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Restaurant Review: Cork Cellar Kitchen
photo by chubbyhubby who has also dined here
Because I am a freelancer who is — for all intents and purposes — surgically attached to her internet connection, Cowboy Caleb calls me on occasion for last-minute restaurant advice and I spend about five minutes helping him pick a place where he can fête a client or boss on his company’s tab. The other typical condition is that it has to be a place that he knows how to get to in Singapore, which can be harder than it sounds.
The background to how I managed to wind up having dinner at Corks is colourful and tragic, and is recounted in a long blog post by Tym here (you must read it). Safely to say, I managed to secure a table whilst at 44,000 feet in the air somewhere between Hong Kong and Vientiane.
A variety of dishes were ordered in addition to the 3-course wine dinner set (one different wine for each event). A short order of sausages (too salty) were quickly put in their place. An entree of Risotto (undercooked!) and another of duck (done quite right, thank goodness). The variety of wines were a nice touch and the service was up to standard but our stomaches were still game for more and the wines recommended failed to reverberate with the dishes.
Dessert was a disaster with most of what we ordered left untouched after an initial taste. The much touted “Eton Mess” should be avoided like the plague unless one enjoys face-curling sour out-of-season strawberries.
Ridiculously enough, maybe the the staff at Corks were paying too much attention to another table which I suspect was filled with foodie bloggers because they were tasting many many dishes and taking photos with a DSLR camera that had lenses the size of a camel’s dick.
Final Verdict
3 out of 5 stars - portions too small, pricey, no dishes particularly delightful
cork cellar kitchen
168 robinson road
unit 01-08 capital tower
singapore068912
t 6327 9169
f 6327 9291
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