Thursday, January 29, 2009

Le Bistrot (Indoor Stadium)


Location : 2 Stadium Walk #01-03, Singapore (397691)

Telephone Number : +65 6447 0018

Operating Hours : Closed on Mondays and Public holidays
- Brunch (Sat, Sun 10.30am to 12noon),
- Lunch (Thu-Sun, 12noon to 2.30pm),
- Dinner (Tue-Sun, 6.30pm to 11.00pm)

Website: http://www.lebistrot.com.sg/




RATINGS METER
FOOD : 7 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 6.5 out of 10
SERVICE : 7.5 out of 10
PRICING : Approx. $60 per person (Lunch), $30 per person (Brunch)

Le Bistrot~a place featuring classic and inventive french cuisine. i found this cozy cafe on hungrygowhere.com. Really unique decor with good food. They serve awesome coffee...too bad no refills. So I ordered the brunch, which includes omelette that's not too oily and bunch of other sides such as sorbet and croissant.

Ratatouille is interesting, but after watching the cartoon ratatouille i think my expectation is unrealistic of this dish. Other signature dishes are listed as below. A's foie gras was cooked just right and the angel hair pasta served with generous portion of caviar. L's Apricot glazed Korubuta is succulent and sweet. And S's Chicken red wine stew was delish. Le bistrot is slightly on the pricey side but deserves thumbs up overall.

Brunch Prix Fixe ($28.00)

Ratatouille ($8.00)

Grilled Kurobuta Pork and Cold Crab Salad ($64.00)

Foie Gras with Scallops and angel-hair pasta
($60.00 with dessert shown below)

Coq au Vin Braised Chicken in red wine

($50.00 with dessert shown below)



Dessert - Orange, Almond Cake with candied
chestnuts and vanilla ice-cream


Dessert - Coffee Chocolate Mousse with
cinnamon-scented grissini


Some photos of the restaurant...





Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Le Bistrot (Indoor Stadium)


Location : 2 Stadium Walk #01-03, Singapore (397691)

Telephone Number : +65 6447 0018

Operating Hours : Closed on Mondays and Public holidays
- Brunch (Sat, Sun 10.30am to 12noon),
- Lunch (Thu-Sun, 12noon to 2.30pm),
- Dinner (Tue-Sun, 6.30pm to 11.00pm)

Website: http://www.lebistrot.com.sg/




RATINGS METER
FOOD : 7 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 6.5 out of 10
SERVICE : 7.5 out of 10
PRICING : Approx. $60 per person (Lunch), $30 per person (Brunch)

Le Bistrot~i found this cozy cafe on hungrygowhere.com. Really unique decor with good food. They serve awesome coffee...too bad no refills. So I ordered the brunch, which includes omelette that's not too oily and bunch of other sides such as sorbet and croissant.

Ratatouille is interesting, but after watching the cartoon ratatouille i think my expectation is unrealistic of this dish. Other signature dishes are listed as below. A's foie gras was cooked just right and the angel hair pasta served with generous portion of caviar. L's Apricot glazed Korubuta is succulent and sweet. And S's Chicken red wine stew was delish. Le bistrot is slightly on the pricey side but deserves thumbs up overall.

Brunch Prix Fixe ($28.00)

Ratatouille ($8.00)

Grilled Kurobuta Pork and Cold Crab Salad ($64.00)

Foie Gras with Scallops and angel-hair pasta
($60.00 with dessert shown below)

Coq au Vin Braised Chicken in red wine

($50.00 with dessert shown below)



Dessert - Orange, Almond Cake with candied
chestnuts and vanilla ice-cream


Dessert - Coffee Chocolate Mousse with
cinnamon-scented grissini


Some photos of the restaurant...







Hanabi Japanese Restaurant (Katong Mall)


Location: 112 East Coast Road #01-13/15/18/19 Katong Mall

Telephone Number : +65 6348 6626

Operating Hours: Lunch 1130am to 230pm Dinner 6pm to 10.30pm




RATINGS METER
FOOD : 6.0 out of 10
AMBIENCE : 6.0 out of 10
SERVICE : 7.5 out of 10
PRICING : Lunch $26++ (Adult), $15++(Child) Dinner $30++(Adult), $18++(Child)
OPENING HOURS : Lunch 1130am to 230pm Dinner 6pm to 10.30pm

After calling several Japanese restaurants in town on a Friday evening, it seems that I was out of luck. Most of the reasonably priced restaurants were fully booked. After reading some online recommendation that Hanabi was quite a value-for-money place, we decided to try it out despite it being in the inconvenient Katong mall for us.

There were still many tables available in the restaurant although it was a Friday evening. The overall service of the place was quite good, staff was polite, friendly and efficient. Except that we were "lucky" enough to be sitting next to a very loud group of diners... otherwise dining experience was quite pleasant.

The ala carte buffet menu has an impressive number of 118 items, definitely gave us a little headache on what to eat initially. Thankfully, the portions were mostly very small, allowing us to try as many items as we like. Food was generally ok (with sashimi, sushi, grilled meat, ramens, udons, etc etc.... the list is long), not high-quality food but acceptable.

Stir fried beef

Fried sweet potato with cheese

Grilled chicken wing

Salmon miso soup

Cold soba noodles

Cold yellow wheat noodles

Handrolls (California, Soft crab, Smoked pork)

Chuka Kurage (Marinated Jellyfish)

Salmon Sashimi

Unagi Sushi

Curry Rice with Fried Fish

Grilled Shishamo Fish

Grilled pork belly with shitake mushroom

Miso soup

Quite a value-for-money place to try if you have a pretty good appetite and not a fussy eater.