Au Chocolat

we did dinner at Au Chocolat....




i heard saphy and sharon mention this place, i googled and was worn over by the whole decor of the place! its so pretty!














and being new year's eve, they have a set menu. dear dear and chris ordered 2 sets while i had the beef bourguignon....



we also had a starter to share. its some crab meat burgers thingy...









its not bad. decent.

we also ordered a french onion soup which was AMAZING!!!





seriously, the french onion soup is thick and tasty. very strong in flavours with a layer of cheese on top. its super good!! super!! it makes me crave and miss it!





champagne from their set meal...




my beef bourguinon....




its pretty good! the beef is tender with yummy mashed potato. the stewed sauce is semi thick and tasty. its good!





chris had the chicken roulade... which was so so.. its breast meat and not impressive...




dear dear had the cannelloni...




it is AMAZING! the pasta was sooooooo thin!!! there were traces of foie gras. yummmy yum yum!!



and so, like what chris said, he was like the eunuch who had to notice what the two dowagers enjoyed and didnt enjoy and so he had to finish the one that we didn't enjoy as much and let us have more of the dishes we enjoyed! hahahaa... so nice!

oh and we love their coasters! sooooo  cute!! we *ahem*stole*ahem* them home! hahahahaa




we were toying about what to have for dessert and i was going to order this thinking its a drink but it turned out to be too big so we shared and it became our dessert. it was SOOOOO GOOD!

this is the frozen hot chocolate....



its amazingly good. its really like chocolate slurpee below... chilled... its so good!




its so good our eunuch forgot his role and finished up everything! hahaha

the warm chocolate cake from their set meal....









its also decent but the one at pasta brava was better. haha

Maekhong

after we collected the new car, we headed over to katong for dinner. she introduced this thai place to me...




i ordered the olive fried rice....





which was pretty good!


their pineapple fried rice was also not bad but i miss the one i had with bernard in jb. that was super good!





thai fish cakes...




tom yam soup which i didnt have much but meina said its very good!




crayfish...




salted egg long beans (special!)




red ruby!




havent had red ruby for a long while. found theirs not sweet enough.

Poulet

Butter Girls Christmas Dinner at Poulet...






we ordered a chicken to share. their signature cream sauce roast chicken....



it was good! the cream sauce was yummy and the chicken was tender.





sausages....




pork belly...




escargots...








banana bread pudding...




tiramisu...



i'd say overall the food was decent. the chicken and desserts were the better items. but for the pricing, its all good!

Cedele

had an appointment around town and managed to catch up with my stalker for xmas lunch. been too long!



we decided on cedele and i had one of their seasonal coffee-ish drink...



she opted for pancakes....




which were pretty good!

i chose rosti with sausages...




i quite like their rosti! didnt like the sausages. the sausages were a little bland. scrambled eggs were decent.

Pasta Brava

Dinner is with Dear Dear and Chris over at Pasta Brava....










and because its Christmas eve, they prepared crackers for the customers!










as it was Christmas, Pasta Brava offered set menus. You get a glass of prosecco, choice of an appetiser, a pasta, a main and a dessert!

for the starter, we chose the duck liver, the scallop and prawns and a avocado with lobster and crab meat terrine...

duck liver...



the duck liver is pretty good! its like foie gras, a very good portion (i.e. not too small) with a nice drizzle of sauce. the sauce has a little truffle in in.

scallop and prawns in seafood sauce...




texture and freshness of the seafood was good. taste was decent.

avocado with crab meat and lobster...




a nice item although it didnt leave much of an impression.

for the choice of pasta, dear dear and i both chose the lobster ravioli...





which turned out to be a little disappointing....



the lobster was minced so the nice texture of the lobster cannot be tasted. the sauce was also not impressive.

the pork ragout taglioini which Chris had no choice but to order turned out to be really good!





it is very nicely flavoured with the tomato based sauce. really good.

and for mains, we had a two steaks and a veal chop...








the sauce for the steak was a little disappointing. it was a little on the sour side and the steak was not impressive.

the veal chop turned out to be much better...





for dessert, there was a choice of strawberry tiramisu, some blue berry thingy and chocolate profiteroles. Sadly, the profiteroles were out but the restaurant was nice enough to replace it with panna cotta for us when we didnt want another tiramisu or the blue berry thingy.

strawberry tiramisu...




decent but i won't shout over it. i much prefer da paolo's tiramisu!

panna cotta...




pretty good! nicest among the original 3 desserts we had.

and the blue berry duno what thingy (i cant remember)...





this was really not for us. its sour and just taste weird to us. we feedback to the server and we were pleasantly delighted when they replaced it with a warm chocolate lava cake for us....





and it was YUMMY!!!



the best dessert tonight!!  so they made us really happy!