I got sidetracked! I was going to continue blogging about our winter break holiday... but well... I started back at SFI full time and have less time to twiddle my thumbs... but I will continue with my story another day...
But first....
Restaurang Farang.
Tulegatan 7
113 53 Stockholm
08 673 74 00
To be honest, I'm not much of a fan of Asian food here in Sweden. They are unfortunately too Swedish-fied for my taste. So far only
Waipo has been surprisingly good as far as Chinese food goes.. So says my tastebuds ;)
Anyhow pre Valentine dinner, we went on a double date with a girlfriend of mine, Ms KimChi and her sambo.
We had to have an early section from 17:30 - 20:00 (which is quite early for dinner) but as the place is fully booked, we were pretty lucky to get the slot. We were running late, so, had to grab a cab to get to the place in time.. We arrived at around 17:45. Not too late, right?!?
Anyhow, the place looks pretty nice and dim but looks promising as it looks really busy.
We started with cocktails.. For me, it's mocktail.. ;( Service was quick at the start, we were seated with drinks menu. Once they took our drink orders, they left and we were looking around trying to figure out when we'll be getting our food menu?
Anyhow the drinks came and soon, our food menu. Miss Kim Chi was excited and suggested we try the first tasting menu which was
645KR/person with 6 dishes, rice, 'roti' and dessert. She was here the last time and was extremely excited with the soft shell crabs and crispy pork. So, of course the whole table ordered it =D
All in all, it is not really that fabulous. The soft shell crab and the crispy pork were definitely the stand out dishes, but the rest were just so - so or below par.. even the mocktail. For the price, unfortunately, I would expect a lot more.. Hairy bean sprouts? You could choke on those darn bean sprout hair.. Those should have been removed not left as it is.
Service was quite rushed as well as they were trying to get rid of us by 8pm. hmmm...
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| Virgin 'Lady Boi' which was made from ginger, mint, lime, lychee and ginger beer. Piss weak and not even fizzy!!! and with too much ice which of course melted and still with half a glass left before I gave up drinking 'bland' watery crap =P 1 miserable lychee to top it off. As you can see, I was quite disappointed =P |
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| The little menu list we got on the table, reminding us what our tasting menu consist of. I thought was quite a nice touch! |
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| 1st dish - Cha Plu Leaf with Smoked Salmon, roasted peanuts and trout roe |
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| We each had a piece. So cute as the leaf is in a heart shape. Perfect for Valentine! Not sure what cha plu leaf is, but I know it as betel leaf. Quite tasty and slight crisp with the vegs in there.. |
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| 2nd dish - Sashimi Vietnamese Style with asian herbs and black rice vinegar dressings |
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| Even before we had tuck into our 1st dish, the 2nd dish was on the table waiting for us... It was all a bit rushed =P 2nd dish was okay.... |
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| Busy busy... |
The bowl of rice came straight with our 2nd dish... which I thought was way too soon as the first 3 dishes look like entrees...
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| 3rd dish - Soft shell crab with green mango, mint, pomelo, green 'nahm jim' and peanuts. The crab was soft but crispy and the salad was quite refreshing with crunchy texture. Pretty decent dish, but was slightly too salty for me, so the rice definitely came in handy by then! |
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| 4th dish - Crispy pork with palm sugar caramel. Crispy fried braised pork rice vinegar and roasted onion. The meat was actually really tasty. Crispy on the outside and moist in the inside and best thing is we each got to eat at least two! |
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| I wouldn't call this a dish.. more like a side serve.. Supposedly Thai Roti Bread with Massaman curry and yoghurt as it might be too spicy for some =PP Really? Roti? I was actually expecting the proper flat roti bread, so I was really disappointed. It's just bread which has been seared on to a grilled pan.. with the all too sweet curry sauce =x Not my cup of tea.... |
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| Morning Glory, Salt & Pepper Tofu with watercress, bok choy and crispy fried silken tofu. Not sure why it's called morning glory as I actually thought it was the morning glory, kangkung.. Which of course it's not. I didn't taste any bok choy in there either.. There were two different types of veggies, but not what were listed.. Not sure about watercress? The tofu batter was too thick.. With soft tofu, they definitely taste better with a lighter batter |
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| Veal Cheek 'Seremban' - slow braised veal cheeks, aromatic chilli broth with mint sprout salad. The only thing I remembered were the mushroom which was quite nice. It's a curry not a chilli broth and the bean sprouts were shocking. Who serve hairy bean sprouts?? If it's a cheap quick service Asian restaurant, I could forgive, but isn't this a classier establishment?? |
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| Seriously, look how long the bean sprouts are.. Those should have been plucked and removed. Sorry to say the hairy bean sprouts were the only thing I remembered about this dish |
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| Ms Kim Chi Whisky Sour looks pretty cute though! |
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| By around 8pm, there were quite a few empty tables |
Which of course surprised me that we were still rushed to pay by the waiter as well... hmm...
Anyhow.. last dish was the dessert
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| Hola Hola B - Thai style marinated fruits, sweet peas, lime, vanilla coconut stock and guava promegranate sorbet |
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| The fruits were chopped tinily.. I could taste white dragon fruits, watermelon, mangoes among some of the fruits.. but seriously, sweet peas?? In a dessert? WAAAAAY too overly fusion for me. Raw sweet peas don't go well as a dessert. Sorry. A pity as the sorbet was actually quite refreshing and delicious. The sweetened coconut milk poured on top of the fruits did nothing for me either.. All I could taste was the raw sweet peas. Needless to say, I picked every single cut sweet pea out from my mouth. No matter how small they cut them, I can still taste and feel them in my mouth! =PPP |
Okay, enough complains from me for a day. Our dinner dates were of course fabulous as per always! And later, we went off somewhere for a friend's farewell party.. *sobs*
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| Here's a few of us looking fabulous as per always =P |
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