Prego @ Fairmont Hotel

More on Prego, accumulated across two visits. One of the visits was a family dinner, which explains the number of dishes in this post.

Dinner Set Menu - $55

Cream of mushroom soup

After having the deliciously (or is it ridiculously?) rich mushroom soup from The Tastings Room, I thought that this would fall short of my expectations, since I prefer strong flavours in general. True enough, this was lighter, but it was also smoother and went down easily. Very good for a 'light' mushroom soup.

Pappardelle Primavera

Wiggly pappardelle with tomato sauce and assorted vegetables, mainly capsicum and tomatoes. A very simple dish, but I totally didn't like this. Maybe it's because it consisted totally of vegetables and also done with practically no salt. But my mother said it's all right, and took over the whole plate (to my relief).

Sustainable Codfish with Cherry Tomatoes, Broccolini and Lemon Capers Sauce

I seldom order non-pasta dishes at Prego, but this time I am glad I tried this. The cod fish was pan fried just nicely and was still very juicy. Nice!

Tiramisu

Nothing special about the tiramisu. They should have added more alcohol too. 

Rock Salt Menu (April 2012) - $62

My father ordered this. He chose the Pinot Noir salt cured scallop carpaccio and the braised pork belly bone for the appetizer and main course respectively, but was told that both were sold out. This turned out to be a good thing actually, because as a form of apology, the manager gave us a free main course for sharing.

Home Cured Ocean Trout with Pink Himalayan Salt

The trout came with some rocket salad and horseradish cream. The salt was not really spread uniformly, but at areas where you could taste the salt, it was quite good.

Grilled Salted Mackerel with Risotto

The mackerel was supposed to be the main attraction of the dish, but it was too tough and dry. The rock salt was also not spread uniformly, so there were parts which were quite tasteless. On the other hand, the risotto was much better.

Warm Sticky Toffee Pudding

I can't really give an accurate opinion on this, as I don't really like toffee puddings. Posted this picture just for completeness.

Others

Seafood Pizza, $34

Thin crusted pizza with shrimp, squid, mussels, crab, basil pesto and sundried tomatoes. With such a pizza, the freshness of the ingredients would be unsurprisingly the biggest factor, and this didn't fail to satisfy.

This was the free main course given to us. The manager described it as roasted suckling pig, but the texture felt as if it was minced meat. It was above average, but not exactly fantastic.

Mudpie

To me, mudpies generally all taste quite good, and this was no exception. But I still find Coffee Club's better.

Spaghetti Vongole, $34

Comes with clams, garlic, parsley, and white wine. I have eaten this before, and today's was definitely not up to standard. It was too dry, and the whatever little gravy did not have the sweet taste of clams. 

Squid Ink Tagliolini, $34

Comes with tiger prawns and fresh tomato sauce. The tiger prawns were big and came in generous portions, and they were quite fresh as well. I have tried this many times before, but during this visit, it was way too salty. 

Penne Carbonara, $34

Comes with pancetta, eggs, and parmesan cheese. It seems that they have made some slight changes to this dish. Penne is now used instead of spaghetti, and the dish isn't as creamy as before. I still liked it, though.

Past visit:
30th March 2012