Dozo

after work, we arranged to meet up to celebrate chit loong's birthday. he chose the place Dozo and i'm glad he did! Heard about the place for ages but never got down to heading down. I know this place is the same management as Tao's Restaurant but a slightly upmarket one.

according to chit loong, his friend who patronise here quite regularly gave good reviews and that a lot of ministers patronise this place.



because we made reservations for 7 pax, they gave us a private room (for free!!).. i like this place already!!



chit loong and i got there first. We were served this snacker while waiting for the rest to arrive. if i remember correctly, they said this is fried soba. the orange ones are pretty good!



xiuling and ho guan arrived subsequently. Meiling and janice couldnt make it and stephanie will arrive later so we started off first.

first, we were offered this sour plum sorbet to cleanse our palate...




this restaurant works the same way as Tao Restaurant. They give you a set menu with a few items on each different course. Over here, its $59.80++ for their 7 course dinner set.

first course is the Starter....



there isn't a choice for the starter. everyone gets a chef's seasonal assorted platter.

today's one consists of smoked salmon, scallop and foie gras....



they were GOOD!! after this first course, i was hopeful towards the subsequent courses!

next course is the cold dish. we tried to order different things so we could share and get a taste of more things....



all the items were pretty good!

special attention given to the beef tataki....



its awesome!! the beef slices have a tinge of truffle taste because of the mayo. damn good!

next course is the side dish....



again, all fairly good particularly the foie gras chawanmushi!!!!





its damn good la!!

the foie gras taste has that oomph on the chawanmushi. YUMMY!!

next up is the soup!



the clam soup is bad. too bland.

the truffle mushroom soup, i didnt get to try.

the beef consomme is SOOOOO GOOOD. really! chit loong and i loved it.

my crab bisque was also yummy!

by this time, stephanie has also arrived to join us and has caught up with the courses.


for mains, chit loong had the chicken...



and he chose it mainly because of the foie gras! haha

their foie gras is a little dry in my view. but still good.

the chicken thigh is cut quite uniquely in a rectangular shape. its tender but somehow you can't really taste the chicken taste.



ho guan had the pork...



its really tender and pretty good.


i had the beef tenderloin...



most interesting because of the way its served. we joked about whether the little pebbles can be eaten too. haha.. the beef tenderloin is tender and not bad.

stephanie's sushi platter...



decent sushi but not what i would choose.

xiuling's cod fish...



pretty good!

next course is the drinks...



just like tao restaurant, they have very interesting drinks which are fruity. i like my iced mallow apple melody.

final course is the desserts...



nice baked warm chocolate cake.

nice espresso creme brulee...



they missed out chit loong's japanese red bean cake so they replaced it with some raspberry mousse with cream...



it taste pretty good coz its got those chocolate pearls amidst the cream. yummy!

and when i called to make the reservations, they asked if it was any special occassion. i told them we are celebrating a birthday of Chit Loong and they came in with a surprise for Chit Loong....



this is what i call good service! and the servers were very helpful with the phototaking for us! they would even go several angles to help with the pictures. Thumbs up for service!