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Thursday, June 11, 2009, 2:23 pm :

Recently I have been in the mood to blog and at least upload the photos that have been sitting around in my computer drives. It is time for them to face the world. And of course, in the event of my workstation and my laptop crashing, at least I can still see and find them somewhere.

The set of photos were from my dinner with the kuku people at The French Stall at Serangoon. Kutu and mx have been wanting to go there for the longest time. We had attempted to eat there for kutu's birthday but they were closed on Mondays, and we had to go somewhere for dinner. This time, we made an effort to avoid Mondays and finally managed to get our dinner.

Actually, I was pretty apprehensive about the place because I haven't really heard very good reviews about the place. The food connoisseur at my workplace was telling me that the food was not fantastic and its not even worth. And you know what, he was quite right. But first, let me build the story up abit here.

When we arrived at the place, it wasn't very packed and we were immediately directed to an alfresco table by a pillar. It was a little dark and we only had minimal light to peer at the menu. Of course, my photos failed due to the lack of light. :( But still, the ambience was pretty nice, quite cozy and breezy. The setup was also simple and nice despite its rather small space.

Staring at the menu for a while, we finally decided on our appetizers, entrees and desserts.

Appetizer #1 - French Onion Soup

There are only a few forms of onions that I would gladly ingest: onion rings and french onion soup. Mx was vehemently promoting the soup and so me, pr and herself ordered one for ourselves. The soup was pretty decent but not excellent, I've had better ones. But at least the onions were soft and not too onion-y.

Appetizer #2 - Escargots

Kutu's favourite, although judging from her response to it, not very fantastic.

Appetizer #3 - Garlic Bread

It doesn't taste half too bad but it sure doesn't look very appetizing. I think it looks quite like mouldy bread.

Entre #1 - Some chicken thingy that mx had.

Entree #2 - Dory something that pr had.

I tried a little bit of it and found that it actually tasted quite good. But pr was not very happy with it, forgot why. :(

Entree #3 - Pork Chop
Me and kutu had this and it wasn't the best of all things. The pork chop was too hard and too much bone in my opinion. The portion was also quite miserable.

After finishing our main course, we had to wait for quite some time before the desserts came. By that time, we were not really expecting much, at least for me, because I think that the quality of the food was only average. Who were to know that it was the desserts that saved the day?! The desserts were fantastic I tell you.

Dessert #1 - Chocolate Souffle

When we asked to be served our desserts, we were informed that the chocolate souffle will require about 15 minutes to prepare. I would say that the 15 minutes was well worth it. Don't be deceived by its plain exterior. The souffle came out hot and steaming and it looks so yummy! One spoonful of it and I'm sold.

The texture was very fluffy but not too dry. The chocolate inside was flowy and molten but not too much. Basically, the taste was very balanced. Great dessert.

Dessert #2 - Dark Chocolate Cake (I think?)
Again, another plain-looking dessert. pr was actually quite sad when she saw this because it looks really plain and ordinary. However! I guarantee that the taste it definitely not ordinary. I don't usually fancy chocolate cake because they are dry and flaky but this is different. The texture is soft and rather fluffy and you can also taste the chocolate they used in making the cake.

Dessert #3 - Giant Profiterole
This was the dish that mx was intent on having, before even thinking about her main course. She maintained that it was fantastic and we must definitely order it to try. When it came, I understood her excitement.
Look at it! Even by just looking at it, you want to grab it off the screen and eat it! Or just eat your screen!
Its like an ice-cream burger. Two pieces of pastry-like thingy flank the top and bottom, with icy vanilla ice-cream and some whip cream in between. On top of that, the top layer was drenched with chocolate sauce and the whole of the plate was filled with the sauce too! Its super duper sinful but its so yummy that I think you will forget about the calories while you are busy devouring this dessert.

Dessert #4 - Creme Caramel
Well, I may not have done justice with this dessert (the lack of light remember???) but in my opinion, this is quite a normal dessert. It could be that we were overwhelmed by all the other chocolatey stuff and this didn't really taste very sweet. In fact, I don't remember tasting anything from this dessert. But at least, I could taste that it is rather smooth and silky.

Verdict: Go for the desserts, skip the others.

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