Monday, August 22, 2005

Mediterranean - Esmirada (First visit)

Gave Meina a birthday treat at Orchard Hotel's Esmirada.



Esmirada had a wonderful ambience and settings. We were there pretty early and when we got there, the manager was still addressing the staff. The hostess was a caucasian whos very friendly. However, the servers, i won't say they are rude. They were ok but not totally polite. One actually kneeled down while taking our orders, another was chatting around while serving us. Rather, maybe for the price and place we were kinda expecting better service.

and Esmirada's menu....



The first page wrote... "Enter the enticing world of Esmirada"




We ordered a seafood soup. One serving and the server was nice enough to seperate it into 2 portions for us.



It was tomato based, not bad. Ingredients i would say, pretty fresh. Overall, i like it. Price is ard $10.

Den comes our main course, some mixed griller platter for 2.



There was king prawns, beef fillet, chicken fillet, lamb chops and potato wedges. Nicest was their potato wedges. Quite different from usual ones - not as dry. Very nice! Meina and myself liked it alot. The beef and chicken was quite nice as well, tasty enough. But portion was too small for its price. Lidat $80 neh! Feels abit overcharged.

They came along with 3 kinda sauces. First one was some cucumber garlic something which is my personal favourite. Second one's some salsa sauce. Third one's some minty yoghurt which we both didn't like. Meina felt it tasted like some facial scrub. Haha! She even tried to ask for chilli sauce.

When we were done with our main course, the server came over asking if we wanted dessert and he recommended Melting Moment. Meina's not one with a sweet tooth but we decided to go for it. It was a right move!




Its really quite nice! Chocolate tartlets (tasted like cakes with a warm chocolate fudge centre) baked warm served with whipped cream, maple walnut ice cream and cherries. YUM!! Even Meina liked it! Around $12.

Overall a pretty delightful meal!

1 comment:

LiquidShaDow said...

They're quite pricey for their portions. I think it's a place where the ambience is greater than its taste. It's nice to visit for the experience but I have little reasons to re-visit.