Saturday, October 14, 2006

Top Of The M

Today had to wake up early to meet up with Sorina and her ex-colleagues for lunch. Well, she tempted me with the word french cuisine! Buffet! and its at TOP OF THE M!! plus... DISCOUNT!

39th floor of Mandarin Hotel....



u gotta take the lift to the 38th floor and walk up this stair ways...



The view was sadly blurred out by the haze...



but it was still good. The whole ambience was great and service was really good. The staffs were mainly very polite and they'll great u everytime u walk by.

On every table is a chocolate fondue...



i tried one watermelon with it. It was not bad but sadly all four of us were not chocolate fondue fans. lol

I'm lazy to go into details with the food... so just showing pictures...



the savoury items...



theres confit of duck leg, sea bass and beef stew. All the three items were not bad.

and other items....



grilled baby squid skewer served with cinnamon-soy sauce, quiche lorraine and casserole of pork knuckle braised with sauerkraut. not bad as well. I mean, not wonderful but you know wat i mean.

There was also a salmon puff thingy...



The salmon puff was really good. The puff was crispy and went very well with the sauce!

and some of its bread selection....



The desserts...



and crepe was cooked on the spot....



u can add ur own ice cream (either vanilla, chocolate and strawberry sorbet) to ur crepe....

some pictures of our servings...



the desserts...



There was also a band going round singing for every table...



Overall the meal was pretty alright though i was abit disappointed coz it didnt feel very 'french-y'... Sorina was jokingly saying.. " now i understand french cuisine.. it means they only care about making their food look good but they dun care about how it tastes " haha.. not meaning that the food doesnt taste good but they werent extraordinary..

Also, when Joe was complaining that this doesnt feel very 'french-y', he said... " this is what french eat meh? "

Sorina's reply was.. " yes la.. high tea mah... not lunch or dinner.. "

And Jason's reply was hilarious.. " i help u sms Zidane later check with him " hahahhaaha!

After discount, the meal worked out to about $32 per person.

4 comments:

LiquidShaDow said...

$32 per person sounds good. Is this available all the time?

Junie said...

not very sure of the availability. the price is after discount using stand chart credit card. oh.. also note that they have sessions.. 12 - 2pm and 2.30 pm to 4.30 pm i think. if urs is the 12 pm session, u probably cant stay beyond.

fatpig said...

If I remember correctly, Top of the M has a dinner set for $58+++ per pax. At night the scenary is nicer :P lol

Junie said...

$58? wat cuisine?