i wanted to bring dear to miss clarity cafe for dinner but due to the lack of information about the location of the cafe, we had to settle for something else. anyhow, i've gotten the information here: missclaritycafe.com. your turn is next, miss clarity! we window-shopped at some hobbist shops in sunshine plaza for glass cabinets but couldn't find any. so we have to check out other places, most probably ikea.
we ended up at selegie so dinner was at tao's restaurant. we were greeted by jeremy, a punk-looking waiter. i was put off by the cost of the set dinner initially, but went in as i thought we could spend lavishly on dinner on the ninth.
ok, dinner was priced at $28.80++ per pax with 7 courses. here they are:
tao's restaurant @ paradiz centre
starter. forgot its name but it's mushroom based with cheese
free-flow bread. comes in a basket of four
jasmine hot tea and chilled peach juice. you are supposed to drink this before you start eating. the jasmine tea is free-flow too
a closer look at it
let's start!
you are supposed to eat bread with the mushroom-cum-cheese starter. i wonder why they serve their bread in such big chunk. just two of them make me feel full already..
up next: fruit salad. it consists of mixed fruits of apple, peach, cucumber & unknown topped with minced crab meat. not bad!
next: chicken salad. i felt the vinegar tasted a little too strong for my liking
this dish is made up of deep-fried mushrooms (shitake?), sweet potato, a long strand of vegetable (kang kong?) and unknown. nothing special about it but i like the fried mushrooms. tempura!
creme of mushrooms. we were put off by the strong hundred-year-old mushroom stench.
chicken herbal soup. it's a very home-made dish but it's nice and refreshing.
close-up: rich soup, red date and ginseng
one and only in singapore: ice peach tea and..
ice apple tea. i highly recommend these. mr tao, you've done a wonderful job!
main course: lamb cutlet. juicy and tender with very very mild 'goaty' taste
grilled fish. this is nice as well
desserts! this is called the xxx brulee. pardon me, i can't remember the exact name.. anyway, this tastes like portuguese egg tart so nothing to shout about
a closer look
green tea ice-cream. nothing special. i would prefer addition of peppermint while dear prefers adding of chocolate chips
...at the end of it
overall, i give it a rating of 7/10. i felt the dinning experience could be fine-tuned a little. they could reduce the number of dishes to five or six because it's simply too much! you may say both of us shared our food but still, if you were to dine alone for the seven-course dinner, it would be over-whelming unless of course, you have a big stomach.. oh, and not forgetting, i got this (not sure if every patron gets it):
the most valued guest card!
it's my first time dinning at mr tao's restaurant and got the card.. would i visit again? yeah, i would but not for the next few months...
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