she said Dolce Vita is highly recommended by her brother. According to her brother, its even better than Les Amis.
i did some brief reading about the place and realised it has a michelin one star chef. so excited coz i think its my first visit to a michelin chef place!
i arrived first and i was amazed by the setting!
the pool is simply gorgeous!
reminds me of one of the hollywood movies where they have one of those poolside parties...
indoor seats...
while i was waiting for meina and aloy to arrive, service was pretty good, they asked if i wanted some bread or some reading materials while i wait.
also, i told the manager it was my friend's birthday celebration hence later when i order desserts, i hope they can probably add a candle for me. the manager kindly told me if its a birthday, they in fact will give a complimentary cake for it. that's really nice. all was good (till now).
but i was still full from the ice cream so i told them to hold the bread till aloy and meina arrived.
when aloy and meina arrived, the server took our orders. we decided to order one set menu (5 course, $138) and some la carte order of the rest. It all went wrong starting from here.
for starters, the lady who took our orders appeared SHOCKED to hear that we are sharing the food. immediately we felt a strong sense of hostilities from her tone, her expression.. " oh mdm.. u mean.. u want to share? u want to share everything? "
YES WE DO. WHAT IS WRONG WITH THAT?
its not like we are ordering just ONE set menu to share. even if we were, got wrong meh? WE JUST LIKE TO SHARE AND HAVE A TASTE OF EVERYTHING. CANNOT MEH?
what was more annoying was that meina later told me at the end of the meal that as we were eating, the server was standing by the side looking like she was sneering at us as we shared some of the food. i cannot believe this came from a restaurant of such standards.
the bread, took a short while to arrive...
they also gave tomato cream, pesto and olive oil to go with the bread...
the tomato cream was nice. the pesto was yummy! and as always, i will like the olive oil. usually i wont take the bread but i took it today coz i wanted to try the pesto and tomato cream.
the first course of the set meal was the foie gras terrine...
it was not bad. portion was ok. although it was pate, the foie gras taste was good. quite liked it.
we also ordered a side starter of pan fried foie gras (not on the menu)...
the portion was good, nicely pan fried. sadly, just like the foie gras i had in Oso yesterday, the taste was not strong. whats wrong with the foie gras lately?
we also ordered a steak tartar to share...
the steak tartar was nice but not wow-ing. steak tartar is meina's favourite so she was very eager and excited that we order it. while it was not bad, it wasnt impressive.
the second course on the set was a lobster minestrone soup...
it was a little like lobster bisque, seems to have a bit of leek.. overall was ok .. the scallop was YUMMY!! it was big and fresh!
and after the starters, the mains took quite a while to arrive.. (just checked my camera, it took like 30 minutes).
the third course on the set menu was so sea bream (i think)...
didnt try the fish but i tried the peas and potato. it was not bad.
for myself, my mains was the tris di pasta whereby its the chef's choice of 3 pasta for the day. works wonders for me coz i happen to be the kind who likes a taste of everything....
the three pastas for today was the tortellini....
the tortellini was not bad with cheese fillings.
another of the pasta was the cannelloni...
its fillings was oxtail and foie gras. it tasted fine. the foie gras taste was mild.
den was the lobster ravioli..
this was so good! the lobster was a thick chunk and the sauce just went very well with it....
in fact, it was so good we ordered another separate order of it.
aloy ordered the king prawn linguine ($34)...
the linguine was quite disappointing.. too bland in taste for my liking. the king prawn also didnt feel very king-ish. aloy joked and said it looks like hokkein mee.
the lobster ravioli ($36) we ordered...
SADLY, this ravioli did not taste like the one in the tris di pasta. the fillings for this ravioli was very mashed up unlike the one we had earlier.
the fourth course of the set meal was the tenderloin with foie gras...
the foie gras we had here was much better than the starter we had. taste was better. the steak was not bad. nicely done to medium rare as we requested.
the final course of the set meal was the dessert which was apple taste pastry...
the apple topping was warm and some pastry bottom. the ice cream was so strong rum flavoured ice cream which does go very well with the warm apple fillings. overall it was nice.
aloy ordered a salted caramel dark chocolate tart thingy...
which was not to my liking.
i had the tiramisu...
which isnt ur typical tiramisu...
its like moose.. with some chocolate pearls inside. not my kind of tiramisu.
and right till we finished our dessert AND ASKED FOR THE BILL, the surprise i arranged for meina did not arrive. and with her seated beside me, it was impossible to ask anyone and i decided to FORGET ABOUT IT, told meina about it and we asked for a feedback form.
its only when we asked for the feedback form, they probably realised what they had forgotten that they suddenly showed up with the surprise.... WHICH BY NOW IS NO LONGER A SURPRISE....and it very much did not feel genuine.
but i must say, their complimentary cake was the nicest dessert for tonight (in my view).
we asked for two feedback form which their feedback form was terribly small, barely enuff for us to even relate how unhappy we were with the service.
the damage for tonight, was $395.
and no, i dont think i will want to be back here. the food was ok but nothing impressive enough for me to say i must go back. the bad service made it worse!
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