Saturday, November 27, 2010

Ferringhi Grill and Macarons

To commemorate a special occasion, a special celebration is needed. A visit to Ferringhi Grill, Rasa Sayang Hotel to try out the French cuisine. Surprisingly, there is a promotion on.

Here it goes, we have 3 types of menu, Two Feet ( Chicken, Duck but no Foie Gras ... ) , Four Feet ( Beef, Lamb ... ) and finally No Feet ( Fish and seafood )

The menu comes with a complimentary glass of sparking wine, specifically Chandon Sparkling Wine.
The menu in detail, we ordered 'Four Feet' for RM 145++ and 'No Feet' for RM 135++

Apart from the french cuisine, my beloved also got 2 boxes of Macarons.


John Paul Hevin macaron


Lovely chocolate macarons


Box with nice wrappings


Another box of Macarons


From a new french restaurant.

Back to the nice french cuisine in Ferringhi Grill.


The table setting with Aqua Pana, expensive still water from Tuscany, Italy.


I was so happy that the waiter actually refilled another basket of bread after I finish the first one. Nice tomato based sauce too.


Big plate, just for starters, a kinda of fish. Forgot what was the name of this 'dish' ? Or rather tit-bit.


Nice sparkling wine in champagne wine, too bad it was champagne, but Chandon is quite good actually.


Another snap of it. A bottle of Chandon would be nice, then 1 glass is better than none.


We also ordered additional food for this, RM26 for four slightly bigger than 50 cents coin scallop. Saute with carrots, peanuts and some vege. The scallops were cooked just right and tasty.


Fresh oyster with fried oyster rings, the oyster is indeed fresh but then it was not freezing cold. Just nice.


Steak n eggs( just one, should be egg not eggs), overall it is ok, however the steak was a tad bit dry.


Carrot cream soup, with smoked lamb bacon with watercress pesto.


'She crab' and corn chowder, tomato dust, purple potatoes, crab fat, madeira. This soup is creamy and fulfilling, very nice one indeed.


Chef Adam Roy in action ? Well he isn't but then we had a nice view of the french style cooking


At the carving table.


Exquisite ... smoked salmon-mascarpone cheesecake with muesli macadamia nut crust, green onion horseradish cream.


Crispy smoked lamb belly with pure Canadian maple syrup, the lamb belly again was a tad bit too hard.


Lemon sorbet to clear the palate before the main dish.

Between the meals, I was also helping myself with breads, so despite the small portion of meals, we have enough breads to go along too.


The 'main dish' , such small portion , smoked beef rib with horseradish mash, smoked tomato-mustard, chocolate barbeque kick on house rub. I might be able to finish the dish before the waiter finishes the details of the dish.


Another exquisite ... grilled black cod with grilled green beans, sour cream-sweet potato mash garnished with red wine cream ... such a delicacy, the mash wasn't quite there but the fish was superb.

And finally the desserts ...


Sticky date pudding, not too bad but again not really out of the world.


Special ... chocolate lava 'Bombalai', peanut butter ice cream with port wine and berry sauce.

Finally,


Minted chocolates leaving an after taste.

The menu is detail :


The verdict ...

(Best of 5 stars)
Food quality: 4.0 stars ( Exquisite ingredients, specially prepared )
Service: 4.0 stars ( Very good service, the even refilled the breads. )
Food portion: 2.0 stars ( Small portion of fine food )
Value: 3.33 stars ( Expensive, no doubt, but for the experience, quite worth it. )

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