Meating Place, Duo Galleria

We've passed by this Meating Place (#01-27 Duo Galleria, 7 Fraser Street, tel : +65 8338 2918) a number of times in the past but haven't paid attention to them until recently. These guys charge for reservations by the way.

Ordered this because I thought I heard it as house made lemon tea. No lemon nor tea in there. I tasted lavender and mint. Not sure what else was in it but I liked it. 😬

I was looking forward to the khachapuri I saw on the menu. Did not look exactly like the khachapuri I had in mind but hell yeah it was delicious! Loved the garlic mushroom cream, the cheeses and molten yolk that made it.

We ordered this because it was called duck liver min jiang kueh. We thought there would be min jiang kueh but what we got was a representative of one that's actually a pancake made with sourdough flour. First impressions was that the duck liver mousse and bacon espresso jam in it were awesome. That's a coffee/caramel bitter sweetness that bolstered the creamy richness of the liver. 

And yes, those ragged brown strips were indeed bonito. Supposed to have lavender honey according to the menu but it must have gotten lost with all the other flavours.

Lamb lollipop was fried lamb riblets with sour plum honey glaze. Pretty sure I got the herbaceous aftertaste of mint in said plum glaze but I cannot be sure. Made me think of sweet and sour pork because it was basically fried meat tossed in a tangy sweet sauce. Not bad.

This was listed as a dry aged porcini ribeye on the menu. 30 days on the ageing and grain fed cow from Stockyard. 

They explained that the steak was dry rubbed with porcini powder. If anyone was wondering about the last part, not much of that was recognizeable in the flavour. There was something faint and herbal (or fungal, I don't know) in the middle of the ribeye but not enough to properly discern. Anyways, great tasting steak. Love the caramelized onions too.

Steak came with aligot on the side. Did not expect that. The silky potato was deliciously cheesy and creamy. Texture was like foam. But there wasn't enough cheese for any pull.

Yuzu Brussels sprouts with almond and cranberries on the side; our obligatory vegetables...sorta. Fruity and sweet along with the toasty almond slices with the bitterness from the sprouts was kinda nice. Textures altogether were great. Couldn't discern any yuzu at all though. This got a little sweet at the end.