Sunday, April 26, 2009

Tin Hill Bistro Winebar @ Bukit Timah

Tin Hill was our place for April. Was supposed to go Valentino's but..it was fully booked. Apparently 1 week in advance is not enough.

Tin Hill is a pretty shophouse located near 6th Avenue. Very catchy to the eye everytime we drive pass it. From reading the intro on the menu, Tin Hill is the literal translation of 'Bukit Timah'. Interesting. Never knew. Ha!
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Erm... whoever's car is that I apologise.

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Took me 5 secs to realise how to view the menu. Haha!

We order some small side dishes while waiting for the group to arrive. Some fried fish snacks, fried portobello mushrooms and potato wedges. The size of the sides is really small and we finished it pretty. Love the wedges. Fried Fish was ok. But the crust of the fried portobellow mushroom was too thick. We din quite like it.

For the mains, as it was our first time there, we pretty much ordered everything on the menu, except fish and chips and Wagyu burger to share among us.
You can check out the menu here (http://www.tinhill.com.sg/dining.htm)
While waiting, we were served pork belly in white chocolate, complimentary of the chef. Wat can i say? The roasted pork belly itself was ok on its own, so is the white chocolate sauce on its own. But the combination... too wierd for me! bleahz...
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was getting abit disappointed. However, the service there was really endearing. They confirmed with us if we were sharing and then naturally aligned the dishes in the middle and gave a empty plate for each of us. As the place was really dark and the table was really long, I did not take a pic of all the food but I can still rem most of the item really well.

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Prawn Tagliatelle tomato, chili, lemongrass
I thot this pasta was very normal. Nothing fantastic.

Miso Cod Aglio Olio pesto, shimieji mushroom
This pasta was absolutely yummy. Pity I only managed a small bite. The fish was nicely pan-fried. Yumz.. and I dun even like cod fish. I will order the next time if i come back again! haha!

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Roast Chicken with mushroom & smoked chicken pithiver, beurre blanc
The skin was nice and crispy and the meat was juicy and tender. Tats about it.

Fish Pie smoked cod, prawns, leeks, parsley
Woo! Love this! Crispy crust and yummy tomato based fillings!

Ocean Trout corn, herbs, seaweed
Hmm... din leave an impression on me! haha

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Grilled Pork Chop bacon, fennel, apple
err.. yumz? haha

Braised Lambshank ragu, mash
Absolutely tender and nicely done. No "lamb smell"

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Bistro Steak Frite hand cut chips, béarnaise sauce
This was the best dish! Very tender and not over done.

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We had an additional pizza cause the mains din seem to fill us up. But the pizza end up to be too little for the 8 of us! The toppings were heavenly, generous with the cheese and mushrooms. Pity, we found the crust abit too soggy.

For desserts.. it was kinda scary. Not sure wat to order. So the waitress recommend told us she will bring us one of each like the mains. Regrets.. it was too much!!!

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My Fav! The Crumble of the Day was apple and pear! The apple and pear was nicely done and not overly sweet. And the crispy crumble top and the combination with the ice cream on top! Heaven!

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Such a clear pic. But we did not exactly fancy the cupcake. normal.

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Pavlova strawberries, passion fruit, mascarpone
As good as it looks! love the blueberry floss.

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Cheese cake was nice and creamy.

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Sticky Date Pudding vanilla ice cream, butterscotch sauce

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Brownie
no "wow" factor.

The set dinner seem really worth it at 38++ since the mains are cost nearly to 30. Nice ambience and great service. Some really good items which I dun mind going back for.

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