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San Francisco Steakhouse
onde onde Restaurant
Pick-Me-Up
Sweet Poems Dessert House
Savory Bistro
The Speakeasy
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SAN FRANCISCO STEAKHOUSE Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com
ONDE ONDE
Waterfront Desa Park City, Kuala Lumpur by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com
PICK-ME-UP
Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park, Kuala Lumpur by www.malaysianfoodie.com
SWEET POEMS
Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur by www.malaysianfoodie.com
SAVORY BISTRO
Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur by www.isaactan.net
THE SPEAKEASY
Ming Annexe, Kuala Lumpur by www.broughtup2share.com
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SAN FRANCISCO STEAKHOUSE Tropicana City Mall, Petaling Jaya
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San Francisco Steakhouse being a happening place for steak lovers is saying HELLO to 2012 with some new exciting flavors. They have launched a new menu to continue serve diners with quality and wholesome meals at an affordable price. The new selection emphasize on sharing so that everyone gets to taste different food at the same time which is an art of eating that is gaining popularity among diners in the country. The new menu comprises of hearty appetizers, tantalizing ribs and steaks, lobster, chicken and seafood varieties, not forgetting the enticing desserts and beverages. The menu even has a special section of dishes just for the kids. With good food and drinks coupled with cozy ambience, San Francisco Steakhouse offers a perfect place for you to chill out with friends and family in the coming year.
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Steak Master XXL cooking demonstration by Chef Shoun Shong
Best known for their charbroiled prime steaks and dedication in providing the finest aged beef, San Francisco Steakhouse continues to escalate diners with the Steak Master XXL where 700gm of succulent juicy Australian Rib-eye Steak cooked to perfection that will simply blown your mind off.
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Seafood Platter
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For those who like seafood, you are welcome to enjoy the culinary journey with their new seafood platter that is huge enough for sharing. The chefs use dory fish fillet that is coated with flour batter without any eggs added to preserve the taste and crispiness. The platter is splendidly loaded with fried dory fish fillet, fried prawns, fried mussels and sided with fries, coleslaw and mayonnaise as dip. by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com I
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Ribs Combo with Half Spring Chicken
Scrumptious juicy ribs drizzled with BBQ apple sauce, so good that might even make you lick the bone clean. The ribs combo comes with a half spring chicken, so it is meant for sharing if you are a small eater. Besides half spring chicken, customer can also choose either with rib-eye steak, grilled chicken, crispy chicken, fried shrimp or grilled salmon. by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com I
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Triple Treat
The Triple Treat comprises potato skins, fried mushroom, chicken wings accompanied by fresh cucumber and carrot sticks, Thai mayo, sour cream and honey mustard dressing for dipping. A good sharing platter for starter.
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Don't miss the Mini Dessert of The Day which available in varies flavors. You can enjoy 1 for free by ordering 3. These sweet treats are so colourful and will definitely brighten up your meal and day!
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Besides steak, poultry and seafood mains, San Francisco Steakhouse also offers pasta lovers with homemade meatballs cooked to perfection, served with spaghetti and tomato concasse. Other favourites including Chicken Bolognese and Escargot Aglio Olio Pasta. For those craving for burger, there is a must-try burger which is San Francisco’s One Pound Burger with beef grilled to perfection and topped with cheddar cheese. Mouth-watering desserts, a range of good wines, liquors and beers are available for a perfect finish to a great meal.
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Restaurant San Francisco Steakhouse Address • Tropicana City Mall Lot G40, Ground Floor Petaling Jaya, Selangor +603 7728 8010 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. daily • Suria KLCC Lot 136, First Floor Kuala Lumpur +603 2382 0329 12 p.m. – 12 a.m. • Coliseum Square No 8, Ground Floor Ipoh, Perak +605 255 5798 11 a.m. – 12 a.m. • Jaya Square Lot 7343, Ground Floor Subang Jaya, Selangor +603 5635 3338 12 p.m. – 12 a.m. Website
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ONDE ONDE Waterfront Desa Park City, Kuala Lumpur
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Growing up in a Nyonya household with strong food culture, this has consequently led to the birth of Onde Onde Restaurant by Paul Khong. Located at Desa Park City, Onde Onde serves authentic Nyonya and local delights, using the recipes from family's cookbook. With owner's mother hails from Melaka and late father from Penang, it can be certain that food serves here will not fail from the authentic Nyonya taste. The interior is simple. Walls painted in blue adjoining with red, couples of wooden chairs and marble tables, and arrays of ceramic pots and plates on wall.
