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oie (pronounced as ‘joy’) is located on the 12th floor lush rooftop garden of Orchard Central. While the cool breeze envelops you, enjoy the beautiful evening skyline, expansive panoramic views and dazzling lights of the busy Orchard Road shopping belt. Opened in 2014, the meatless fusion restaurant offers an intimate dining experience with several private rooms as well as an outdoor private dining area. With its classy indoor deco and quaint outdoor seatings, the restaurant is an ideal place for private or celebrative events. The restaurant serves set-menus only and draws its creativity from various vegetables, fruits and herbs turning them into exquisite dishes with some looking like Japanese or European art exhibits. Lunch is a 6-course meal (comprising starter, side dish, soup, main, dessert and drink) while dinner is a 7-course meal (similar to lunch with an additional cold dish). The starter dish is already quite impressive. The 3-item platter includes carrot sashimi,
seaweed cracker and raspberry sphere.You have several options for each category in the menu. These are my personal favourites: 1. Charcoal coated tempura platter. The crispy tempura is prepared using tempura yam, eggplant, apple, banana with Japanese sesame dressing. Tastewise, the apple and banana stood out more strongly compared to the yam and eggplant. 2. Zucchini tower. The refreshing zucchini is stuffed with crème cheese, truffle mayo and puff pastry. 3. Potato and cauliflower bisque with basil crisp. The warm and flavourful bisque is served with dehydrated basil chip and salt-baked celery root. 4. Grilled summer mushroom steak on “pu-ye”hot stone. The creative use of dried leaves on hot lava stones made this dish look like it belonged in an art exhibition ─ a true work of art on the dining table. 5. Layers of red bean and yam. An oriental sweet treat for yam lovers. 6. Hawaiian blue. A beautifully concocted house mocktail using lychee and blueberry. The restaurant does not provide any food delivery service. Due to limited seating capacity, you are strongly encouraged to make a reservation before heading to the restaurant. The set lunch is $39.80++ per person and the set dinner $69.80++ per person.
Overall Ratings: Food 8/10 Ambience 9.5/10 Service 9/10 Address and Contact Details: 181 Orchard Road #12-01 Orchard Central Singapore 238896 6838 6966 reservation@joierestaurant.com.sg www.facebook.com/joiebydozosg www.instagram.com/joiebydozo Daily Operating Hours: Lunch 12 noon - 3pm (Last order at 2pm) Dinner 6pm - 10pm ( Last order at 9pm )
*info correct as of February 2021. no.50 | may-aug 2021 |
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