Restaurante Platão 九如坊 (Macau, CHINA) ★★★☆☆

Ever since I was introduced to Restaurante Platão by my former boss a few years ago, I have been finding excuses to visit this place whenever I came to Macau. 

Restaurante Platão is helmed by Chef Lou who used to cook for the governors of Macau in the past. For the past decade, it has been serving modern Portuguese dishes with a local twist. Chef Lou has a long list of signature dishes including roasted pigeon, pan-seared crab cakes and rack of lamb that promise to tantalize your taste buds.

As always, we started with the signature crab cakes.



It was followed by the "African chicken" with the house special sauce. A little spicy but very flavorful and exciting for our palates.



Restaurante Platão was one of the first restaurants to make this serradura cake and now it's everywhere in Macau and Hong Kong. Still one of the best dessert I've ever tasted in Macau!







Food Rating: 5.5/10

Price: $$$

Address: G/F 3 Travessa Sao Domingos, Macau SAR

Tel: +853 2833 1818
Website: www.plataomacau.com

Robuchon a Galera (Macau, CHINA) ★★★★☆

Robuchon a Galera is the leading French fine dining restaurant and my "go-to" place in Macau. The restaurant is one of the many Michelin-starred eatery brought to us by the grand master of French dining, Chef Joël Robuchon.

The lush gold and blue décor may be a little intimidating at times but not to worry. Lunch here is actually more of a casual affair while dinner is more about haute cuisine.



Our amuse bouche was a foie gras mousse with cauliflower foam. Lovely~



Our first starter, crab meat with sea urchin jelly was just as splendid.



Chestnut soup with crouton was silky smooth and very delicate.



The two main courses (beef and lamb) were equally as competent as the starters. Too bad I was too busy enjoying every bite of them that I actually forgot to take pictures. What a shame.....





Food Rating: 6.5/10

Price: $$$

Address: 3/F, Lisboa Tower, 2–4 Avenida Lisboa, Macau

Tel: +853 8803-7878
Website: www.hotelisboa.com
S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants: 98th (2008)

Sirocco (Bangkok, THAILAND) ★★★★☆

It's been almost a year since I last visited Sirocco. I thought I would never return for a second time but the stunning view lured me back. This time around, I am bringing 3 others along with me and all 4 of us concurred that this view is truly jaw-dropping.



We arrived well ahead of schedule and that allowed us to have sufficient time to take photos from different angles before it got dark.



Alright, it's dark now. Time to feed our belly.



It's quite apparent that I didn't come back for the food here. It was pretty bad last time around so I was hoping that they have already changed their head chef by now.

But early indication was that nothing has changed. Lobster and foie gras terrine were not much of a match in heaven. That was absolutely brutal.



The rest of the dishes proved to be a huge improvement (comparing to last time). The lamb and scallops were particularly good.



Penne tossed in a spicy tomato sauce - add that to the list of "plus" dishes. Definitely a thumbs-up for me.




Food Rating: 5/10
Price: ฿฿฿฿
Address: State Tower 63th Floor The Dome at Lebua, Bangkok 10500, Thailand
Closest BTS Station: Saphan Taksin
Tel: +66 2 624 9555
Website: www.lebua.com/sirocco