Allons-y!

Frog by Adam Handling


(this is not Adam Handling)

It didn't take me a lot of time to decide on this place for my sole fancy dining quota of the trip. I know I didn't want traditional french, no asian (because no asian food out of asia!!), preferably located in the city centre, and not a white table cloth kind of restaurant. There's a lot of places that tick all these boxes, but hey I made a great choice. 

Snacks

Snack: Charcoal Waffle, Smoked Sturgeon Roe

Snack: Cucumber Tart

Snack: Coronation Crab

Snack: Egg & Caviar

Midnight Lemon (mocktail, because I already had 2 drinks before dinner)

Bread, Chicken, Butter

Basically just bread with very salty chicken butter, and crispy chicken skin bits. This dish is inspired by his family's lunches or something where his sister would refuse to eat anything else but roast chicken. Or something like that.

Chicken Wing Bite.

Tomato, Pepper, Basil

This was my favourite dish! The tomato component was in the form of iced tomato water, and the whole dish was so pleasingly savoury and yumz. 

All about the Sturgeon

So that's caviar, caviar mousse, and maple syrup served on top of a heart shaped waffle. This was really good too!

Scallop, Carrot, Chilli

The scallop was so sweet, though I would prefer it without the pungent chilli jam.

Cod, Grape, Lemongrass

This was okayyyyy.

Wagyu Beef, Hen of the Woods

Palate Cleanser of Rhubarb and Wasted Wine

Apricot, Lemon Thyme, Yoghurt

Spot the frog! That's so cute. Love that it wasn't a chocolate dessert because I was so stuffed by then. 

Petit Four







And a take-home gift of an Olive Oil Madeleine which I ate for breakfast the next day.

I highly recommend this place, though in terms of value for money it still isn't comparable to Chef's Table HAHAHA 

There was only one dish which I didn't really like, the Cod, Grape, Lemongrass dish, and even that wasn't a bad dish in terms of concept and execution. I'm just being picky.

And you get to take home with you a menu autographed by Adam Handling!! LOL honestly I thought it's quite pompous of him to give diners his autograph without even being asked for it, like he just assumes we all want it??