Dinner Date → Bistro Soori

Bistro Soori

2 Teck Lim Road

Singapore 088305 

Click-To-Call: 64383802

Operating Hours:
Monday to Friday → Lunch 1130hrs-1430hrs
→ Dinner 1830hrs - 2200hrs
Saturday → Dinner 1830hrs - 2200hrs
Sunday → Brunch 1100hrs - 1500hrs

Bistro Soori is a cosy and peaceful restaurant - elegantly styled with nice white and dark contrasting furnishings. The service is awesome and their people are so friendly.

Is a perfect *happy* date tonite ! I personally prefer the corner seat and was delighted with the smart & friendly staff who gave us the corner right at the back end of the restaurant where we get to steal out to the courtyard.

Really salute the staff working here. They are all "one-leg-kick". A single person was frontend staff with duties such as order taking, food serving, refilling water, etc.

Just wanna compliment our server (this taller, friendly guy walking toward us in the 1st photo). He was very patient in explaining our menu, had good knowledge of the dishes & provided us with lots of details. Not an easy job, but he had an excellent memory and was able to provide great guest service despite the number of patrons. Good  job !

A unique back end corner behind the restaurant. It's like a cul-de-sac of the end of the service alley, but was so well decorated, it felt like a meditation corner where one could chill out.

The view from the outside "meditation corner". I look like a little girl ^^ hehehe. I'm in very happy mood tonite.

Super duper happy right now. Usually I will just do a see see & look look when it comes to the menu AND let the guy decide. I just focus on EATING ! hehehehe

Today we chose a 5 course meal for 1 pax & order an additional 1 starter + 1 main course

For 5 course meal - this  includes 3 starters + 1 main course + 1 dessert (all randomly chosen by the chef. You won't know what you will get until the food comes. *SURPRISE*)

 Appetizer - bread with herb butter

Starter → Tarragon Dijon, Duck Rillette, Gherkin & Baked Baguette

(rillettes are a preparation of meat similar to pâté - originally made with pork, people have used the method on other meats - in this case the duck is cubed or chopped, salted heavily and cooked slowly in fat until it is tender enough to be easily shredded, and then cooled with enough of the fat to form a paste)

This one is fatty pkus the crunchiness of gherkin + dijon sauces go so well with the baguette.

Pan grilled scallop served with Mango puree & Mango salsa

I loooove scallop a lot! Usually, I don't eat mango. But surprisingly this rendition of mango pairs so well with my scallops. I am deeply *satisfied*.

Slow Roasted Pork Belly & Pumpkin with Yuzu Gastrique

 

(** Gastrique: a thick sauce by caramelizing sugar or vinegar or wine, usually referring to any "fruity-flavour sauces". It is normally served over with meat or seafood).

Tastes so Asian/Chinese style ! A bit like char siew/shao-rou. The fatiness of the pork is just right ! Won't make me feel sinful, is not so greasy ! Super yummy.

 

 Lobster Sweet Corn Pudding

Fresh meat taste sweet & fresh. The green chili is unlike the ones you would find in a hawker center, which I really don't like that overwhelmingly sourish taste. This dish is really surprised me, the little chili heat + a little bit pungent taste was just soothing. The mashed sweet corn is sweet & still preserves the texture of the corn and doesn't feel like baby food. *Marvelous*

Main Course - Beef for him & Fish for me

 

    Prime Ribeye, Potato puree, Heirloom carrots with Red Wine Reduction

The beef was awesomely tender and soft.

My fish of the day - braised radish & mushrooms, topped with Tobiko.

I love the mushroom texture + crispy skin of the fish. The broth is sweet, very flavorful. Love the whole combination of the dish. *Perfect*  

Dessert

Vanilla Panna Cotta

My bf finished 2/3 of it ! I only ate 1/3 *cry* !

Even guys love it, it is too nice. The cherries are really a big big big surprise for me. An alcoholic flavor oozed from berries and that was such a memorable taste. lalalalala !

 

Happy dinner, Happy date, Happy couple !

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Food → The Clifford

The Clifford

Fullerton Bay Hotel Singapore
80 Collyer Quay S049326
Singapore

Click-To-Call: 65975288

Operating hours: Breakfast → Weekdays 630am to 1030am

Weekends 630am to 1100am 

Lunch → Noon to 1430pm 

Dinner → 1830pm to 2230pm 

Brunch → weekends only Noon to 1500pm 

 

French inspired cuisine. Quiet ambience. Generous spaces separate the tables. Great for intimate dates. A lot of privacy. Is a place for long sweet dinners with your partner.

Menu & table set up

Dim light "romantic"

Wine completes the picture.

Awesome table set up and mood lighting. 

Assorted breads with rillettes
*thumbs up for the paste*
and we surely did ask for more.

Frisee Avec Poitrine → crispy
pork belly top with soft boiled eggs
drizzled with balsamic dressing. The
crispy pork skin mix with the
liquid egg yolk → tasted awesome.

Tuna Escabece → the sweet
& sour pickled onion paired with
the fresh tuna was the highlight
of entire dish. Is totally
refreshing for our taste buds.

Cod in Petit Bouillabaisse → prawns
& mussels in a rich saffron, t
omato broth (the cod is soft and
mussels fresh).

Side dish → Wild Mushroom Ragout 

Desserts → Chocolate, Macaroons &
Kueh Lapis (what an assortment
of east-meets-west fusion.
I feel so complete & content
with how this dessert concluded
our meal)

 

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Food → Strangers' Reunion

Strangers' Reunion

37 Kampong Bahru

Phone: 62224869

Operating Hours:

Mon: 09:00 - 22:00

Wed - Sun: 09:00 - 22:00

Closed: Tue

 

Yet another outing with my bff → Zan.  Today we both wore white shirts and jean shorts !

I combined 2 photos into 1. Next time I will use Photoshop to mesh the photos perfectly.

We decided to find a new cafe where we can chill & gossip. Most important criteria - the café has to be easily accessible by MRT

We decided on Strangers Reunion ! This is convenient to get to !

How to go there??

1. Drop off at Outram MRT
2. Exit at entance F (and follow Eu Tong Seng Road)
3. Walk all the way straight till you see Kampong Bahru sign at the opposite road (with General Hospital on your right)
4. Across the road, continue walking through a series of shop houses till you see the cafe on your left 





 Ta~Ta!! We finally arrived !

 The café has a very cosy homely feeling

 Pretty, old school & vintage nostalgic feel to it.

 Pastries & kitchen area. Desserts look tempting right ?

 Deep concentration, we need to decide what to eat.

 Pretty Zan !

 Magic!! Love the coffee art!!  (Magic = double ristretto + milk) ** what is ristretto?  > is very tiny shot of expresso !

 Is magic for me and ice latte for her. But we both think the coffee is too bitter for us.

 Waffles with greek yogurt - topped with banana & strawberries - the greek yogurt has a very creamy texture, with a little sour aftertaste ! But it feels very appetizing and goes really go well with the waffle!

 Thin crust salmon pizza - wow ! Is tasty and just the right size for us two girls.

 What a cosy afternoon.

 As you can see, the capacity of the café is quite small, with very limited seating. It really depends on your luck if you can get a nice seat or not.

By the time we arrived, this was the only table left. We were like school girls - eating & drinking while perched on these tiny chairs and enjoying our tea time over a tiny table. 

Thank goodness we are quite petite and can fit in.