Le Tonkin

Le Tonkin

28 Ann Siang Road
+65 6808 2182

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Le Tonkin is a Vietnamese French restaurant. 

It is located at The Club Hotel, which is just beside Scarlet Hotel. 

One of my colleague bought us a meal at Le Tonkin during Restaurant Week period. 

This is the very first time I have tried the Restaurant week. 

The layout of the restaurant is very weird, I must say. 

It is embedded within the architecture of the hotel. 

There are both indoor and outdoor seating for the restaurant. 

There is just 1 room for the indoor seating and within the room, there are three tables located at each corner. As for the outdoor seating, it is located just beside the indoor seating and you will have to climb up a flight of stairs. 

The food was interesting as it has both French and Vietnamese cuisine. 

My favourite dish was the beef noodles because the beef was tender and cooked just right. 

Rating

Yummy-ness of food : 5/5

Pricy-ness of food : 3/5 (Pretty reasonable as this was a special promotion for restaurant week at $25++/pax. However, for other days, the price will be approximately $56, i.e. $18 for appetizer; $20 for beef noodles and $18 for fruit salad)

Overall Experience : 4/5 (May come back again just for the Beef Noodles!)

A common item served in French cuisine - bread with olive oil. 

Unlike the typical balsamic vinegar, the dark sauce used was sweet instead of sour. 

If you look at the stalks on the right hand side, this is edible and it taste something like spring onion. 

Not a big fan of greens to appreciate it. 

This dish was complimentary from the restaurant - wan ton wrapped with cheese. 

It was very delicious and this was paired with a sweet fruity sauce at the bottom. 

This is the appetizer - Le Tonkin fresh rolls. 

This is traditional vietnamese rice paper rolled with prawns, roast duck, fresh vermicelli, shredded vegetables and herbs. 

The top rolls were filled with prawns while the bottom rolls were filled with duck. 

Despite being a veggie hater, I managed to enjoy this dish, I must say. 

There were two options for the main dish. 

This is the Lime Leaves Chicken ordered by some of my colleagues.  

This is what the majority ordered - Beef Noodle Soup. 

This is very good. 

The picture below is before the soup base is poured in. 

This picture is after the soup base is poured in. 

You can see the nice pink beef colour. 

The meat was very tender. 

The last dish was desserts. Two choices were provided - ice cream or mixed fruit salad. 

This is the ice cream

Mixed Fruit Salad