M E D I A T A S T I N G
There is a new cafe in the heart of Orchard Road.
Opened by the same folks behind “Birds Of A Feather”, the food menu at “Halcyon & Crane” which is developed by a different Head Chef, shares the same overarching theme of Modern European with a Sichuan influence, albeit with a focus on healthful café fare.
At the hosted tasting this week, the two dishes I found to my personal liking the most were quite coincidentally, the ones with beef.
One of these was the Specialty Beef & Tomato Braised Rice. True comfort food is how I would describe it as the soft-cooked mixed grains of pearl rice, brown rice, pearl barley and kamut came swimming in a rich tomato, beef and beetroot broth dotted with ultra tender pieces of brisket. Rounding it all off beautifully: some Parmesan cheese and a 64-degree sous vide egg.
It wasn’t just me who liked this a lot. The other individuals from the media seated at my table also scraped their bowls clean.