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Japanese Cucumber Sour Plum Juice (RM5.90)
Hot Coffee (RM2.80)
Taste like ambra sour plum juice, but this one is replaced with Japanese cucumber, not too sweet and very refreshing.
Using coffee beans originated from Ipoh, the coffee spread out a nice aroma once it is placed on the table.
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Grilled Toast with Duck Egg Kaya & Butter (RM2.80)
Onde-onde (RM3.80)
A nice coffee must always followed with nice toast. What makes the toast here special is their homemade kaya using duck egg, coconut milk and gula melaka as the essential ingredients, as using duck egg will fare a better taste than chicken egg. I always like the feeling of gula melaka syrup oozing out from the soft pandan dough and fill my mouth when eating onde-onde. With soft and chewy dough, this one does not fail but I prefer it to have more palm sugar filling. Do look for many other Nyonya kuih choices that available here such as kuih sago, kuih talam, angku, pulut tai tai... by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com I
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Asam Laksa (RM9.90)
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Asam Laksa (RM9.90)
Prawn Mee [Mee Yoke] (RM9.90)
Being the signature dish in Onde Onde, asam laksa here truly worth the crown. With the sourish slightly overtake the spiciness, it will definitely trigger your taste bud. Sipping into the flavorful broth with big pieces of Mackerel fish, slippery noodles, pineapple cubes, shredded cucumber, shredded onion, and mint leaves give an extra joy in having the laksa. Add in prawn paste if desired to top up the flavor. While for the prawn mee, balance of the sweetness from prawns and spiciness made me took another few mouthful of the broth. by www.summerkid123.blogspot.com I
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Penang Chee Cheong Fun with Prawn Paste (RM6.90)
It is pretty hard to get Penang chee cheong fun around Selangor and Kuala Lumpur area as they are mostly plain chee cheong fun pair with yong tau fu. One of my friends from Penang who misses home all the time has always asked me where she can get chee cheong fun with har gou in Selangor and I basically can't answer this question.
Ladled with har gou and drizzled with minced dried shrimps and sesame, the chee cheong fun is smooth and decent. I have always afraid of the strong taste of har gou but surprisingly this combination turns out to be delightful for me. There is also a side of sambal to give an extra kick to the chee cheong fun.
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Special Fried Rice and Curry Laksa Combo (RM15.90)
Want to taste more at the same time? Try their combo set which consists of a plate of fried rice, curry laksa, stirred fried mengkuang with carrot, spring rolls and onde-onde. For small eaters, this combo is good enough to share by two persons.
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Fried Rice
Curry Laksa
The curry laksa is generously loaded with pieces of chicken, prawns, quarter of egg, fried bean curd, long beans, bean sprouts and shredded chicken. The soup is heavy and thick, but can be spicier.
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Stir Fried Mengkuang and Spring Roll
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Sago Gula Melaka (RM4.90)
Sago bathing in coconut milk and gula melaka. Don't fooled by its plain look, it actually tasted quite refreshing and I enjoyed it very much.
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Signature Onde Onde Durian Dessert (RM7.90)
Shaved ice with grass jelly, chendol, showered with fresh milk, gula melaka and topped with D24 durian paste, I will claim this as a humble but luxury dessert.
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It is great to know another place that serves authentic Nyonya cuisine. Try venturing into Onde Onde Restaurant one day to savor some Nyonya food.
Enjoy their prawn noodles at RM2 only with every purchase of assam laksa! * Print out this page to redeem the special offer at Onde Onde Restaurant. * Valid till 14 March 2012.
