TCC Christmas Menu (2016): Food Review

Back again with another TCC review. TCC has never failed to impress me with their regular menu updates and since Christmas is around the corner, they've came up with a course set menu.

I ordered the 3 course meal, with the turkey ballotine as my main course

Roasted Cauliflower Soup
The soup was pretty nice. I like the additional flavor from the miso pesto and also the texture from the croutons and vegetables. Also the soup was very flavorful but not salty which is a good thing (yay healthy food)

Turkey Ballotine
I was obviously gonna order this because I don't usually get to eat turkey. The turkey is stuffed with a chestnut and cranberry paste and drizzled with some brown sauce and jam. I don't recommend eating it with too much of the sauce because i find it really salty and it masks the taste of the turkey.

White Chocolate Reindeer
Ooh this is a must try in their Christmas menu. It's a white chocolate moose+ green tea spongecake desert with a biscuit base so there's a very good mix of texture.

I do not know what this is called

This is my favourite dish of all. It's a scoop of vanilla ice cream topped with caramel popcorn and whip cream with a cookie base. The espresso drizzle is optional but i highly recommend adding just enough coffee to cover the cookie base. The ice cream is probably made with vanilla pod (meaning it's good stuff) and the taste of the espresso, melted whip cream and ice cream with the soggy biscuits is just divine!

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Christmas menu: http://www.theconnoisseurconcerto.com/images/pdfs/tcc-xmas-menu.pdf

The Connoisseur Concerto (TCC) (Vivo City): Food Review

On Sunday, my parents and I decided to head down to vivo's tcc for breakfast. It states on their website that they open at 10 am so we arrived at 10 because we had stuff to do afterwards. But they opened the shop about 15 minutes later and the kitchen was only ready at about 10:40. So either their opening time on the website is wrong or they just opened late.

Moving on to the delicious breakfasts-

Benny's Breakfast $16.8

I highly do not recommend ordering their poached eggs because it's overcooked most of the time, but my dad still orders it for some reason.

My mom and I shared the next two dish.

Oozy Coffee Pancake $15.5

I really love how they managed to put the coffee cream into the pancake. The cream kinda tastes like coffee milk, which has a hint of bitter, which balances perfectly with the caramel drizzle. Also just in case you were thinking that this two pancakes isn't enough to fill you up like what I thought, it is extremely filling.

Morning Mix & Match $20.0

Ok this is part of their new menu as well and I highly recommend this because it's worth the price. For $20, you get to choose one kind of egg, two proteins and two sides which is extremely valuable and it tastes good as well. Again, do not order the poached eggs because it'll most likely be overcooked. I ordered the poached eggs though, because I thought it was something else, along with wagyu beef patty and smoked salmon as my proteins, and avocado salsa and greek yogurt as my sides. So what I did was I took a little bit of everything, layer it on top of my bread and ate it in one bite and surprisingly the tastes blend together really well. Out of all their sides, I suggest that you order the avocado salsa and greek yogurt because they're both really really nice.

Soy Hazelnut Heaven $8.0

Another new item on their menu under the healthy and organic drinks section. It's a little pricey but hey it is an organic drink. This is the first time I've drank soy lattes before and I'm not disappointed because this one has a really strong hazelnut taste. With the addition of chocolate chips and hazelnut crumbs, it kinda reminds me of kinder bueno and nutella. But halfway through the drink I found it a bit too sweet.

My Ratings

Service: 8/10

Food: 8/10

Ambience: 8/10

Total: 8/10

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The Connoisseur Concerto (TCC): Food Review

I've been wanting to do a review for the restaurant for a while because it is one of my family's regulars. We found out about this place at Changi Airport (it has closed down) and because of the excellent service and scrumptious food, we decided to become members. However, after the branch at Changi closed down, we started going to the one in Bugis, which was okay but wasn't on par with the one in Changi. However, my latest visit to TCC has changed my opinions on the restaurant (in Bugis).

Do note that this review is only specific to the branch in Bugis.

First of all, the meal felt like a 9 course meal. Not because the food was fancy and high-class, but because they took forever to come. You know when you go out for meals, and usually all the food that you order come at around the same time? Well that was not the case. Furthermore, the restaurant lack workers to an extent that nobody served us menus until we asked them to. 

Other than the long waiting time, the food wasn't up to standards. (as compared to the past)

M.B Beaf Steak

After waiting for many many minutes, the first dish finally arrived. The beef was juicy and was neither overcooked nor undercooked. However, after leaving the dish on the table for about 20-30 minutes, I thought that there was a peculiar plastic taste in a piece of meat. But it could be just me because my mom took a bite and didn't find anything wrong with it.

Eggs Ben

Disappointment plastered on all our faces as this dish was served. One thing I like about eating eggs benedict is bursting the yolk and watching the golden liquid drip down the bratwurst and bread. However, when my knife sank into the little egg pouch, nothing came out; the egg yolk was very overcooked! I would've requested for it to be remade but we didn't want to wait another 20 minutes. I also think that the pretzel toasts given were too small. 

Wagyu Beef Burger

Juicy tender wagyu beef sandwiched between two perfectly toasted charcoal buns, with the accomodation of fresh lettuce leaves and salted prawns. I have to say that the Wagyu burger is one of the best food in the menu. At least there were a couple of good choices made that day, otherwise it would've truly been a disappointing meal. One of the reasons why I like ordering the burgers there is because it is accompanied with truffle fries. Yes!! Actual truffle fries and my sister is crazy over it. I think it's pretty nice too because the truffle taste isn't too overwhelming and it certainly doesn't taste like msg truffle powder (if such a thing exists).

 Tiger Prawn Mentaiko Spaghetti

A Japanese cuisine inspired dish using mentaiko wafu sauce. Thank god this dish was palatable as well. I loved how the sauce has a powerful taste without being too salty. I didn't try the tiger prawns but my sister thought that it was a bit too salty. 

The "C" Wings

And because we weren't filled, we decided to order our regular dish- The 'C" Wings. It comes in different flavours from original to buffalo and to even more exotic tastes such as hot tequila lime. Since we're asians, we ordered asian zing (haha just kidding) which has a subtle sour taste. I've always thought that TCC's chickens were heavenly until taking a bite out of this. The chicken was probably not marinated well because the inside of the chicken was rather bland. 

Molten Cheese Tart

Dessert was ok. The cheese was too wet despite its appealing presentation. I've eaten this before and I remember the cheese being more solid. The waitress told me that it is supposed to be runny because it is a molten cheese tart after all. But I think she just made it up because the cheese was rather wet, almost like the cheesecake batter before placing it in the oven. 

I'd still go back to TCC but maybe not this branch because of its slow service. Just a reminder that this review is only specific to the branch in Bugis.

My Ratings

Service: 5/10

Food: 7/10

Ambience: 8/10

Total: 6.5/10

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