Last Saturday me and Raymond made a trip to Altitude in Shangri-la as special guest Michel Roux (of the 3 Michelin-star Waterside Inn) was in town for Cuisine Now. I am a huge fan of French cuisine in general so we were pretty hyped up over this lunch and it didn’t disappoint! Here are some pictures of the food that I took with my new camera; totally digging my new G11!
Chilled avocado soup with sea trout tartar and yellow peach with a charolais soft cheese crouton
Flaked spanner crab with melon and fresh almonds and marinated prawns
My favourite course was this spanner crab masterpiece. It was wrapped in a very thin slice of watermelon and the combination of flavours and textures were simply amazing.
Pan fried scallops served on a bed of lime scented carrot mousseline and satay sauce
The scallops were SO PLUMP AND JUICY ZOMG!
Roasted loin of lamb stuffed with aubergine confit and grilled pine kernels, gateau of moussaka and light saffron flavoured jus
Lemon dessert on crisp biscuit base, sweet basil sorbet
The chef came out to greet every table (which was unexpected but nice!) and I told him how much I enjoyed the crab. He then told me that I would definitely like the dessert that was about to be served, and I did. The basil sorbet was especially good!
Petit Fours
I am a total sucker for a plate of well presented petit fours! To be fair we went halves on everything that we only had one of :)
Myself and Raymond with the legendary Michel Roux!
We had decided to go with the wine pairing and started off the meal with a glass of 2003 M&C grand vintage. I can’t recall the rest of it right now but it all went uphill from there and finished off with a 2006 Wellington Iced Riesling from Tasmania which was rather memorable; I am a fan of dessert wines as well!
Did I mention the view? It was such a nice complement to the lunch, food, wine and company.
View from the top
I can only imagine what it looks like at night.
