As a Singaporean, I could definitely relate to how this place (Shop 7, 1/F Queen Street Cooked Food Market, 1 Queen Street, Sheung Wan, tel : +852 9278 8227) would be described as a atas western food stall in an air conditioned hawker centre. On top of the red checkered tablecloth that marks their tables and that they take reservations. Also bearing in mind that there are no such places as air conditioned hawker centres in Singapore. At least I haven't heard of or been to one.
From what I could gather, the owners used to come from somewhere which doesn't exist anymore so they banded up and formed A Better Cooking Kitchen in the heart of Sheung Wan. Food's a little French-y but European wouldn't be far off the mark. I read that the menu does rotate with the season with a few signatures dishes that don't.
There's bread. Our loaves were delivered warm.
These guys also whipped up a much better Roquefort and pear salad than anything I've come across back home. It even has toasted pecans. I enjoyed this.
Beef Wellington was not bad. I could taste the buttery crust, the foie gras and well....it's not bad. Never had them with prunes before but it does work.
The roasted suckling pig is one of their signature items. It's pretty good. So much better than the related-to-the-1-Michelin-star-bbq-guy rendition at Meatsmith Western BBQ. The skin of the pig here was crisp and flavourful instead of stiff and hard while the meat was moist and tender.
Did anyone notice that their pistachio soufflé doesn't have any pistachio flavour? It was otherwise a pretty well done soufflé.
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