Restaurant Onde Onde Restaurant Address GF-03A, Ground Floor Waterfront @ Parkcity 5 Persiaran Residen Desa Park City 52200 Kuala Lumpur Telephone +603 6280 7419
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Nuttela French Toast (RM5.50)
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PICK-ME-UP Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park, Kuala Lumpur
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Pick-Me-Up is a place for sweet tooth buds to have their desserts. The shop is serving large variety of desserts and snacks. It is located at the busy town in Kuchai Lama where you can see lots of food outlets there as well. We tried their famous Nuttela French Toast. The french toast was topped with thick chocolate spread and it was simply chocolate-licious and I am falling in love with it. Customer can also choose to have either peanuts, blueberry, strawberry or peach spread with the Nuttela Bread.
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You just need to pay extra RM1.00 to get a scope of ice cream on top of it. Ice cream with french toast, my sinful delicious snack!
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Chessy Nachos (RM4.50)
The crispy nachos were served with thick cheesy sauce. Nice to the last bite, highly recommend to the cheese lover. by www.malaysianfoodie.com I
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Ice Cream Burritos with Mango (RM5.50)
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Ice Cream Burritos with Banana (left) and Oreo (right) (RM5.50)
We also tried the Ice Cream Burritos which is their signature snack too. How the taste like? Ice cream was wrapped inside the alike popiah skin together with fruits or biscuits in it. For choices, customer can have either with ice cream only (RM4.50), and extra RM1.00 for additional ingredients such as Mango, Banana or Oreo Cookies. by www.malaysianfoodie.com I
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Chili Chic Quesadilla (RM8.50)
The Chili Chic Quesadilla is just nice with its size. It tasted slightly spicy with the meaty and chunky chicken. It is hot with a pleasant aroma.
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3 Sweet Rice Balls Coated with Crushed Peanuts (RM3.00)
The rice ball comes in red bean, sesame malt or ginger malt. It is coated with crushed peanuts serving together with the sweet rice ball, adding a little chunky to its chewy texture.
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Soya Ice Taiwanese Pick (RM6.50)
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Grass Jelly Ice Taiwanese Pick (RM6.50)
Palm Sugar Ice Taiwanese Pick (RM6.50)
For the Taiwanese Ice Pick, customer can decide the flavour for the base shaved ice first which they offer a variety to choose like soya, grass jelly and palm sugar. It comes with grass jelly, pearls and taro balls. Customer can pick another 2 type of toppings to add on like red bean, barley, peanut, green bean, nata de coco, yam... There are 7 toppings to choose from. The perfect choice of dessert to cool down during the hot weather day.
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Fruity Picks + 1 Set of Toppings + Soft Ice Cream (RM7.50)
Fruity Picks + 1 Set of Toppings + Frozen Yogurt (RM8.50)
We also tried other choice of picks which is strawberry ice and blueberry ice with concentrated fruit sauce. We get to choose the topping of 3 choices like pearl, mango, barley, taro ball, red bean and many more. Pick-Me-Up offers 13 choices to choose from to suit customer own tastebud. Finally, customers need to decide the icy base either soft creamy ice cream or the frozen yogurt.
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Signature Pick Tower Shaved Ice (RM12.90)
The famous signature pick tower shaved ice comes with 3 different flavours which is the blueberry ice, mango ice, and strawberry ice in tier. It is served together with mango, nata de coco, pearls, taro balls and vanilla ice cream. Great to share among friends during the hot sunny day since the serving is quite large.
