The Majestic Restaurant

Rating: 3.75/5
Destination: 31-37 Bukit Pasoh Road

Comments: A fine dining restaurant that serves Cantonese cuisine. Comfortable environment to dine in. The menus they provide are for minimum 2 person and of different price range. I’ll be talking about one of their menu, “Citibank gourmet pleasures 2015, exclusive dinner menu”, a 6 course meal which comprises of 1 soup, 1 starter, 1 salad, 1 entrée, 1 main course and 1 dessert. 

Pan seared Foie Gras and sliced Peking duck served with passion fruits salad. Foie gras is served on top of a slice of watermelon. There are 2 ways to eat the foie gras and the watermelon, first way is to eat the watermelon together with the foie gras which is more suitable for people who can’t withstand the rich flavor of the foie gras as the watermelon has the ability to diminish the rich flavor. The second way is to finish the foie gras first, then consume the watermelon to cleanse your palate. People who prefers the second way of consumption will be able to savor the taste due to the slightly charred parts around the foie gras. It enhances the taste of the foie gras to a very big extent. For the peking duck, it is crispy and there are not much fats around the skin which makes it less oily and easy to consume and sweet sauce are drizzled on the peking duck. For the salad, it comprises of fresh lettuces, walnut, strawberry, other vegetables and its own salad dressing that has the ability to stimulate your appetite well enough for the following dishes.

Double-boiled sea treasures soup with black truffle. Different ingredients like sea cucumber, chicken, abalone, truffle and more are used to boil the soup. This is a very clear soup yet the essence of the ingredients are contained in the soup, producing a very deep flavor.

Braised whole abalone with homemade beancurd and garden greens. Vegetables served with its deep fried beancurd topped with a whole abalone. Although abalone seems to be the main dish here, but I personally feel that the beancurd tasted best here. The vegetable is slightly bitter even though there are sauces for the dishes. As for the abalone, it’s just an abalone. Not particularly unique or good. Although it’s well cooked and not that hard, it does not have a unique flavor. However for the beancurd, the deep fried skin has its distinct flavor when eaten with the sauce which has the the unique deep fried flavor that are able to instantly stimulate the appetite. The inside of the beancurd also has its charred flavor from the outer layer.

Pan seared ribeye in homemade sesame dressing. This is different from the usual western style steak that you would have eaten. It’s cooked in a Cantonese cuisine style, but it is unique in its own style. This ribeye has a very balanced amount of fats spread around the meat which makes it very juicy and tender. the marinate used and the sauce used has created the flavor of the dish. Served together are deep fried ginger and raw beansprouts with kimchi. Honestly speaking, the beansprout is too raw for me to consume, just giving it a try has probably made me regret my decision. Nevertheless, even though this ribeye is slightly different from what I’ve imagined it to be, it turned out great in terms of taste and quality.

One of the main highlight, Stewed boston lobster noodles with ginger and spring onions turned out to be one of the unexpectedly great dish. Thick broth accompanied with its fresh lobsters and noodles seems too heavy as the last dish before desserts are served. But it turned out to be the best dish to end the course. Even though its sauce is thick, the sauce entwined and entangle with the noodles and the lobster, allowing the whole dish to be filled with a fragrant and delicious lobster flavor. The lobster is extremely fresh too, allowing the meat to be very juicy and easily consumable.

Refreshing homemade sorbet with aloe vera and grass jelly. Frozen grapes on the top, served with ice cold watermelon sorbet at the bottom. Combination of aloe vera, grass jelly and a bit of pomelo, this dessert is a very light dessert after a hearty meal. It isn’t particularly bad, nor is it particularly good.

Reservations has to be made in advance.

Prices of set meals are minimum of SGD$68.