Sunday, April 13, 2008

Thanks to the generosity of a colleague, I was able to take Saturday off this week. Working today though, wish me luck! Went for lessons in the afternoon (during which I was hair-whipped and then elbowed) and headed down to Timbre after to celebrate Andrew & Shi Yun's birthdays.

The branch we went to was at Armenian street. I had lamb rack, while Yx took the seafood pizza (it was HUGE!). Unfortunately, the lamb rack was just barely passable. It was slightly undercooked and flavourless. It came with a slightly-too-thick herb crust, which gave it the feel of being deep-fried rather than seared quickly. Pizza was good though - I liked the really thin crust, and also the presentation (it came on a huge wooden tile instead of a plate). Even though they came with some odd ?herbed butter/tartar sauce instead of blue cheese dip, the Buffalo Wings there are some of the better ones in town I think.

Service was impeccable. I must have used up to 8 serviettes last night, but they were all discreetly removed by the attentive waiters within minutes of touching the table. They were always available but yet unobtrusive (why do I keep thinking of Dobby at this time?) and offered to fill our glasses with the shared jugs of margaritas. I was impressed. As an aside, I was however offered lamb (lime) margarita at one point in time.

The band is also something to go there for, the one we had that night was called the Goodfellas, and they are available on Thurs and Sat at 9.45pm. Good talent.