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Pearl Milk Tea (RM4.50)
Grass Jelly Milk Tea (RM4.50)
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Pick-Me-Up is also adding new item Froyo Pick to its menu. Froyo Pick has 15 toppings to choose from, soft ice cream or frozen yoghurt for its base, cheesy fries, chili fries and grass jelly hot in Taiwanese. Do try it out! Restaurant Pick-Me-Up Scrumptious Dessert and Snack Address 35, Jalan Kuchai Maju 8 Kuchai Entrepreneurs Park 58200 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Barley Lime (RM3.50)
Telephone +603 797 14983 Business Hours Sun - Thu : 12:30 pm - 11:30 pm Fri - Sat : 12:30 pm - 12:30 am Website www.pickmeup.com.my Facebook www.facebook.com/pickmeup.com.my
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SWEET POEMS Sungei Wang Plaza, Kuala Lumpur
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Sweet Poems 糖柏府 Dessert House is located in Sungei Wang Plaza Kuala Lumpur, just next to Body Shop and behind the U Cafe. The dessert house started their business one year ago back in December 2010. Sweet Poems 糖柏府 Dessert House is bringing their customers the best dessert experience from Taiwan and Hong Kong! They serve a lot of varieties such as Mango dessert series, Snow Ice, QQ Ice, assorted Pearl Milk Tea and so much more. Among all, they are so proud of their signature Mango dessert series, which using only fresh Mango imported mostly from Philippines. The Mango Jelly with Mango is one of the best sellers. The whole juicy refreshing drink is blended with freshly imported Mango and there is no preservative in it. You can taste the Mango’s sweetness and aroma with just a sip of it. If you are thinking to skip your dinner with a healthy fruit drink, this is very full-filling. A big thumb up and a MUST order!
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Mango Jelly with Mango 芒果爽 (RM7.90)
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Grass Jelly with Mango and Coconut Juice 芒椰仙草爽 (RM7.90)
Black Pearl with Mango and Coconut Juice 芒椰黑珍珠 (RM7.90)
For those who like grass jelly or black pearl, these drinks are recommended. The chewy grass jelly and black pearl blend well with the sweet aroma of mango. A heavenly fruit juice especially for those mango lovers!
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Durian Snow Ice 榴莲神冰 (RM6.90)
Durian Snow Ice is also my favorite since I am a big fan of durian. It was well blended with high grade durian to ensure its thick aroma and sweetness. The snow ice was simply smooth and nice. The chewy nata de coco was added also to give it a contrast of texture.
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Black Sesame Snow Ice 黑芝麻神冰 (RM6.90)
Pleasantly unique taste for those black Sesame lovers! Do not fool by its colour. Take a bite and you will have that thick fragrant of black sesame inside your mouth, plus the crunchy rice crisps and crushed nuts on it, even kid when simply adore it.
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Coconut Noodle with Mango and Mango Juice 芒果捞河 (RM7.90)
Coconut Noodle with Mango and Mango Juice is one of their specialties too. A really nice and highly recommended dessert. Made from their secret recipe, the coconut noodle was deliciously smooth, perfectly for those who want to try something different.
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Sago with Pomelo and Mango 杨枝金捞 (RM7.90)
The sour and sweet taste of Sago with Pomelo and Mango was indeed a nice combination. The freshness of the Mango make it even tastes better!
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One surprise of this Sweet QQ Ice is that customer can choose to have red bean flavored ice rather than the normal ice. The ice is smooth and it melts slowly in the mouth. The delights can be added with your choices of topping you love with different charges. The red bean, sweet potato ball and sweet yam ball are really nice with that addicted chewy texture. Restaurant Sweet Poems Dessert House 糖柏府甜品屋 Address C08, Concourse Level, Sungei Wang Plaza 55100 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Telephone +603 2142 9686 Sweet QQ Ice QQ仙冰 (RM6.90) Grass Jelly Ice Base + 3Q (RM5.90) / 4Q (RM6.90) / 5Q (RM7.90)
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SAVORY BISTRO Mont Kiara, Kuala Lumpur
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Savory Bistro serves western fare ranging from homemade pancakes, pasta, specialty steaks, tapas, vegetarian-friendly fare and a selection of wines. Located in Mont Kiara area, the bar-like restaurant was rather hidden and tucked away on the first floor of a condominium block at the end of Jalan Kiara 1. Even though the location for this restaurant was a bit secluded, I felt it was a hidden gem of sorts, something you find hidden away but really good. Aptly named Savory Bistro, we were served with some rather savory dishes which tingle our senses. Arriving just in time for dinner, my stomach was ready for all the good food.
