Of course, I had some dining vouchers from credit card spend and I could also use it at Au Jardin. Nice!
Not wanting to feed Aaron his porridge there, we try to let him have lunch first at home. Well, tough luck ... he woke up super late at about 10 a.m., had his milk and simply wouldn't finish the bowl of porridge at 11 a.m. I had expected too much. Fortunately, he finished about half.
In any case, we reached Botanic Gardens on time. Au Jardin was just a short walk from the Visitors Info Centre.
Then I realised my worst fears came true ... I forgot my dining vouchers! As we were almost reaching the place, a guy approached us. He was trying to sell a $200 Les Amis voucher that he won from the Great Singapore Sale. After checking that we could indeed use it, I bargained it down to $170 for the voucher, instead of $180 :) Lovely, God provided again :)
We were seated on the 2nd level, next to the windows. The place was well-cooled, so it wasn't hot from the blazing sun outside..
Brunch was a semi-buffet affair. Cold cuts and appetisers were free-flow. We only need to select a choice of eggs, main course and dessert.
I had Cocotte for eggs.
CP had fried eggs, which is actually sunny-side up.
I had Grilled Angus Striploin with butternut puree, roasted zucchini, red wine sauce.
CP had lobster pasta, seared scallop. This was fantastic. The pasta is real thin, almost like mee sua. Flavour is good too.
I had Manjari chocolate tart with sable breton, "soil" & burnt butter ice-cream. Too chocolatey for me.
CP had Frozen passion fruit foam with persimmon soup, fromage frais sorbet. This was a real suprise. The persimmon wasn't too sweet but able to contrast the sour flavour of the sorbet.
Les mignardises - Yuzu pearls - made from Japanese Yuzu fruit extract, then pass through either a hot or cold agent, after which the pearls were formed. Not an easy job, I guess. They were then filled onto a thin hazelnut wafer. Aaron loved the pearls!
Service was really superb. The staff were warm and friendly, patient with our questions. I think I was really tempted to go back just to soak in the ambience!
Of course, in terms of food, I still prefer Gunther's, Iggys and Les Amis but those are full lunches and dinner. I may just come back on a weekday just to try a proper degustation menu.
Aaron also had his fair share of fun. The minute we let him down, he quickly made use of his freedom!
See DC's food review at HungryGoWhere here.
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