After a canopy walk at MacRitchie Reservoir in the morning, we went for lunch at a place suggested by Sayang. I’m not going to talk much about the walk. It’s tiring and not much fun.
Anyway, we went to this little french outlet at Serene Centre, serving affordable French food. There were outdoor and indoor seats and we chose indoor because of the aircon. To keep costs low, it was self-service. We had to place our orders and collect our food from the counter. Plain water is available in a dispenser at the side.
The dishes listed on the menu are written using french words eg. confit de canard with gratin. There were no descriptions so sometimes we had to guess what a particular word meant.
La Petite Cuisine
10 Jalan Serene
#01-05 Serene Centre
Tel: 63143173
All of us had a bowl of potato and leek soup. It was thick and a bit salty.
For appetizers, Sayang recommended 2 dishes. First was escargots in croissant bread. The escargots came with a lot of sauce which the bread soaked up. The dish also came with a big pile of green vegetables which was drizzled with balsamic vinegar.
We also have a plate of foie gras. The serving quite quite generous . The liver was pan fried so the outside is a bit crispy while the inside remained so soft and creamy. The sauce was slightly tangy. It also came with salad.
Blackhole had a fish (forgot what fish) with rice dish. The dish looked a bit boring to me. Although the fish was fresh and nicely cooked.
Sayang and TK ordered the salmon dish which came with rice and vegetables. The salmon was nice and the skin crispy. The sauce was a lemony cream sauce which I didn’t like very much, but it’s more personal preference and not because the sauce is bad.
The dish I ordered was a pile of brown in various shades but it was also the tastiest. I mainly ordered the dish because I wanted to eat gratin and I thought “confit de canard” meant duck. The skin of the duck was very crispy and tasty. The meat was tender and flavourful too. The gratin was nice as well, soft and creamy.
