與奶奶及姑仔團年飯,去咗Madam Sixty Ate開餐。
同拾爺早咗到,去到餐廳安排我哋坐一張靠窗嘅4人枱,餐廳環境昏暗,地方寬敞,情侶談心、知己相聚皆宜。
開放式嘅廚房不時傳來陣陣香味。
等緊奶奶佢哋時,拾爺先問waitress有乜好介紹,略知餐廳嘅拿手菜後,就待奶奶佢哋到時,商量菜單。
四個人叫咗3個3 courses ($498 per person)同1個4 courses ($558 per person)嘅set。所有嘢share嚟食!
Waitress落完單後,表示稍後會送上house made bread,但等咗好一陣,仲未見影……終於,等到啲house made bread嚟喇,睇到一碟熱騰騰嘅house made bread上枱,終於知道點解要等咁耐,原來係新鮮出爐架!
麵包外脆內軟,而且好有麵包味,讚!如果麵包嘅外層脆得嚟唔係咁硬,就更完美!好耐冇食過咁熱咁新鮮嘅麵包,喺麵包上搽一層牛油,牛油即時溶化,滲出淡淡牛油香,一口咬下,幸福!
Dungeness crab, crisp pastry, bergamot mousse, avocado sorbet and ginger pearls﹕賣相精緻,未食已經令人開懷。三小份蟹卷都十份足料,啖啖蟹肉!Dungeness crab釀入crisp pastry內,一脆一軟,予以食客兩種口感,讚!只是,蟹肉略嫌蟹味唔夠、鮮味不足……Avocado被整成sorbet,冰冰嘅感覺,配以淡淡嘅味道,口感清新。Bergamot mousse及ginger pearls一酸一辣,絕對係開胃之選,作為starter嘅配角,非常合適。
Smoked octopus, seared squid, house made chorizo, tangerine tonic, black olive powder﹕又一賣相可媲美藝術品嘅菜式。欣賞廚師的刀功,把octopus片得薄薄一片,煙燻後嘅octopus味道很唔錯,亦比較少見有餐廳供應(就我而言)。除卻octopus,其他食物水準一般。
“Ode to Eliza” pork belly, black & white garlic, girolle broth, 63 egg﹕因為怕starter份量少,唔夠分,加上之前兩道starters都真係份量少,所以呢個starter,同之前個蟹卷一樣,我哋都係order咗兩份。但係……今次呢道菜嘅份量卻可以媲美main course,件pork belly好大份!講番個味道先,豬皮被燒至脆卜卜,豬肉嘅肥瘦部份都軟淋易入口,屬上佳之作!只係……肥嘅部份太多喇……加上我腸胃敏感仲未好番,所以食多兩啖,又覺得滯喇……
Sagabuta pork loin, girolle mushrooms, bacon fricassee, maple bourbon glaze﹕Waitress推介嘅菜式之一,廚師以60度溫度慢煮日本豬肉而成,不過,豬肉只會煮至medium rare,所以上枱時,豬肉嘅顏色會呈現淡粉紅色。Main course份量唔多,加上我哋四個人分,所以每人都只係半小塊豬肉,滿有期待咁將豬肉放入口,卻落得極度失望嘅下場。豬肉好嚡,肉汁流失,而且淡而無味……差!
Wagru rump, beef brisket, sweetbreads, smoked parsnip and celeriac with coffe soil﹕Waitress冇推介,但姑仔堅持要試嘅main course!幸好有姑仔嘅堅持,呢個main course係云云我哋點選嘅main course之中最好食架!牛肉被煮至medium rare,粉嫩嘅顏色吸引眼球,食落去味道更佳!肉嫩多汁,令人想一吃再吃!唯一要挑剔嘅,係牛肉味唔夠濃……
Saltbrush lamb, green peas, fava beans and celeriac remoulade﹕嚟自法國嘅羊架,算係少食到。不過……味道卻無甚特別……羊架煮至medium rare (其實餐廳係唔會問食客想要幾成熟,通通都煮至medium rare就算。),肉色呈現鮮嫩粉紅,入口尚算嫩淋,肉汁亦未盡見流失,但卻有少許乾。配菜亦以肉為主,食到人好滯……
Barramundi, house made chorizo, torched baby prawn black garlic, fennel vermouth cream﹕Waitress推介之一,嚟自澳洲嘅魚,但愛魚之一如姑仔都覺得冇特別,更何況我呢啲唔好魚嘅人﹖!
Poached pear, chocolate rock, Zacapa rum bubble, chestnut ice cream﹕奶奶之選,冇試過,waitress話廚師以法式煮法去整,好似好特別咁,但感覺奶奶唔太欣賞。
Peanut butter dacquoise, chocolate ganache, burnt bananas, banana ice cream coffee﹕姑仔之選,佢食唔哂,我同拾爺就喺另一邊,撩咗少少試吓,好一個充滿花生醬嘅甜品……鹹嘅甜品,我真係唔識欣賞……同埋,呢個dessert真係食到人好滯……得個chocolate ganache係我覺得好食架咋!
Warm financier, pumpkin mousse, brown butter ice cream﹕拾爺之選,佢好滿意,覺得好好食。我食咗一小嚿warm financier係幾唔錯,pumpkin mousse就唔係好覺係pumpkin味,至於個brown butter ice cream味道好奇怪……
White chocolate, passion fruit mousse, soda, pineapple ginger beer sherbet﹕食到咁滯,我特登揀個味道較為開胃嘅甜品,呢個甜品冇咩特別,但就好啱食到滯時去食佢。White chocolate原來係ice cream,味道冇我所想咁甜,應該話係唔甜,啱哂不嗜甜嘅我,讚!Passion fruit mousse原來係糕狀,酸味味,好開胃,如果可以更為軟滿滑就好喇!另外兩樣就一般般啦。
埋單$2257.2,奶奶請客,仲俾夠$2260。總結,番兜之選!
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