Sky On 57 @ Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Sabtu, 20 November 2021
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Slotted inward betwixt deadlines, I managed to bag away for 24 hours to the petty crimson point downwardly due south aka Singapore.
The occasion was my twin nephews' birthday celebration, which nosotros honoured with a see upwardly inward the sky....or to a greater extent than precisely, the Sky on 57, Justin Quek's outpost inward his homeland.
Located on the 57th flooring of the busy Marina Bay Sands (I swear the antechamber for the resort reminds me of Grand Central Station equally yous await for the valet) together with across from the famous Ku De Ta, the lounge offers sweeping views of the harbour expanse - a mix of buildings such equally the Fullerton Hotel, the Formula One track, the Merlion, Louis Vuitton's petty isle, together with fifty-fifty Sentosa Island.
It was rather dainty to pick out handgrip of the final of the sun's rays but earlier it laid for the solar daytime equally nosotros sat downwardly for Justin Quek's modern Asian cuisine.
It was my outset fourth dimension dining on his nutrient fifty-fifty though I've read tons of literature on the human being including his cookbook. This is 1 of his many restaurants with the other places he has inward Taiwan together with Hong Kong.
The six-course repast starts off with a petty demi-tasse of mushroom cappuccino, lite on the natural language even together with thus packed with the earthy flavours from the mushrooms.
Just earlier nosotros start the meal, nosotros admire the mitt painted starter plates depicting Asian children together with couples. I honey the 1 where a serene daughter is doing a yoga posture.
The outset course of educational activity was Nordic salmon trout irksome cooked to a flaky buttery texture topped with Oscietra caviar that yous bask with the smoked spud mousseline painted on the spell of slate. I honey the slight smoky sense of savor of the shine potatoes that I shamefully scraped it clean.
Truffle flavor appear to convey hitting us with a double whammy. I've been eating the spill ones inward most every repast these by month.
I honey Justin Quek's rendition of capellini with ham together with Alba white truffle. It reminds me a petty of Sage together with Cilantro's nutrient since they besides honey using the sparse pasta but this version was lovely coated with this most invisible sauce that made the whole course of educational activity together with thus lite even together with thus rich with flavours from the wafer sparse truffles together with the slivers of ham.
We had a double whammy of truffles, this fourth dimension it was braised abalone topped with spill truffles. This 1 time to a greater extent than reminds me a petty of a Modern Chinese dish since abalone is ever a must for Chinese banquets and it is paired with white rice. Except this dish was real good refined 1 with muted restrained flavours with a sparse spell of tender abalone together with served with asparagus spear.
One of Justin's specialties is his signature suckling grunter with the roasted crackling skin. From what I convey read, it is the same 1 besides served inward Whisk, Hong Kong. Unlike the atypical suckling grunter pare that has a crude oil texture, this 1 is shine together with crisp similar a Peking duck. This was served with a yuzu pepper sauce, Lycopersicon esculentum together with a zucchini blossom.
Another specialty is the Nordic crab served inward a lite ginger broth together with vermicelli. Whisky is added to the crustacean rich soup to give the rich broth a to a greater extent than mellow good rounded taste.
We halt the long repast with dessert together with a petty sparkler activity for the boys.
Poor chaps, they huffed together with puffed the sparklers thinking they were candles. The cake was rather ordinary, a rich chocolate mousse but I loved JQ's Signature Apple Tart. The wafer sparse baked apple tree tart had but the perfect remainder - crispy sparse puff pastry with a flake of apples together with almonds - complementing the vanilla H2O ice cream on the side.
In damage of the whole dining experience, I would charge per unit of measurement the skyline views tops versus the dinner. While the nutrient was good prepared with beautiful ingredients, it felt a flake lack-lustre together with didn't inspire me to provide apace for their other mod-Asian offerings similar chicken rice, bak kut teh together with fifty-fifty chilli crab served during lunch.
Sky on 57
Sands Skypark Tower 1
Marina Bay Sands
Tel: 02-6688 8857
(Non Halal. For to a greater extent than details including its menus, come across this link. More pictures are inward the Flickr set.)
*Disclaimer: The opinions expressed hither is exclusively based on my personal tastebuds together with may vary for others. This review is fourth dimension sensitive; changes may occur to the identify afterward on that tin dismiss touching on this opinion. The reviewer besides declares that she has non received whatever monetary or non-monetary compensation from this identify for writing the review.