Prior to the main event of fluffy costumes and exaggerated hyena laughter. The three of us had to fill our ravaneous stomachs before the Lion King Musical. Being the inclined foodie in the bunch, I set out to prove to the others that dining within the swanky compounds of the Marina Bay Sands wouldn't garner an astronomical bill (aside from the unfairly incurred ERP and parking charges).
Daniel Boulud has become a synonymous name with the newly introduced food scene in the Marina Bay Sands. First introduced to me via a Television show on the Asian Food Channel, One night in Singapore. Daniel Boulud, a renowned French chef with Michelin stars to his accolades was featured battling the odds on his first visit to South East Asia where he had to prepare and serve a meal for 50 guests in his special French fine dining style. Then on, I was intrigued and perhaps a bit piqued by Chef Daniel's working attitude, thoroughly professional and almost obssesive to details. So, the answer was clear, db Moderne Bistro was where we should be headed.
In this lacquered space, I was a tad confused by the conflicting concepts. French Bistro style with an incorporation of American food...served french style? Now.. what the heck. Just bring on the food.
Our bread basket to start off the meal together with cheese Gougères (yummy).
Starters arrived swiftly at the table along with our assemble of mains. Side note: The speed of the kitchen was amazing. And since we had earlier indicated to the service staff that we would be sharing all the dishes, she instintively enquired whether we would like the burger to be sliced. Upon that request, sharing plated were quickly brought to the table and even though the burger first made its peek-a-boo appearance in its full glory at the tip of the table. I was quickly brought back into the kitchen for some knife treatment. All without the sound of squabbles of hushed hurries from the mutual staff. I was well impressed.
Food wise, we had the Tomato Tarte Tatin. Made of a delicate construction of puff pastry, tomato confit, goat cheese, frisee and basil pesto sauce. This was simply delicious, clean flavors helping to cleanse our tired palates for the meal ahead.
Small eaters beware! Portions at the bistro are rather large in size, so do be cautioned when you place your orders. A good solution would be to share, as we did. Here we had the Duck Confit and the Original db burger. The former was one of the best duck confits I've had. Crisp and evenly browned skin revealing succulent and tender flesh underneath. The crux of the dish would have to be the pan fried potato cubes at the bottom of the dish, soaking in the glory of the juices from the duck. The original db burger was a walloping mess of premium ingredients. A far cry from the sloppy joes served up at tex-mex styled bars. Parmesan buns, beef patty with short ribs and a silver of foie gras tucked away neatly in its center. Not a mind-blowing affair but I did love the steak frites as accompaniment. Those were excellent!
At this point, we were all full to the brim. Still, we had to lay our hands on some of the irresistible desserts. With a rather wide choice of selection, we settled on a juxtaposition of flavors. The Lemon floating island and the flourless chocolate cake(Clafoutis Tout Chocolate), a fine representation of cloud-like lightness versus dark and rich. The former reflected such finesse with its tangy flavors reflecting from both the yogurt sauce and lemon based meringue complimented by candied stewed rhubarbs. My mum couldn't resist wiping out the sauce from the bottom of the dish. The latter, the flourless chocolate cake was good as well, it's center, molten, the reminiscent thought-provoking flavors of intensified dark chocolate going extremely well with the vanilla ice-cream and chocolate sorbet.
Dining at the db Bistro Moderne was a truly enlightening experience, featuring commendable food with even finer service. With it's convenient location just next to the theaters, I'm sure it would continue to rake in the crowds.
Alright, so it's farewell now as we leave to watch the singing animals prance across the Savannah.
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