Racines

Complimentary. The breads were better this time, including an olive bun. But the service was poorer. Half our party joined later and the staff forgot the bread. They seemed super stretched.

The craziest thing of the night. $22 and it's the size of a small cup. It's actually a coconut panna cotta with gula melaka ice cream and some chendol ingredients. There's no way this justifies the price.

You can't go wrong with lava cookie. The dark chocolate and the salted Hokkaido milk ice cream also ensured it's not jelak.

You can almost call the Hokkien mee a soup. It's swimming in broth. It's nice, but it's also $40. It's the horfun that's impressive. The gravy had wok hei, the Argentinian grain-fed beef was very beefy and the horfun was smooth. It's flawless.

Credit to the plump prawns, the thick gravy and the masterful chilli. But the overall experience was no different from a regular laksa elsewhere. And this is $40.

We're back and we ordered the same dish, but it's same same but different. There aren't crackers this time. It's a good plate of fried rice. But it's also expensive and has to be good.