17 March 2011 – How I love having access to the Executive Chef. More specifically, an Executive Chef who really runs his own kitchen, and who is on par on the Excom of a hotel. My dear friend Chew Teik Chye is one such top chef, and he always rises to the challenge.
I was entertaining another good friend today and meeting his partner for the first time. I wanted something special, but in an environment that would not seem too much like a meet-the-in-laws kind of setting. So of course, Utara Coffeehouse at Hotel Armada fit the bill to a T.
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| Camembert salad. |
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| Baked onion soup. |
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| Beef in red wine reduction. |
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| Trio of desserts. |
I had Chef Chew plan a set menu, with no seafood (Rex is allergic). The rest I left up to Chef, and he delivered in singular style with a Camembert salad with fresh bread rolls for the starter, his baked onion soup, with more of the divine rolls, and beef in red wine reduction for the entrée, closing with a trio of desserts. After which we all went to raid the buffet for more good things! This was in no way a slur to his abilities, but rather, testament to our greed and his chefs for making everything on the buffet look so alluring
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