Gordon Grill

X tried making a reservation for Christmas Day Brunch at Gordon Grill a good three weeks before Christmas but they were full. We were really disappointed. But thankfully! They called us back the next day and told us they have a table for us! YAY. Can't tell you how happy we were haha

Our buffet brunch started at 1030 and boy, was the place pretty! Classy and elegant. With silver and gold helium balloons floating everywhere. There were a great number of families around and all the kids were squealing with delight at the balloons! Haha










A gift for every diner. There are party poppers, bubbles etc inside!
How very thoughtful!

I was too excited at the immense buffet spread to take photos of everything but here are some quick peeks! I missed out on the breakfast station(where you get your eggs freshly cooked), the entire appetizer section, the salad station, Chinese/Jap station and more haha


Yogurt, muesli, fruits






Foie gras terrine and duck rilette!


Cheese


Pastries


Pretty alfresco area












Snowman station!!!

 
Oysters, Alaskan King Crab, Crayfish and prawns!
The oysters were fresh and juicy! The prawns too! The crayfish, however, was dry and tasteless. I guess we could have gotten some sauce haha
The Alaskan King Crabs were still frozen and we weren't very pleased with that as we bit into chunks of ice. Our second serving of the crabs was alot better! The crabs were really sweet and juicy!


Salmon, tuna, yellowtail sashimi, parma ham
Nicely sliced and undoubtedly fresh!



Angel hair pasta with Alaskan King crab and white truffle
Honey glazed duck breast with orange dressing
Smoked salmon
Organic hen egg with mushrooms, asparagus and black truffle hollandaise.
etc

Loved the angel hair pasta. It was delicious! Everything else on the plate was yummy too


Veal knuckle, roasted turkey, US prime ribeye of beef, etc
The meats were all really good!


Wild mushroom veloute
A great and filling bowl of mushroom soup!


Seabass in tomato vinaigrette, , honey glazed gammon ham, duck with pancakes, smoked duck, foiegras terrine, duck rilette

Loveeee the foiegras terrine and the smoked duck haha. The duck with pancakes was too dry for my liking


Scones with clotted cream!
The cream was really good and the texture of the scones was great! Really liked them!


The muffin was really yummy too! The croissant was just alright


Another huge piece of the US prime ribeye. So so so good


Santa came to say hi and give out presents!


Cheese and crackers


EVERYTHING WAS SO GOOD.
Decadence at its best.


Macarons, caramelized banana cake in a spring-roll like skin, and chocolate cake.
Could eat all these everyday!


Marshmallow in pink chocolate fondue.

We took like only 3/4 of all the desserts. Can you imagine how insane the selection was! Haha


Coffee with sugar on a cute stick/stirrer


There was a small magic demonstration as two gentlemen went from table to table performing tricks and giving out Goodwood Park pens and I even got this sculptured balloon!


Pretty christmas tree!

This is without doubt, the best buffet I've had! Everything was of remarkable quality and intricately put together. We were overwhelmed by the selection and how good the buffet was! We didn't even manage to try everything!

The staff were SUPER attentive, politely asking if they could clear our plates once we were done. They were all smiles and really courteous!

Dining at Gordon Grill has been quite a different experience. It was a very refined dining experience even though it was a buffet! You don't see people taking like 10 oysters at a time, and you don't have to queue or "fight" for anything. The diners were all very gracious and classy, never taking too much.

We ate really slowly and entirely enjoyed ourselves and time flew past very quickly! Really adore the ambience of Gordon Grill! The bill was $300 for the two of us, but its worth every penny!

We hope your Christmas was as awesome as ours! [:

22 Scotts Road

GF Goodwood Park Hotel

Lunch: 12 noon – 2.30pm
Dinner: 7pm – 10.30pm

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Love, K

K's rating of Gordon Grill : 9.5/10

The White Rabbit

The White Rabbit has been on my "Places To Go" list since forever. And the perfect day to visit this beautiful place was Christmas Eve! X made a reservation for brunch about 3 weeks in advance. HAHA very efficient.

 


Carpark right beside TWR




Simple, yet beautiful.

Although I didn't really like the tree in the middle of nowhere haha


















Butter, with salt on it. So you can have unsalted, and salted butter.
How very thoughtful!


Fresh, warm and fragrant bread


Affogato
With a cute little cookie

Usually, when we order affogato, the waiter/waitress leaves the small jug of expresso on the table for us to pour it ourselves. But at TWR, the waitress pours the expresso in for you!

An awesome scoop of smooth homemade vanilla icecream in Papa Palheta Coffee.
Ain't no better combination!


Iced Latte
As I've said before, Papa Palheta probably has the best coffee. The amount of sugar syrup that I added to the latte was like 1/8 of what I add usually. The sweetness of the coffee is really amazing. Still my favourite coffee!

The Festive Set Brunch Menu at TWR is really appealing! They offer 6 choices for starters, 6 for mains and 3 for desserts! Spoilt for choice? Definitely!

Starters :
-Wagyu Carpaccio
-Roqueford and Pear Salad
-Salad Nicoise
-Chestnut and Pumpkin Veloute
-Seared Bay Scallops
-Foie Gras Duet

Guess what we chose!


