Foodie knows the key to a perfect bite, always stays with 'a bit' meat, 'a bit' cheese and 'a bit' well-done sauce. Who cares that a lot! Especially you know you will be treated with a rich selection of fine ingredients and a good cooking way. NOM, opened about 4 months ago, is kind of place I described above, and I'm very happy to listen to the Chef's words where I figure out the resto is proud of their qualified selection of imported raw materials (including vegetables) and the way they are making magic with those good ingredients in their secret kitchen.
Burrata | Heirloom Tomato | Watermelon
The main purpose for this visit is for their newly launched Lunch Menu, cost $178 (no service charge) which is only served in weekdays so far. Even you can find one item featured with their (already) famous Meanball, the new Lunch Menu actually has more highlight than where the fame is already. The power behind is, a double-fresh idea (to me), which stands for fresh ingredients plus fresh cooking.
Of course, you could order from a-la-carte menu as you wish (but I would say their Lunch Menu setting is more than enough to feed you up). Burrata is one of those out of set menu. With a fresh and juicy companion of watermelon and tomato, we were swimming in the creamy, slightly sweet and milky Burrata (cream and mozzarella - inside part) without even a second of 'drowning'.
Roasted Pumpkin | Yogurt Dressing | Sharp Cheddar
It's a fantastic but simply presentation with all my favorite ingredients, which I believe even you are piggy and insisting to healthy diet style, you won't say "NO" to this one. The roasted pumpkin cut into a cute large boat-shape which impressed me by its crispy hard biting experience; not flavored a lot even solidly whitened by yogurt dressing. It tasted amazingly light with a strong nuts aroma, and the only salty flavor came from the cheddar, which is hard, semi-dry, firm and of course, cheesy and delicious enough as its dry cheese way.
Quinoa | Beetroot | Baby Spinach
Sweet Potato | Sea weed salsa verde | Red onion | Oyster mushroom
The other two starters are awesome as well and as usual, to be a combination of healthy vegetables, lightly roasted and salad. To select any one out of those 3 starters, I would say nothing will go wrong whatever in its taste, presentation or physical diet theory, to color a little more about last point, is all of them are roasted, olive oil dressed, and contained enough fiber.
Ultimate Meatball Sandwich
One of the main course choices and I'm pretty sure, if you go for this one to continue your Set Lunch in NOM, you will be over-satisfied in mind and by stomach. I simply love the way they are dealing with this Meatball Sandwich.
The dry, crispy and awesome bread aroma, checked!
The very-evil looking of meatballs and melted cheese 'coat', checked!
The thin, light golden French fries, checked!
A bite, I had a hint of fresh sweet tomato sauce in a right level of sweet and sourness to balance the meaty and cheesy side, juicy and soft pork & beef meatball, and the all-around cheesy taste, not too heavy nor too sticky, but just flowing everywhere.
Prawn Sliders
Another awesome dish from the regular menu is Prawn Sliders. The color wowed us a lot, and it is not difficult to have a successful guess about what's coloring those cute mini-bun. Yes, it's beetroot, a perfect healthy, sweetening and coloring ingredient. The mini-burger is not as heavy as sandwich, while in terms of that thick piece of pan-fried foie gras, the hidden fat you would take from it would be the same or even more. Anyway, it's delicious :D
The soft and smooth taste of prawn cake made with smashed potato and the full prawn instead of chopped or smashed ones. A rich flavor of juicy, rich and mouth-melting, but everything has a little connection with sweet, which makes a bite more complicated and interesting. The homemade chips are dressed with seaweed and salt.
Compared to the outstanding Meatball Sandwich in the set menu, short-ribs might lose its glory. I'm not keen to its fat part so much, while the taste is not bad, mildly salted with a little smoked and roasted aroma.
Homemade Tagliolini | Crab Meat | Parsley Root Puree
Time to take some traditional Italian food (pasta!) and I was again impressed. The homemade tagliolini is eggy, chewy and in a flat-shape but also twisted a bit itself. It is perfectly matched with the melted cheese on the top and parsley puree at the bottom. I really wish to have more bites but just too full already.
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