:: footprintsallover ::: Black Swan

Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Black Swan

The latest addition under Lo & Behold Group (the group that brings you White Rabbit, Overeasy etc), The Black Swan was recently crowned as the new kid on the block in CBD area as the latest water hole & eatery. Instead of being the usual mountain-tortoise me, I'm proud to say that I have been to this place already, lol! What an achievement :)

Set in a historic art deco building in the heart of CBD area, this place is easy to find. In fact, it was just within walking distance from our workplaces. I arranged to meet up with Leecher after work & walk to the venue, almost missing the entrance as we were too engrossed in talking.

When I first stepped into the restaurant, I was blown away by the classy European bistro deco. Wow - I'm certainly impressed.

Reservation was easy ~ either book through Chope or call the restaurant directly. I love that they have customised plates too :)

Sipping a glass of champagne & eating oysters on Mondays just feels sooooooooo right! No traces of monday blues left after this, I promise.
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At $18 bucks, these were extremely affordable. If we weren't here for an agenda, I would have easily ordered a couple & drown myself silly.

Cheers *loves*

Fries are always a must, they made great nibbles while waiting for the rest of the company. You get to choose b/w cajun or truffles fries ($9) and needless to say, it was truffles fries for the table.

The New Caesar ($18) consisted of baby romaine hearts, one-hour poached egg, parmasea-anchovycrisps and caramelised bacon. P9020137

We ordered a couple of mains for sharing too. The main course menu was limited, hence we settled for seafood linguini ($32), duck leg confit ($36), stockyard australian wagyu ribeye steak (for 2 pax, $96). In fact, we ordered 3 out of the 7 dishes that they offer under "large plates". Overall, I felt kinda ribbed off by the ribeye steak for 2 pax. It wasn't huge and yet it was pricey. My fave goes to duck leg confit, for the skin was crispy and meat, tender.

We ordered date & toffee pudding, together with dark chocolate dome as desserts. Dark chocolate was extremely rich, since it was made of 70% valrhona chocolate. However, it got slightly jelat after a couple of mouthfuls. As for date & toffee pudding, hmm ... I still prefer the one that I had @ Halia.