. The Tasting Palette .

. In celebration of food and dining experiences .



Interests
    Indulging myself in food porn (online or food magazines)
    Exploring and discovering new restaurants
    Dining and chilling out with my loved ones
    Baking and cooking over the weekends
    Sharing my love for food with others
Wishlist
    Desserts by Pierre Herme- Written by Dorie Greenspan
    Vanilla bean pods (one can never have enough)
    Valrhona Cocoa powder
    Valrhona chocolate
    Macarons from Laduree and Pierre Herme
    Madelines mold
    Pretty cake stands (I only have one and only one)
    YUZU from Japan! (They taste great in almost anything)
    A food tour to Italy and France
    Opportunity to study at Le Cordon Bleu



Monday, September 17, 2007

Sunday lunch at Brussel Sprouts

My best friend brought me to Brussel Sprouts for lunch. We wanted to go to Pontini, Copthorne Waterfront for Italian food but it's closed on Sundays. How disappointing! Anticipation overcame the disappointment as I was excited to try out the mussels which were supposedly good.

The layout of Brussel Sprouts puts one at ease the moment one enters. The place is cheery and relaxing for causal dinning though it can get pretty crowded and noisy.I love their Tin Tin silhouetted walls though I remember him being a French invention. Sunday was my first time trying the food here though I've been down for the their Belgium beer(which I loved).

Brussel Sprouts serves Belgium food and is opened by Chef Emmanuel Stroobant, the guy behind Saint Pierre. Brussel Sprouts boost an extensive menu of mussels- 14 different styles of mussels and a wide range of Belgium beers.

Grace and I mulled over the mussel selection for quite awhile before we ended up choosing the tomato-based, garlic, herbs and saffron one. The mussels come served with refillable buckets of huge fries. The dish sounded really good but for one, the mussels were really small and secondly I could only taste the tomatoes and garlic actually. So much for giving it such a fancy name. I miss the fresh mussels from Perth.

The beer battered fish and chips were alright. Well-battered, however the fish and chips from Greenwood still wins hands down.

The best dish was probably the warm salad that was served with green beans, bacon, baby potatoes and a poached egg. It was a real delight to eat. I love poached eggs on my greens.

We were really full and bloated by the end of the meal and we didn't even finish half the amount of fries we had!

Even though the food wasn't mind blowing, I enjoyed my Sunday afternoon with my best friend. It's a good place to chat because the place wasn't too crowded when we were there.

We headed to Canele for desserts. When I look at desserts, it makes me miss baking a lot!
Jupiter was good as before. I hope Canele introduces more new desserts because I'm getting a little bored with their selections.



Tin tin- But where's his dog?


Warm salad: surprising really good



Mussels and fries


Sweet endings


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