Saturday, August 25, 2012

Les Amis @ Shaw Centre


During 1994 when there were not much fine dining restaurant, Les Amis opened its door to Singaporeans and her visitors. There were no IRs and no internet, and it was really one of its kind in the Singapore dining scene. Fast forward to 2012. The island now is considered one of the top culinary destination in Asia, and quite a few people have forgotten the existence of this restaurant along Scotts Road amidst all the Michelin stars restaurants.

Photobucket

And so, we revisited what is considered one of Singapore's finest French restaurant, and ordered their 3 courses Executive Lunch (S$70++). As you can see, the restaurant is very quiet during lunch time. Except for a Minister who zipped past us to the VIP room.

Photobucket

Although complimentary iced water were served, we opted for the San Pellegrino Sparkling Water (S$14 for 1000ml)

Photobucket

Warm assorted bread with Mustard French butter and Austrian pink salt crystal

Photobucket

Gillardeau oyster from France (S$96 for 6). No doubt it is expensive for these top quality oysters, but then these oysters specially farmed by the Gillardeau family in France, is produced in small quantities due to the traditional methods they have been using.

Photobucket

Amuse bouche. Iberico jamon

Photobucket

Panko crusted confit free range hen egg, Joselito Iberico, spinach, crispy farmers bread. The excellent quality eggs were fried in panko crusts.

Photobucket

White asparagus soup with mushroom ravioli and lobster knuckles.

Photobucket

Olive oil poached Atlantic cod, heirloom tomatoes, bonito, tomato consomme, basil oil. Good quality fish!

Photobucket

Crispy Fried Kurobuta pork belly, white asparagus, mushrooms, "Gao Zhi". We were wondering what is Gao Zhi, and it is actually the big dumpling you see on top!

Photobucket

Coconut, Mango, Lime, Thai Basil. Very "Thai"

Photobucket

Tarte Tatin, Hazelnut, Aged Sherry Liquer

Photobucket

Petit Four. Had to tarpao the Petit Four because we were late for movie. Overall, a very tasty lunch.


Les Amis
1 Scotts Road
#02-16
Shaw Centre

4 comments:

  1. I'd rather spend money at Les Amis than at those "celebrity chef restaurants". Just feel like you're getting your money's worth at Les Amis than at those "celebrity chef" restos, where you're paying more for the name of the celebrity chef (who isn't ard much anyway coz he's probably based in some of country) than the skill of the actual chef cooking.

    ReplyDelete
  2. wow, $96 for 6 oysters. That is $16 per oyster!

    ReplyDelete
  3. Bern : agree with you! Time to re-visit some old favs I used to frequent during pre-celeb chef era

    FoodieFC : ya lor... we didn't check the price before order the not-in-menu item... ouch...

    ReplyDelete
  4. Went to try the Gillardeau Oysters after reading this blog post, wow, they are so good.

    ReplyDelete