Friday Dinner Meeting

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Derek Liew's review:

Last Saturday night I had dinner here (529 Balestire Road Tel:6736-1070 - left side on way to Thomson Junction about 100 meters from the junction next to a petrol station)

The food is extremely good value and the cooking authentic French - but owned and run by Singaporean sisters who lived in France. According to Dick Chan, the present chef is one of the sons (!?!)

We had very fresh oysters, excellent escargots (S$10.90 per half dozen) and the 3 main courses we tried out were equally good value (Confit du Canard with the meat still moist at S$23, the Boeuf Bourguignone was genuine in taste at the same price, while a grilled rib eye with an outstanding blue cheese sauce was S$30). Corkage is $15 per bottle. They do not have an outstnding wine list but decent and not overly priced (estimate her margin at 100% vs the near 200% at lots of other places). I was able to persuade the owner to open and sell me a half of her private collection 1990 Vouvray (sweet white) which was fantastic on the pallette. She also offers a frozen calvados.

Total bill for food for 3 - about S$120.

Though you might want to know. Closed Sundays. It was not busy on Saturday night but apprently some of the wine buffs (Jek Shek Voon and company) took up half the place on Friday night. Have the feeling it may be overwhelmed by a large party on a busy night ordering too many different types of entrees.