Magical 21st in Frangipani!

Dear diary,

My life has been pretty occupied lately!
When there’s no work, I’ll be catching up with my sleep or be out of home. Time flies, I can’t believe it’s May already!

Today, I shall share my magical 21st in Frangipani , which I think could be one of the best French restaurants that I’ve been to. I’m not exaggerating! In Frangi, even food that I don’t like (eg. asparagus) can turn out to be very good! It’s just magical!

The restaurant has got very good ambience! They have an indoor pool which contributes to its serenity. And the clean simple interior contribute to its classy & elegant atmosphere!

Deep down in my heart, I’m feeling very grateful that great people exist and they made my life a much better one! I owe this to a secret person who requested his identity to be hidden! TQVM!

I thought I would be confused by the French jargons and end up not knowing what to order. But as I flipped through the menu, I realized each menu item is followed with a paragraph of informal yet detailed explanation. Very thoughtful! It makes reading the menu an experience itself.

the typical fine-dining set-up.

Since it’s dinner-time, I decided to go for the 3 course meal. To my surprise, they served several complimentary courses in between the 3 courses, which makes this meal 6 courses altogether!

Initially, price was my biggest concern. I’m very resistent towards over-priced & non-worthy spend! I was worried that we’re paying a lot but the quality of food is not up-to-standard. But turns out, the food is so good, it makes you feel that the money you’re paying is all worthwhile.

We started-off with some Baguette (bread) with butter.

The butter, nothing like the typical ones from the supermarket! It tastes very very good – especially for someone like me who likes butter a lot. btw, the baguette did not run-out because they kept serving more!

Complimentary:

Then they served this complimentary starter course.

Warm tea smoked salmon with confit potatoes, crème fraîche and salmon roe.

“After having this (esp the salmon roe), salmon roe you get from the regular Sushi chains would taste like shit!”, said the Secret Guy.

I took some pictures with the food too!

Pigeon Breast (can’t trace the full name that appears in the menu)

Tender! Didn’t know that Pigeon tastes like this.

Complimentary:

Asparagus soup with salmon roll.

The soup is …omfg freaking good! I don’t take asaparagus ever … but this’s so gonna change my perception of asparagus. The soup is very rich! If the average soup is liquer on the rock; then this could be the shots/shooters. i don’t mean to sound like a drinker! but can’t think of any other way to describe the goodness of the soup! The soup goes well with the salmon roll.

Third Course:

Grilled Wagyu beef cheek with braised red cabbage, mole sauce and pumpkin dauphines

Very nicely done! Every dish is so fine that you can feel the carefulness of the chef while preparing it.

Pan roasted duck confit with mustard cream and mashed potato on a crisp potato couronne

I saw quite a number of people ordering this course too. But I thought the beef cheek tastes better than this. This is a very well-done duck, the texture is a bit stiff – maybe that’s the way a duck confit shouldbe. btw, the little ‘shit-like’ thing around the duck confit tastes a bit like wasabi!

Complimentary:

Chilly Strawberry Ice

After the 6 courses, this one last thing perfected the meal – a surprise birthday dessert!

While this was brought-out, the waiter sang birthday song to me. I was very surprised and touched by the thoughtful arrangement!

Thanks loads for the magical experience!