La Table d’Emma

Both dishes were good. Duck confit was tender on the inside & charred grilled perfectly on the outside. Beef cheek was tender but beef taste slightly strong. Mashed pair well w both mains.

Came by to celebrate my Sis' birthday as there was some buzz about this newly-opened restaurant and also it was on Burpple 1-for-1 Mains deals. The place was still pretty empty with about 7 or so tables filled at 7pm on a Thursday. The ambience was pretty nice, cosy and somewhat quiet, plus the entire space was spacious and airy.

To start off, we had the La Tradition Onion/Lardons Tarte Flambe ($18), which was somewhat like a thin-crust rectangular pizza with generous sprinkles of caramelized onions, lardons and cheese. Savoury, cheesy, crisp, with a touch of sweetness, this was absolutely delicious and we scoffed everything down. So good, in fact, that we immediately ordered another tarte flambe - but this time the La Champignons ($22), which just replaced the lardons with mushrooms. While not as sinfully savoury as the lardons, the earthiness of the mushrooms was delicious especially with the dollops of light mushrooms cream.

Skipping the entrees, we headed straight to the mains. The Joue de Bouef a la Provencale ($32) was slow-cooked beef cheeks with cherry tomatoes, garlic, olives and provençal herbs, served with buttered coquillette (i.e., mini-macaroni) pasta. The beef cheeks were tender and went so well with the buttery pasta, although the rich beefiness of the meat might turn off those who don't eat beef often. Alongside, we also ordered the Crispy Duck Leg Confit w/ Mashed Potatoes ($32) which was a much bigger hit with my dining party. The tender duck leg still had its crispy skin, and it sat atop an amazing buttery mashed potato and duck jus. Really, really rich and flavourful, my friend couldn't stop harping about how good this was.

However, what presented a alight oddity to the evening was the inexperience of the serving staff. The waiter who initially served us seemed to be new and did not really have a good grasp of the menu. Also, I initially ordered the Seafood Bun but after realising that one of my friends could not eat prawns, I went over to him - who was still in the midst of keying in my order - and told him to remove my Seafood Bun order. However, a little while later he came over to my table again to reconfirm my order. The strange thing was, right after another staff came by and told the first waiter that he'll confirm my orders instead. All in all, i thought all these repeating of my order were slightly unnecessary.

Be that as it may, the food was good, the ambience was lovely, and with the Burpple deal it made my dinner all the more enjoyable. Would I return? Yes, at least once more, to try the other dishes in their extensive menu especially the other tarte flambes :D Sign up for Burpple with my invite code DARR9295 to enjoy 1-for-1 deals here and at many other restaurants now!

The dude seems like he's just hired ytd, asked him for tap water he placed down an order of free flow still for 2++

Food:
Bread was good, airy and very crispy. Mushrooms needed more flavour, the toppings are quite plain

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This is an appetiser not a main

And thus the price is absolutely ridiculous. It's a really tryhard place, it's in a mall with severely lacking service yet they charge elevated dining prices. Not sure where they get the confidence from

The seafood foam is decent enough, strong tasting but the parsley was not of a good quality and so it affected the foam's taste.

Bun texture was not good, although the slightly sweet very crispy comte crust was good

Seafood inside was a little fishy

Skip, for this ridiculous price

Beef cheek was really good. Tender and melt in the mouth. Other dishes all very good. No wonder the high ratings. Parking may not be easy but there’s street parking Vs. Mercury hotel which is ex. Only thing is they charged me full price even though I informed I have the Burple deal at the beginning of meal (couldn’t use the voucher bcos we had alr left the place). You need to remember to show them the voucher at payment time and not depend on the staff!

Their signature 𝑳𝒆𝒔 𝑩𝒐𝒖𝒄𝒉é𝒆𝒔 À 𝑳𝒂 𝑹𝒆𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑫’ 𝑬𝒎𝒎𝒂 was named after Chef Michael’s wife, Emma. The presentation was on point, puff pastry shaped like a butterfly! 🥰 Not only was it pretty, the puff pastry was light and flaky. Chicken was tender and mushroom velouté was creamy. It was sooo comforting.