Mondial Event

Was invited to a Mondial event today. Mondial has this Signature collection called Excellent Cut label, which guarantees excellent cut, excellent polish and excellent symmetry. Only D to G colour and IF to VS1 clarity can be found here. Food and champagne were served during the event. We received a bottle of wine at the end of the event.

St Regis - Lunch Tasting

Went to my best friend wedding lunch food tasting session at St Regis. 

In Singapore, before you reserve for your wedding dinner banquet, there is usually a food tasting session where you can get to sample the food and alter the menu, decor etc before the actual day. 

This is one of the table setting. There are two table setting to choose from. 

The first dish - Three Treasures Combination - smoked duck breast, crispy shrimp ball and clams

Sharkfin soup - This is still a must have dish for every Chinese wedding dinner. There are some restaurants / couples who boycott sharkfin and replace this soup with something of similar value but this is still rare instances. 

Sliced abalone with sea cucumber, broccoli and asparagus

Cod fish with shimeji mushroom and preserved vegetables

Deep fried chicken with lemon butter sauce

Hong Kong E Fu Noodles 

Lime jelly with mango puree and pomelo with wedding cake

My Ramblings...

Unlike most wedding dinners, the servings at St Regis is on an individual basis. 

There were a couple of menu items changes for the actual day. 

Will post the pictures shortly. 

Spanish Gala Dinner Featuring The Cuisine Of David Muñoz & Ramón Freixa

This was supposed to be posted some time ago.
But, somehow I kept having the impression that I have blogged about this event.

We were invited to the 2011 World Gourmet Summit for the Spanish Gala Dinner Featuring The Cuisine of  David Muñoz & Ramón Freixa. David Munoz is a one star Michelin chef while Ramon Freixa is a two star Michelin chef.

Really looking forward to WGS every year.
Definitely the event to pamper yourself to good food and nice ambience!

The Spanish Gala Dinner is at SGD 288+ per person.
This event is held at St Regis Singapore.

Reception Area

 Cocktails were served during reception

 Mixologist - Francisco Camino

 In action
Cocktails

 Hand crafted Gourmet Canapes by St Regis culinary team
Nespresso
Ballroom
Lighting
The table setting really looked grand
Bread and Butter I really liked this wine a lot!
This Spanish white wine is light and fruity.
The first dish - Lamb and carrot dim sum kumquats, black garlic aioli and trout roe
This dish is prepared by David Munoz.
This dish is paired with the wine above.
Dish layout
Second Dish - It is called Tomato Research - Tomato salad with olive oil – cold tomato soup, oyster tomato puff pastry and “jamon” – a whole smoked roast tomato.

I like this innovative tomato dish - one tomato cooked different ways bring out different flavours in it.
This dish is prepared by Ramon Freixa.
The speaker is Bodegas Torres Bruno Jimenez. He brought in the Torres wine that I liked.
Third dish - tuna belly braised in a charcoal smoked curry guanabana milk, black sesame and tomburi
This dish is prepared by David Munoz.
Fourth Dish - “the big duck burg”
duck hamburger, fine herb mustard, brown sugar ketchup, garlic bread slat
This dish is prepared by Ramon Freixa.
Fifth Dish - Black chocolate, green tea, passion fruit
This dish is prepared by David Munoz.

One word - Sour!
Sixth Dish - “the citrus fruits”
fresh citrus fruits, lemon custard cream, peanut sabayon tartlet, roasted banana
This dish is prepared by Ramon Freixa.
Petit fours Last but not least, the goodie bag... Was hoping for a bottle of wine though.

Can't wait for 2012 World Gourmet Summit!

Festiva @ Galaxy Macau

We happened to chance upon this buffet place. 

Buffet dinner starts at 6pm and it cost MOP 318 per person (approximately SGD 50 per person).

The scallops were huge

Roast pigeon, peking duck and roast chicken

Lamb Chop - Do not like this because of its lamb taste. 

Noodles - I love this a lot. The soup is simple yet flavourful. Noodles were soft and springy. 

This was disappointing - the package looks huge but... 

the contents aren't. This is from the teppanyaki counter. 

Pumpkin soup and steak

I love the ambience. It is nice and peaceful.
Some of my creativity..

Strawberry crepes 

Ice cream

The cakes were displayed in a glass chiller. 

Mixed fruits

Bread and butter pudding, cinnamon rolls etc. 

They have a very interesting bread section. 

Apple bread and beetroot cheese bread. 

There is a special kids section as well. 

Rating



My Ramblings...
I love the ambience.
The spread may not be as wide but I feel less stressful here.

The only thing that would make this experience better will be to have a free flow of coffee and tea, rather than just 1 cup.