My Humble House @ Esplanade

Second visit to My Humble House. This time, quite a few dishes we ordered were not from the menu, but were specially recommended by the waiter.

Roast Marinated Rack of Lamb with Herbs in Port Wine Sauce, $18

The lamb was tender, but I felt that the taste of lamb wasn't strong enough. The seasoning was quite good though.

Crispy Spiced Kurobuta Pork Rib in Sun-dried Tomato Reduction, $14

This was very disappointing. The pork was very tough, and very dry - obviously overcooked. It was so bad that I told the manager about it.

White French Asparagus, $15

I recently read from the newspapers that now is the season for French asparagus, so we decided to give this a try. This was still not bad, though we had no idea what the rich black sauce was. The crab meat was a good addition to the dish and was a good complement with the asparagus. The asparagus was a bit tougher than expected though.

Wagyu beef fried rice, $12

Somehow, I think using wagyu beef in such dishes is a big waste of wagyu beef. Firstly, because the beef is sliced into such small pieces, you could not really taste the real flavour of the wagyu beef. Secondly, when it is fried, the quality of the meat does not matter that much anymore. 

Still, the dish was still quite all right, if we treat it as normal beef. 

Foie gras with duck meat, $18

The picture isn't clear, but the black rectangular object is actually a slab of foie gras with duck meat below. While the portion of the foie gras was quite generous, it wasn't really pan-fried well enough to bring out the flavour of the foie gras. And the duck meat was minced and mixed with some other stuff, which failed to impress. Finally, I thought the foie gras and duck didn't really go well together, and we ended up eating them separately.

Crisp-fried Fish Skin with Oatmeal, $8

This dish, along with the two below, were ordered from the tapas menu. We were told that we had to order two main dishes first too to be able to order from this menu. I am glad we ordered this; it was certainly one of the better dishes tonight. The fish skin was fried perfectly such that it was crisp and yet not too dry. The oatmeal was a good variation of this dish too.

'避风塘' Style Crisp-fried Ocean Scallops, $12

I have no idea what '避风塘' style is, but I assume it has to do with the toppings as shown. The picture shows six scallops placed into a small box-like thing (which is edible, but I don't know what  it is exactly). The scallops still retained some of its juiciness, so it was quite good. As for the toppings, I think it consists of some dried prawns, chilli, salt, and sugar.

Crispy Golden Tofu with Special Spicy Powder, $6

This was also fried very well such that the outsides were crispy and the insides were tender. The spicy powder was a nice touch to the normal 'crispy fried tofu' dish.

For a place that supposedly serves fine dining food, I guess the price was still arguably reasonable - after the 50% discount from the Palate membership. The food wasn't too impressive either, with dishes ranging from disappointing to decent to 'not bad'. Nothing was fantastic or really good. And when you  compare My Humble House to the likes of Tong Le Private Dining which I visited two months ago, this place falls short. 

Past visit:
7th March 2012