to the garden ..

Ok .. so here I'm in an attempt to revive our blog .. A year has passed and we're celebrating our 2nd anniversary together (albeit with a long break in b/w - but same date as well!!).

Had a great anniversary dinner last night at Au Jardin in the Botanics ... 100% for service!! Very nice experience .. Photos of the degustation menu that we had coming right up ..

A bouquet of 99 roses to start the night .. :D
2nd I've received in my life, the 1st being from him as well back in Sec 2 in the ACS auditorium
sigh~ so young and carefree then ..

It is like 4x the size of my face ... heavy too.

Presenting Au Jardin .. in the midst of the trees

VCP Rose champagne @ something like $35/glass - yup, I was rather shocked
This is when I find out that I'm mildly allergic to alcohol ..
Nevertheless .. *cheers* to us ..

To start: Finger food - prawn row, celery/apple mix

Momotaro Tomato - with water melon, Modena balsamic & extra virgin olive oil
I am personally not a big fan of tomatoes .. & u would never catch me snacking on them ..
Neither is he ..
But this was superb, unique tasting .. not squishy :P

Alaskan King Crab - apple jelly & petit salad
Not bad ... whets your appetite for the many dishes to follow

Maine Lobster - & sweetbread ravioli with seasonal mushrooms
Good mushrooms with lobster juice is just heaven for me ..
Wanted to lick the plate dry .. but too unglam.

Midway, the restaurant suddenly started to freeze up ..
To my most pleasant surprise, I was offered a shawl just as I was starting to feel uncomfy .
*contented me snuggling*

Blue Fin Tuna - with baby mache & thousand island hollandaise
This was my favouritest dish of all .. (!!)
So fresh .. paired with lovely sauce.

Pigeon - roast, juniper berries, beet confit & sweet corn
This was my least favourite ... *urgh*
Apart from the sweet corn that is ..
Maybe it was the thought of eating a pigeon ..
But anyway, it actually tastes like beef!!! Seriously ...
They recommend it rare .. I had mine well done; still tasted the blood ..
I absolutely hate bloody meat ..
He liked his though .. said it tasted much better rare than well done.

Wagyu Beef Cheek - slow cooked, foamy potato & wilted young spinach
The beef just collapses in your mouth!! & love the light foamy potato!!!
Can someone pls teach me how to make that foamy stuff?
At this point, I was bordering full .. I find it so amazing that even though the portions are minute, you still get full at the end of it all

Mango soup - chilled, coconut sorbet & pomelo pulp
Tastes similar to the chinese dessert
Pomelo bits were nice & crunchy though :)

Dessert - Chocolate moelleux
Rich chocolate with some sour sorbet to end the meal!

Happy and full us!

Green tea chocolate, lemon tart (sour!), sugared gummy like thing

Rose garden ... love
It is actually the bouquet ..

Voila! Eh yah .. I should get back to reading now ... :x

xoxo,
V