July 6, 2015

Weekday Escape to Macau - Robuchon au Dôme

Fine dining with friends is a good way to enjoy life. This time, my friend picked Robuchon au Dome, a 3-Michelin-starred restaurant to pamper ourselves.

The renowned crystal light chandelier beautifully cascading from the dome creates an elegant ambience.























Welcome appetizer. The right one contained tomato and tasted slightly sour. But I forgot what the left one like.
















A big basket of delicious bread. Pity that I couldn't tried all as there's a rich dinner ahead.
















Cherry gazpacho with frozen ricotta and pistachio flakes
This cold soup with cherry and ricotta was refreshing and the slightly sour flavor brought us good appetite. Simply like it.














  

Mille-feuille of tomato with crabmeat
The sour flavor was too similar to the L’Amuse-bouche though the major ingredient was tomato rather than cherry. It's a good dish and the baby tomatoes on the side were fresh and sweet anyway.
















Steamed foie gras and root vegetables wrapped in green cabbage, warm truffle emulsion
A very beautifully presented dish. Pity it didn't taste as good as it looked because the bitterness of the radish ruin the whole dish.
















Roasted turbot, confit shallots condiment and lettuce velouté with lemon vinegar emulsion
The fish was perfectly cooked in terms of texture and taste. And it matched well with the lemon vinegar emulsion. It's my number 2 of the entire dinner.
















Racan pigeon, confit leg, green peas, spring onion and country bacon ‘ragoût
This dish is was French! All its ingredients made me recall the memory of my French trip. The tender and tasteful pigeon plus fresh green peas and silky mashed potato created my favorite dish of the night. I felt content after having this and the previous dishes.















Peach “Melba” on light raspberry jelly with vanilla cream and sherbet
This dessert was delicious and pretty. Yet, it's also sour in taste. 
































Dessert trolley time. It's difficult to choose what to have as the restaurant is famous for its dessert. Lucky the waiter and waitress were so generous to allow us to taste many of their signature dishes. I felt like we were having dessert buffet.

The floating island is my top recommendation as not many restaurants serve this traditional French dessert now. The silky egg white was unforgettable.
















Also, you shouldn't miss its super crispy mille feuille and lemon tart. Other desserts were yummy as well.













































Our choices of petit four which were also good in taste.
















This lemon cake was a compliment. Nevertheless, it's super yummy.












Overall, the food was delicious but too many dishes were sour in taste which made the entire dinner lack of variation.

The staff were very responsive to my online booking request and enquiries. During the dinner, they were very attentive and friendly,  which brought my friend and me a very enjoyable dining experience.

Last but not the least, here's the magnificent view of Macau from the restaurant.

Weekday Escape to Macau - All about Food

Tam Kah Shark's Fin Trading - shark's fin and fish maw soup which is good for skin.

















Mok Yee Kei - the serradura was very yummy and I preferred it to the mango ice-cream.






















Gosto - this complimentary bread was large in size. And it had a crispy shell but a soft heart.
















The deep fried codfish balls were bit salty as they are in many restaurants.













In addition to chicken, this Macanese chicken with chourico and coconut milk sauce came with many ingredients, say chourico, egg, carrot, olive. More importantly, it was yummy and opened my appetite. 

Weekday Escape to Macau - Snapshots

Taipa old village is where you can find the history of Macau.

















A touch of Chinese element.

















A touch of western influence.

















Lotus at the wetland outside the Taipa House Museum






Located in Macau, Kun Iam Tong (觀音堂) is a temple dedicated to the goddess of mercy (觀音). Some renovation work will help this temple to reclaim its beauty at young.

Weekday Escape - JW Marriott Hotel Macau

In celebration of the grand opening, JW Marriott Hotel Macau launches a very tempting package with one night of hotel room, breakfast and Hong Kong to Macau return ferry ticket. Let's have a weekday escape!

Similar to many new hotels in Macau, JW Marriott offers late check-in, ie. 3pm and early check-out, ie. 11am. Yet, you can still check-in if you arrive early as the front desk will provide you a number to pick up your room later.


















The twin room is so large that I think it can cater additional 2 people. The bed is comfortable, however, the pillows are too soft to me.



































In addition to bath tub, the bathroom also comes with a shower and toilet.


















View of Galaxy Macau and Grand Resort Deck from the room.













Grand Resort Deck is a water park shared by the 6 hotels of Galaxy Macau. It features river rider, water slides, swimming pools and kids area. Remember to bring your swimming suits when you go.
















These ladies were very professional as they posed beautifully once they found my camera.



















The night view of Galaxy Macau from my view.


















The buffet breakfast offered a wide range of choices from cold-cuts to hot dishes, juices to teas and tasted not bad.