7atenine @ Esplanade (06/Jun/09)

Celebrated Junie's birthday at 7atenine with the usual gang.
Dawn, Tracy, Zane and family, Nana, me.....

Amos ordered a very huge glass of beer!

Nana order lychee martini

we had a cozy corner all to ourselves and it looked like someone's kitchen

1st up, the 7atenine salad

Momotaro tomatoes, manchego cheese, organic green leaves,

grilled corn, homemade croutons & tuna sashimi with olive oil-soy dressing

crusted calamari ~ breadcrumb and squid ink crusted calamari with tamarind-tomato salsa

the weird platter that looks artistic

Zane and I ordered the crispy pork belly ~ kakuni style kurobuta pork belly with

fajita, onions, grilled corn & shavingsof iberico cheese

Junie ordered the seared wagyu rump ~ seared wagyu beef rump with

shitake mushroom salsa & ponzu dressing

the dressing came is a small pump like thingy

Tracy ordered this foie gras burger ~ mini burger with teppanyaki seared foie gras,

homemade beef pattie, smoked paprika scented onion marmalade & black truffle mashed potato

Sng ordered this panfried beef tenderloin ~ panfried beef tenderloin with

gratinated zita, crispy garlic confit, caramelised onion & Japanese pickled ginger


the others ordered the grilled beef ribeye ~ marinated and charred beef ribeye with

madeira sauce braised baby potatoes, sansho pepper, wok seared enoki mushroom

& imperial soy dressing

we tried to take photos using the mirror

we are in our black and white theme

birthday cake, complimentary from the restaurant

tequila cafe cake ~ homemade vanilla cake with patron tequila coffee ice-cream

the birthday gal with her date, Cayden...

another of our dessert

cafe latte trifle ~ trifle of espresso jelly, almond crumble, coffee ice-cream & milk foam

both desserts contained coffee cos birthday gal is kopi queen....


After dinner, we went swenson's for kopi,

this was our last choice as most of the hotel lobby in the area doesn't take in

children...

swenson's fries

my root beer float...look at the foam!!!