Booking was a bit of a hassle. We had 7 people, and they insisted that we backed our booking with a credit card.
May- June 2011 Lunch Menu at $85++
Starter:
A) Salmon- Savoy Cabbage, basil seeds
B) Foie Gras - Figs, tarragon, cassis
Free appertizer. Fresh tomatoes with salt and ice and cheese bits! Your usual tomatoes, though they were sweeter and juicier. The ice shaving felt like you were eating ice kachang, though it was with cheese bits and no red beans.
Foie Gras. Pan fried. I think I am not a big fan of foie gras, could not finish it, found it too oily and I was reminded of the poor goose. I think i will avoid foie gras next time, maybe i can save a few geese.
First Main:
A) Spaghettoni - Lamb ragout, fava beans, rhyme
B) Cappellini - Sakura Ebi, konbu, scampi oil
I had the cappellini. The Sakura Ebi was salty and crunchy, gave the noodles the texture. I think this was my favourite dish in the whole lunch.
A) Market Fish - Fennel, caper berries, pernod
B) Duck - Carrot, sesame, natural jus
My colleague did not like the duck, she thought was very tough, and the smell was too strong?! Of course duck has duck smell! Haha
I chose the fish as my main. It was deboned so need not to worry about been choked on the bones. It was fresh and tender, well seasoned but nothing special.
A) Rhubarb - Salted sable, vanilla beans, blood orange
B) Apricot - Moroccan spices, argan, almond, rose
C) Guinness- Salted peanuts, milo, potato, marshmallow
A weird dessert. A combination of extreme, extremely sour and extremely sweet. My taste buds were very confused after the dessert. One disappointing thing was Iggy's does not include coffee/tea in their set lunch. I thought that ay $85++, they would have easily cover the cost of a cup of coffee, so why so greedy for the extra few dollars?
My verdict? Over rated. Maybe they won the award for their dinner and not the lunch.
