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I am always out there to satisfy my curious taste bud with the appropriate budget. I am glad to announce that Tao's Restaurant is the only eatery out there that can stuff me with a six course meal at a price of 20 SGD. Fusion was on the to eat list this weekend, going fusion is the ability to mix cuisines up at the wok and not embarrass each other at the table. Origins are best not debated I guess.
Serve up in a little hot pan is the bacon and mushroom gratin with a crispy thick toast as its crunchy companion. Whipped up the sticky gratin with your tea spoon and spread it across the toast and enjoy. You do not expect something so cheesy with bacon and mushroom lingering around your taste buds as a starter, right? At first course, this is sinfully great. With the lightly burnt top of the bread, you wont miss the brilliant fuse of fragrance of the cheese, bacon, mushroom and toast.
Fruit salad has cubes of apples, peaches, and corns compacted tightly, then topped with a generous amount of crab meat. The zesty apple was brilliant, goes very well with the occasional bites of sweet peach and the sprinkles of sauces on the plate for a spoonful of fruity adventure. Not forgetting the sandy crab meat that gives the extra punch for variety.
This is a story about a teapot with a cute teacup. But you should know this story was never about the tea. Actually, this is fish soup. There is a more chim name, but I really don't remember.
Fill the little cup up with the crystal clear fish soup, then slowly sip this savory tea from its rough tip. This is one great tea, the not overpowering fishy flavor paved way for the sweet taste of carrot and mushroom. All ingredient presence was definitely strong, this was truly enjoyable.
Then the award winning slow cooked ribs came. The best ribs I had was in Tony Romas and Astons, and those are dished with no awards. In Tony Romas, we enjoyed the the ribs by helding it in our hands and pinching the remaining meats from the bone with our teeth. But at Tao's, the only weapon is the knife. The easily detachable meat from the bone dipped with the garlic dominating sauce will impress you. This is really soft pork meat with a little effort of chewing with delightful plastered all over. The usual pork smell was present, but the sauce succesfully extinguishes it. It was a generous slab, and my capacity meter was in red zone.
Most people could not tell what this was, according to their food blog. But I shall stubbornly assume that I have decoded it, it is mashed sweet potatoes. Kfc have its lousy mash potatoes, while Tao's serves its innovative mashed sweet potatoes. It is a unique blend of butter fragrance and natural sweetness.
Cold apple rose tea, with real apple and rose okay. The usual bitterness of tea was absent, while the apple did all the sweet talking. I have to admit that I am still clueless about the rose. The art of infusing tea with fruits achieved natural sweetness for the health concious.
Creme brulee is a dessert I never tried before, the first I heard about it was in high school musical. Its a vanilla custard in a cup with a lightly torched surface. The crust was not fragile, letting every spoon of custard having a mini piece of crispy sugar crust to go with it. Let the crust and custard work it out, you will not regret choosing this over the other fancy dessert on the list. It did not has the eggy taste nor the vanilla's bitterness. Creme brulee was perfectly crafted, the right way for a six course meal's curtain call.
Its was very affordable for a flawless meal. No holes burnt, no taste buds disappoint.
