Monday, February 12, 2007

ABOF Restaurant & Tea Lounge

My colleague recently went to this Scandinavian Restaurant - ABOF Restaurant & Tea Lounge at Millennia Walk and told me its nice. She was describing the dish that she had - Scandinavian Roast Pork with Crackling Skin. Sounds interesting, 'crackling skin' is meant to describe the crispy fatty skin of pork meat. Since SO loves roast pork, we decided to give the place a try on Saturday.

SO had cream of mushroom soup (soup of the day). I find it so-so only.

I had a Scandinavian Broth with meat ball (forgot exact name of soup). I must say I loved this soup very much! It's really delicious and the ingredients complimented each other very well! SO said it reminded him of 'Brovil'. Btw, we ate half way before we remembered to take photos! Too eager to get started on the food!

The bread that came along was piping hot! I burnt my fingers! The taste reminded me pretzels somehow. It had the 'yeast' taste and was slightly saltish. I quite like it (since I like pretzels)!

The serving of the main course seemed quite small. I wondered if SO would be full... But luckily he had a full bowl of cream-based soup and bread. This was his Scandinavian Roast Pork with Crackling Skin. SO said not bad... I am not a fan of fatty pork meat, so I only tried the lean meat portion, but I can guess that it would probably taste better mixed with the fats! It is also one of the noisiest dish I have ever come across - crackling sound from the munching of the skin - it is indeed so cripsy!

I tried on the Ribeye. I was impressed that the beef was really fresh and tender. The black pepper sauce was just nice too - just the right amount of saltishness for you to taste the freshness of the meat. But I find the vegetables and potato portions quite miserable though.

SO & I shared the dessert - Warm Chocolate Cake - which I heard was highly recommended. And I must say, GOSH, it's really heavenly! I used go to Bakerzin for their warm chocolate cakes, but now I think I will visit ABOF for my cravings instead.

To appreciate why ABOF's version is better, you just need to look at the picture below. About 70% of the cake is runny! YUMMY!

I also had an ice latte (not very nice actually) while SO had Earl grey by the pot. The bill came up to about $85 in total. Overall, I would say the food was not bad, the Warm Chocolate Cake and the Scandanivian Broth soup that I had were both fantastic! I hope to return to the place again soon. SO, you catch the hint?

Labels: food, Restaurant

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