Friday, January 22, 2010

L'Angelus @ Club Street

Even though I have been back from Paris for almost 2 weeks, but I still miss the charm of France. To pacify myself, decided to have dinner at L'Angelus which serves rustic French food.

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Many diners love to admire the French movie posters on the wall of L'Angelus. These pictures and posters do make one feel as though you are eating in Paris.

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Guess what these pigeon holes are for? They are actually engraved with the names of their regular customers, so a set of their regular cutlery will be kept in these pigeon holes for these regulars. I think this is the 1st time I see this in Singapore!

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We were served slices of salami with white bread and pickles while browsing through the menu.

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Don't you adore these cute little candle lamps on the tables? Our lamp was in the design of Cupid. Other lamps featured the scenes in Paris.

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I like the bread and butter. They were very generous with the butter, and it was so creamy and not too salty. The bread was slightly warm too.

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Ordered Salade Grande Ferme after reading this highly recommended salad from Gastronomic Ruminations blog. Indeed, this is a very good salad with crisp salad leaves, crispy but not oily bacon a bit salty though) and blue cheese (which some people may not be able to accept the strong cheese taste). I like how all the flavours compliment one another. And the portion is huge, perhaps best to be shared.

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The very generous foie gras, which was panfried. 3 huge pieces of foie gras which definitely must be shared among at least 3 to 4 diners. Foie Gras lover will be in heaven when they order this dish.

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Main course was panfried seabass. The fish was fresh but this dish was not outstandingly good.

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And again, another highly recommended food from the Gastronomic Ruminations blog - Cassoulet. While in Paris, I regretted not ordering the pot of stew rabbit. So now, I ordered this French version of baked beans with various kinds of sausages and meats cooked in Staub's La Cocotte which is a cast iron pot and it can really retain heat for a long long time, maybe even better than our claypots?

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The Cassoulet contain one big duck drumstick, big pieces of chicken meat and various sausages. Again, the serving is huge and this pot of baked beans is best shared among a few diners.

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This is a good place for a queit French food dinner in town. But best to avoid during the Chinese New Year season as roads outside will be full of people and cars.


L'Angelus
85 Club Street

8 comments:

  1. hey, you've got a very interesting very food blog. btw, do you have any recommendations for local singaporean food?

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  2. Oh, are you a foreigner? If you are, I recommend Straits Kitchen at Hyatt Hotel for a more upmarket & aircon environment. For a more down to earth (and cheaper) selection, I would recommend you to try out Glutton's Bay at Esplanade. Although some may say food there is not as good as elsewhere and may be a little more expensive, but for tourists with time constrain, it is the best place I could think of. Avoid Newton, no matter what other guide books say.

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  3. Thanks for the recommendations. Yes indeed I am a foreigner and just got posted to Singapore. Am scouting around for local fare but I like your reviews of the various restaurants here. Good job on the reviews.

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  4. Oh, since you are a foreigner working here, would recommend you to venture into the estates.

    I would recommend dinner at Old Airport Food Centre. I would recommend Hua Kee Hougang Wanton Noodles or Cho Kee Wanton Noodles (these 2 stalls are side by side and facing the main road).

    http://alfredeats.com/hua-kee-hougang-famous-wan-ton-mee-chilli-good-wanton-shiok/

    Behind them at the last row, do try the Mattar Road Chilli Crab, which is located in the hawker centre too.

    http://alfredeats.com/mattar-road-seafoods-chilli-crab-cheap-good-almost-there/

    Try to go in the evening around 7 to 8pm as it is very warm in the day.

    Location:

    http://www.streetdirectory.com/asia_travel/travel/travel_id_6392/travel_site_51009/

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  5. Hi there

    interesting reviews and great photos! hope to exchange new finds of great eating places here in Singapore.

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