Took my Mom here for Mother's Day and immediately regretted it for the following reasons:
1. My mom ordered a salad that had beets and pumpkins. She doesn't like beets, so wanted to remove the beets and suggested that they just make up the difference by adding a bit more pumpkins. Apparently you have to pay extra to have more pumpkin even though you are saving on the bets. HATE places that are so cheapskate. Don't they know what customer delight means?
2. They place Fiji water bottles on each table to trick you into drinking them and subsequently paying for them - don't fall for this and order iced water instead.
3. Food was SO mediocre for the price. I ordered the portobello burger ($34) (above) while my parents ordered the duck confit (which I read good reviews about on Burpple). My parents were very underwhelmed and didn't even comment on the food. Each duck leg is served with a tablespoon of mash and is about $34 if I'm not wrong. Food was just SO blah.
Take your money somewhere else. La Petite Cuisine at Serene Centre has excellent duck confit at only $18. Avoid this place.
Had the privilege of trying the new dinner menu at Skyve, and practically every dish I had impressed me so much. But one stood out by an inch and that's the duck confit.
A humongous salt-cured duck leg is sous vide for at least 6.5 hours before being finished in a pan, skin-side down to get it all crispy without drying the meat out. I love how the sous vide process helps render the flab down so all that's left is just the perfect amount of meltingly soft fat. And gawd, the way the meat just fell off the bone – or should I say the bone fell out of the meat – unbelievable.
To distinguish their duck confit from the typical French variety, Skyve serves theirs with a tremendous sweet potato mash that's so, so creamy, candied brussel sprouts, and a tamarind jus that reminds me of Chinese-style plum sauce.
This is absolutely right on the money on all fronts. 👍🏻👍🏻 .
$36 . Perhaps one of the best duck legs I ever had. Although it's kinda too oily but the veggies were delicious!!!
