An ongoing journey: Birthday Treat 3

Thursday, January 14, 2010

Birthday Treat 3 - Iggy's

The actual day itself, I decided to lunch with CP at Iggy's. Took us almost two years to finally stepped into this place. It grabbed the 1st place in Miele's Guide 2008 and 2nd place in 2009.

Located at the Regent Hotel, it's tucked away on the 3rd floor, right in front of the escalator. Although I made the booking on Monday, the tables were already fully booked, leaving only the counter seats facing the kitchen.

We ordered the 5-course set lunch, CP and me choosing different items on the menu.

Complimentary starter: Peach tomato essence with sweet tomato, a very refreshing drink and a good start to the meal proper.

(DC) Iggy's Salad - Mushroom, tomato, mango, avovado, mesclun, red onion, herbs, truffle and Hollandaise. The Hollandaise is fantastic, very fragrant buttery flavour.

(CP) Tomato Tart, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano

(DC) Peppered beef tongue, tomato relish and root vegetables. Tenderly delicious, even the black pepper granules tasted great.

(CP) Sakura ebi cappellini with konbu and home-made scampi oil. Ohhh ... it was somewhat like the angel-hair pasta at Gunther's. CP and I agreed that it tasted great with the dried shrimps.

(DC) Classic onion soup with gratinated cheese croutons

(CP) Mushroom Cappuccino - Can't go wrong with this!

(DC) Chargrilled wagyu beef rump, rosemary potatoes and mesclun salad - Juicy steak.

(CP) Confit of duck leg, rosemary potato, mesclun - The duck was so tender although the skin looks to be fried crispy. A tasty surprise here, delicious!

(DC) Souffle and pina colada - Almost all the diners chose this dessert. No wonder, the souffle was so fluffy. The sweetness isn't overwhelming, I finished the whole souffle and don't feel choked from the sweetness. Make a hole in the souffle, pour in the ice-cream and enjoy the pina colada shake in the meanwhile.