Backdated: The belated birthday celebration @ Il Lido

It was a lovely dinner to celebrate both our birthdays..reservations was made, at Il Lido it is. Our second fine dining. We picked the Degustation Set Menu and a few items from the ala carte menu. For now, I'll let the pictures speak for themselves..

Amuse Bouche

The chef has decided to excite our taste buds tonight with a delicate piece of fried mozzarella on a sweet tomato puree. Simple yet tantalizing.

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Crab Salad with Avocado and Bisque Jelly

This was a medley of flavors ~ the freshness of the sea, sweetness of the jam, and the creamy avocado to finish. Mmm…

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Buffalo Mozzarella Cheese and Vine Ripened Tomato Salad (39)

A dish we picked from the ala carte menu, an irony we detect, as the thick slices of white cheese, is surprisingly light in texture, its flavor enhanced by the juicy sweet tomatoes. Very refreshing indeed.

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Pan Fried Goose Liver with Saba Wine Must and Sweet Potato Galette

This fine piece of delicacy is crispy on the outside, rich and creamy inside. Resting on a bed of shredded sweet potato, it is a dish to impress!

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Tagliolini with Lobster ‘Amalfi’ Style

*Ashamed* as we slowly savour this dish, thinking that it is the 59 bucks pasta I chose. I find it rather bland and ordinary, despite the piece of lobster on top.

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Roasted Suckling Pig with Plum Sauce

Behold our main course; we waited no more to slice thru that crackling crisp, revealing a juicy piece of meat, sandwiched between 2 layers of fat that simply melts in your mouth.

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Linguine with Jumbo Sea Prawns and Spicy Creamy Pork Sausage (59)

This is my real main course! Fine strands of al dente pasta tossed in olive oil, chilli flakes and fine porky piece (dun expect chunks of sausages!), topped with a generous piece of jumbo prawn.

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Molten Lava Chocolate Cake with Vanilla Ice Cream

And then came the dessert, do not be deceived by the dry looking piece of cake, when sliced into half reveals a rich warm chocolatey centre. Like its name, it erupts in your mouth, and sending orgasmic shivers, and then brought back to reality by the smooth vanilla ice-cream. Darling loves it!

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Traditional Tiramisu (29)

My all time favourite dessert. A layer of light and creamy cheese sitting on a moistened bed of sponge fingers. Sweet and simple. However, the alcoholic me thinks that a bit more Kahlua would have been nicer!

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And a slice of the suprise... Happy Birthday darling !

Compliments to the Chef for the lovely night, great food and great company, what more can one ask for...

The lovely evening ended with Strawberry Dreams @ 7atenine - A sinful combination of vodka, Häagen-Dazs strawberry ice cream, Bailey’s irish cream, strawberry puree, strawberries.