Les Amis (Singapore, SINGAPORE) ★★★★☆

For almost two decades, Les Amis was considered one of the best fine dining restaurants in Singapore, if not the best. Powered by the Les Amis group, this flagship restaurant started a new breed of restaurants in Asia serving a unique brand of modern French cuisine with Japanese inspiration.



The 3-course set lunch with appetiser, main course and dessert offers the best value for money and that's exactly what we will be having.



Amuse bouche was a little dish of smoked salmon served on a thin slice of crispy bread (5/10).



Our lunch officially started and it started brilliantly with this hamachi with avocado puree (7.5/10).



The other starter, lobster ravioli in a beef consommé, was slightly less impressive (6.5/10).



Slow cooked salmon with spinach "pasta" was next and it was mouthwatering good. That buttery taste had me craving for more (7.5/10).

 

The veal was so tender and juicy. I wish they had given us a little bit more red wine sauce (6/10).

 

Dessert was good but not as impressive as our appetizers and main courses.

 

A little petite four and coffee before the bill.






Food Rating: 7/10

Price: $$$

Address: #02-15 1 Scotts Road, Shaw Centre, Singapore 228208

Closest Metro Station: Orchard
Tel: +65 6733 2225
Website: www.lesamis.com.sg
S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants: 60th (2009)

 
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Yet Con Chicken Rice 逸群 (Singapore, SINGAPORE) ★★☆☆☆

I first heard about Yet Con from one of my favorite food critics, Mr. Choy Lan (蔡瀾) who describes Yet Con's Hainanese Chicken Rice as the best Hainanese Chicken Rice he ever had in Singapore. So I'm here to find out whether it truly lives up to its billing.

Located on Purvis Street near Raffles Hotel, Yet Con is one of the few original Hainanese food joints who could stand the test of time over the years.



We ordered the set which included Hainanese chicken rice and a vegetable soup. 

I thought this was a little overrated. The chicken breast was plain and not overly flavorful.


 
Next time, I would definitely visit Chin Chin Eating House across the street to see how their Hainanese chicken rice stacks up against Yet Con's.


Food Rating: 3.5/10

Price: $$

Address: 25 Purvis Street, Singapore
Closest Metro Station: City Hall

Tel: +65 6337-6819

Guylian Café (Sydney, AUSTRALIA) ★★★☆☆

I thought Guylian only makes tasty chocolates but they proved me wrong on this day with some pretty impressive cakes.



Before we started munching on their cakes, a few signature beverages to get us going first, starting with my Guylian shake that was smooth and absolutely thirst quenching.



Our "main courses" finally arrived much to our delight. 

Passion Temptation, white chocolate mousse with caramelized passion fruit cream
The white chocolate mousse was not as sweet and heavy as we originally thought it would be. The passion fruit was a tad too sour for my liking but the chocolate mousse helped to neutralize that acidity.



The 100% Pure Pleasure was true to its name. This gem features a Belgian dark chocolate and Guylian praline enriched with coffee sponge and delicate almond panna cotta.

That was just pure pleasure.



Looks like a storm is coming soon, perhaps it's time to pack and head home.

Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: $$$

Address: 91 George Street, The Rocks, Sydney NSW 2000, Australia

Website: www.guyliancafe.com.au