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This is a lovely place to dine , the ambience is romantic and relaxing . N u get to walk around national gallery & Victoria theatre .
16 February 2025
Garlic bread à la Astoria 4/5
Calamares fritos 3/5
Snails à la Provençale 3/5
Linguine à la Astoria «XO» 3/5
Steak frites 3/5
Glazed pecan tart 4/5
Lastly, for dessert, The Waffle Ice Cream ($20) was okay in my opinion because I don’t really care for their salted milk ice cream (and I was expecting a little more). However, I love the nutty hazelnut crumble, the apple compote also added that fruity sweetness and I basically inhaled the crisp hazelnut waffle.
What saved the night was the Iberico Pork Chop ($48)! Think bone in grilled Iberico rib chop paired with yummy rich vin jaune sauce, luscious artichoke purée, green peas (ugh no), and crunchy aromatic hazelnuts. I could seriously just pick up the plate and lick up all the sauce. Grilled nicely, the pork was sufficiently tender and succulent on most parts but some bites were certainly more firm.
A miss, the Tagliolini Fresca ($40) was completely over-seasoned - too salty. I do, however, enjoy the tangy sweet heirloom cherry tomatoes and the execution of the tender grilled baby squid and Argentinean red prawns. I would say skip this.
Toast to the new year with Brasserie Astoria’s signature/ namesake Toast Astoria ($32), topped with savoury shoyu brined trout roe, sweet Japanese snow crab (quite a sizeable mound) and fresh-tasting coldwater shrimps on a crispy golden-brown butter fried toast amped up with piquant wasabi aioli and pickled red onions. A very refreshing and refined starter (even better with the squeeze of lime).
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