Foie Gras Duet 
salt-cured with apple flan, seared lobe with cherry compote

I LOVE FOIE GRAS. So this was an easy choice for me!


The seared foie gras was very lightly crisp and was very very fat. Hahaha it was delicious! I love how the fats melt in my mouth haha


This was smooth, tasty and was really good with the little apple pastry.

Loved this dish.


Seared Bay Scallops
Tomatoes, Mint, Fruity Olive Oil

X loves scallops, so this was an easy one too! Haha


The scallops were very fresh, and juicy! The way that it was prepared brought out the taste of the scallops. It was good that the taste of the scallops was not masked by sauces or stronger ingredients.


Mains: 
-Poached Snapper
-Alaskin King Crab Tagliatelle
-Ravioli
-Turkey Breast Roulade
-Cher-grilled Mangalica Pork Collar
-Beef Cheek Bourguignon


Mangalica Pork Collar
Warm compressed apple, celery root puree, calvados cream

The pork collar was tender and extremely delectable. The apples were sweet and nicely done. The puree and cream were a wonderful combination and this dish really sings!


Tagliatelle
Alaskan King Crab, Pork Broth, Kombu

The pasta was well-cooked and the Alaskan King Crab was juicy and sweet even though it was rather small haha.


Desserts:
-24 Hour Poached Pear
-Chocolate Moelleux
-White Chocolate Tart


Chocolate Moelleux
molten centre, passionfruit icecream

The lava cake was hot, and its molten centre was a delight. White Rabbit's homemade passionfruit icecream and the lava cake makes a really impeccable team!


 24 Hour Poached Pear
Burnt Butter Cake, spiced crumble, vanilla icecream

The poached pear was very sweet and soft. The spiced crumble is not overwhelming and everything in this bowl just seems to complement each other really well!

It was a really wonderful experience dining at The White Rabbit! We were really happy with the choices on the menu. The staff were extremely efficient, clearing our plates almost immediately and being ever so attentive to any calls for water or to answer any of our queries. Their homemade icecream is also, really good! It was pretty much a perfect afternoon, except that it rained and I wasn't able to get pictures of the building.

And, the festive set brunch only cost $48++ per pax! Isn't it worth it! I know you think so too!


39C Harding Road

Tue - Thu: 12:00 - 14:30, 18:30 - 00:00

Fri: 12:00 - 14:30, 18:30 - 01:30

Sat: 10:30 - 02:30, 18:30 - 01:30

Sun: 10:30 - 14:30, 18:30 - 00:00

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Love, K

K's rating of TWR: 9/10

Butterfinger Pancakes @ Gangnam (Seoul)

I've heard alot about Butterfinger Pancakes even before I left for Korea. I had been bugging X to go there ever since I touched down and we finally went there on our last Saturday(three weeks later...) in Korea.

It's within walking distance from gangnam train station but cabs are really cheap in Korea so we suggest that you just cab everywhere haha unless its like REALLY far away.




A great variety!


Cute menu


Iced Caramel Macchiato - 6,900 won
Iced Mocha - 6,900 won

The macchiato was too milky and lacked the coffee taste. We noticed that most tables ordered only a drink and we only realised why later on. It is because you can "remake" your drink! So you can get another glass for free! So 6,900 won is absolutely worth the money


Butterfingers Favourites - 13,900 won
Pancakes, sausage patty, bacon strips, hash, eggs, butter, syrup
There was nothing exactly worth mentioning in this dish except that the vanilla honey butter was really special and X really liked the maple syrup haha


French Sponge Bath - 15,300 won
Toasted ciabatta, under a thick corn beef based cream sauce, with grana-padano cheese flakes, parmesan cheese, cheddar cheese and tomato wedge

This was interesting at first but got really boring shortly. The dish lacked savouriness and I got sick of the cheese and cream after awhile. There are crackers hidden under the cream sauce so the texture of the dish was unique. The ciabatta was very nicely toasted. It looks pretty appetizing, doesn't it? Wished it tasted as good as it looked.


Banana and Nut Pancake - 6300 won
Thick, fluffy, soft and a little crisp. Pretty much the perfect pancake with bananas waiting for you in the middle of the little pancake heaven. It was really awesome. Even the nuts were really fragrant!


For my choice of butter, I chose "I can't believe its not butter"
And all I have to say is I really can't believe that this is not butter!!!
It tasted every bit like butter. How can this not be butter??!?!

Butterfinger Pancakes is really popular and it was packed when we were there. It was however, very smoky and we reeked of oil when we stepped out of the place. The Koreans are very used to dining in such environment, especially in barbecue joints. X, hates such places though hahaha he can't stand the smell of oil and smoke and wanted very much to get out as soon as possible.

It was quite an expensive meal that didn't quite live up to our expectations.
To be safe, go for their pancakes!

Gangnam-gu, Cheongdam-dong, Seolleung-ro 152-gil, 11 세진빌딩, Seoul
Daily : 7am - 3am 
 

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Love, K