay Sands. She managed to get a half day off but Little Brother wasn't so lucky! After a stroll round Skypark, Big Sis 'chia'ed us a spot of posh 'English afternoon tea' at TWG tea.
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| Gorgeous and yummy at the same time! The cakes I mean ;) |
Anyway, the last time we stayed at Marina Bay Sands, we attempted having dinner at Sky on 57, a restaurant at Skypark, the hotel's rooftop. We were told that we needed to book way ahead of time! So, that's exactly what I did before going this time around. Yup, this is the place where the fine print at the bottom of the menu says, each person must spend a minimum of S$80!
So we had dinner there on the first night and ordered the, "Gastronomic Menu- Inspired By Asia". It consists of 8 dishes and you have the option of wine pairing, where they serve a wine that best suits each dish. Hubby wanted that, I however, would have been drunk by the second dish!
Clockwise from top left:
1. Fine Asian Crackers (a.k.a. keropok!)
2. Spring Vegetables
Variations cooking of new season spring vegetables with slow cooked organic egg
3. Black Cod
Miso marinated and baked until caramelized, spring vegetables, lime and ginger butter
4. Deep Sea Banana Prawns
Tangy king prawns, mango, ginger flower with meslcun leaves
Comments:
1. is keropok lah...
2. presentation wise: very sad looking, but there was some truffle sauce in there somewhere which was heavenly!
3. gorgeous! The fish was delicious, with amazing texture.
4. lovely; the salad was nice and prawns fresh.
Clockwise from top left:
5. Maine Lobster
JQ’s Singapore style “Hokkien” noodle
6. Dutch Milk Fed Veal
Poached and served with Jerusalem artichoke risotto, Australian fresh black truffles shaving, poultry jus
7. Another part of the 'Symphony of dessert'
wild berry compote and raspberry something... I think...
8. Symphony of dessert
Opera cake, pisang goreng! and coconut ice-cream
Comments:
5. the Hokkien mee was okay, nothing extraordinary...
6. oh the veal was scrumptious, with a creamy risotto tasting of black truffles... yum...
7 & 8. I'm a bit biased when it comes to dessert... I love dessert *fullstop*
All this, plus:
Santa Vittoria Gourmet coffee and fine Gryphon tea Selections
cost $180 per person
Wine pairing additional $98++ per person
Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label Brut NV
Domaine Perrin Reserve Côte du Rhône, Southern Rhône
Cloudy Bay Chardonnay, Marlborough
E. Guigal Côtes du Rhône, Southern Rhône
Emilio Lustau East India Solera, Jerez
So we ordered one portion of the above and added on another two dishes:
This is the Chef's Appetizer Platter which consists of 4 of their best creations. The top corner is something like Japanese Chawan mushi with caviar. Now that was really good...
On the right is foie gras. It was superb!! I think this was the best thing we had the whole night! Now I know why there's so much hype about foie gras! It is indeed justified!! It has an almost crunchy outer shell and a luscious, buttery soft, yet firm interior! *heavenly*
The bottom oyster and left white asparagus was just okay only...
This platter was S$60.
"Live" Sri Lankan king crab with rice vermicelli in ginger broth... a.k.a. world's most expensive crab meehoon! I've had better...
Definitely not worth the S$65...
This was an experience, to say the least... :) It took a whole 3 hours to finish the meal!! Some of the 'good things in life', like foie gras, caviar and truffles are really worth the price, but all in all, I think fussy fine dining is overrated and over priced. Maybe once in a while it would be nice, but we are hearty food people anytime!
The next night, we had pizza at another celebrity chef place. Mozza or something. You see, our favourite t.v. channel is Asian Food Channel (but of course!), and they always advertise these 'Celebrity Chefs' and obviously we had to grab the opportunity to have a meal there, since we were staying at Marina Bay Sands.
The squid/ calamari was the best I've ever had! Pizza was okay and wings were good. And the banana ice cream pie was *sigh*....
Now to diet until the next trip...
P/S: Hubby's eye is making good progress... now pass the food...
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