I'm going to try to recall our wonderful dinner from sage, with the aid of my pictures (luckily I took pictures!), the menu online and my wonderful memory to create fillers in between the reality as some of us are fond of doing.
For the record, SWR for May took place at Sage Restaurant. Recently moved from Robertson Walk to along the main Mohd Sultan Road, this restaurant is run by a husband and wife team (Jusman & Kimberly) and has won many accolades locally. Recently during World Gourmet Summit 08, Jusman was also named Rising Chef of the Year! So it was with great anticipation that we had our SWR. I personally had been wanting to go there for the longest time but never got the chance to. There were 9 of us - SB, ML, YY, EL, JL, WK, XL, WZ & EN although JL actually went home before dinner started as she wasn't feeling well. We definitely missed your presence!
Back to the food... Ok I suspect that Sage has changed their menu since we ate there, which would explain why the dishes don't really match the menu. But let me try...
We had a couple of appetizers - the Pumpkin & Foie Gras soup, which I really enjoyed (it was my fave app!), the Mushroom cappucinno with truffled infused eggs, and a Risotto of Escargots and Prawns and poached egg with parsley foam. The truffled infused scrambled eggs housed in the eggshell was really super yummy. And of course we also had Foie Gras, topped with poached figs.
For the main courses, we had (first row) the Cod Fish, topped with prawn and cognac butter, Duck Confit, (second row), some sort of beef (but doesn't look like the Beef Cheek item on the menu) and seafood tomato pasta (the special of the daty). I think I had the cod which was very tender and fresh. I think everyone enjoyed their food, not sure if I took pics of all the mains. On that note, neither do I have pictures of dessert, did we order dessert? How come there is no evidence?
Anyhow, despite being unable to recall the food nor the exact conversations we had (I'm setting a new low here, M should be pleased as there would be vey low expectations of the Xi Yan entry. According to M, that should be the whole point of recording it down, in order to document our frivolity, retardedness and intelligence (depending on occasion) for posterity.
The company was good as usual and it would be accurate to reflect that the consensus was that the food and service were great. It wasn't cheap tho, but definitely worth it.
Those who remember what took place during the dinner, pls feel free to augment the post!
2 comments:
M is indeed very pleased that there is no detail of the conversation that took place, such that M's value-add for the Xi Yan entry can very easily be choice conversational nuggets, to make up for lack of pictorial representation.
Well, I can describe the wine! We had a cava by Vallformosa, from spain. Not much on the bubbles, but for the price can't complain. Citrusy and uncomplicated. It was a gift from friends of mine.
As for main, I had the handmade fettucine with crab and prawns. It's since been rotated off the menu, boohoo, as it was so good I went back looking for it. Nothing like fresh pasta for that certain bite and tastiness. the crab meat was generous and coated every strand.
Service was attentive as usual. I can't remember if we had anything else but I'm pretty sure we ordered 2 scoops of peanut butter ice cream, as I almost always order that. Sweet rich and oh so creamy, it's more like a sweeter richer hua shen hu then ice cream.
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