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Cream of Pumpkin Soup (RM13)
We kicked off the meal with some wholesome Cream of Pumpkin Soup, which was enough to whet the appetite of at least 2 diners. It comes with scallops and goes really well with the garlic croutons.
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Spaghetti Marinara (RM32)
The next dish that arrived was Spaghetti Marinara consisting of prawns, seafood and chili. It was good especially the sauce. I guess a good Marinara has to have a good sauce to douse the ingredients in.
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Fillet Mignon Steak - Tenderloin Medium Done (RM50)
The meat for this Fillet Mignon Steak (Tenderloin) was medium done, with every bite I could feel the juice which was a pretty good feeling. Served with Savory Bistro's brown sauce, mashed potatoes and assorted vegetables, I truly enjoyed this dish, and was rather appropriately priced.
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Savory's Cheese Burger - RM28
Next up was Savory’s Cheese Burger, one which I appreciate especially when it comes in the form of a 200gm beef patty and cheddar cheese. Served with huge chunks of steak fries, I would say this burger can fill up at least 3 stomachs. It was huge, with juicy beef patty to satiate my carnivorous appetite.
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Overall the food at Savory Bistro was good, a hidden gem amidst all the other restaurants and cafes in the vicinity of Mont Kiara. Do drop by Savory Bistro should you happen to be around Mont Kiara.
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Restaurant Savory Bistro Address The Fare, 10 Mont Kiara Jalan Kiara 1 50480 Kuala Lumpur Telephone +603 6211 5100 Website www.savorybistro.com.my Facebook www.facebook.com/SavoryBistro
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THE SPEAKEASY Ming Annexe, Kuala Lumpur
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What’s with Speakeasy? Never did I know that the name was actually originated from the States, a place that sells alcoholic beverages illegally. Well, of course they are not. Speakeasy incorporates the concept of serving classic Western food as well as catering our local taste buds through their Asian cuisine. I wouldn’t say this place is easy to find, as it’s nestled in one of the older part of Kuala Lumpur city. However, with GPS and Google maps, it’s handy. Although Valentine was just over, but the good creation of food and chill relax ambience worth the mention here.
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Fresh Canadian Oyster
Sydney Rock Oyster Shooter
Served with pernod pickled fennel and moluga caviar, the fresh and velvety oyster would be a very fresh start. I love how the oyster was being drowned in basil infused very bloody Mary. A very intelligent idea creating a shooter this way as we just love the feeling of gulping down the oyster!
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Double Boiled Chicken ConsommĂŠ
Served with prawn and scallop quenelle, enoki mushroom and tempura baby asparagus. After a cold start, a consommĂŠ was a brilliant follow-up. The broth was really tasty as it was infused with the chicken essence with mushrooms and nibbling on the crispy tempura gave a different touch.
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Home Tea Smoked Salmon
Served on a bed boiled potatoes slices, Alaska crab crème fraiche, ikura pearls and organic petit sprouts. Presented beautifully using ingredients of different colours, the salmon was smoked perfectly retaining the juicy texture of the fish. We could felt the melts in our mouth. No boast! Having it together with other ingredients like the fish roes and potatoes would result a better texture definitely.
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Pan Seared Halibut
Red Wine Braised Rib-Eye
Perched on rainbow zucchini spaghetti, topped with spicy tomato and orange chutney, honey dew champagne nage and edible flowers. A big applause for the fresh halibut, smooth texture of the meat with crispy skin. Well done on the presentation. Presented mightily on truffle scented mash, topped with seared foie gras, grenadine onion marmalade and merlot glace. Bravo for the foie gras that was seared to perfection over high heat, retaining every juicy bits of it. We love pairing the caramelized onion with the rib-eye. by www.broughtup2share.com I
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Dessert
Dessert is the chocolate rose and lime infused honey dew with passion fruit. A very ideal and creative dessert perfect for your date. The Valentine rose crafted beautifully using icing and pastries. Restaurant The Speakeasy Restaurant & Bar
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