meat melodies

it's been pretty much back to back weekends of roasted meats at one six b...not that i or anyone is honestly complaining! i guess the regulars of one six b all do enjoy a good cut of beef, lamb and pork pretty much any time that we don't realize that its been a few carnivorous weekends of pure meat indulgence!

served up with a nice side portion of rissoni and topped with home-style stewed veggies, dinner one was a simple yet heart (and tummy!) warming experience. the beef was good, roasted to a perfect medium rare, crisp on the outside and pink on the inside, and the rissoni done al dente (just imagine the texture of risotto but with the soft crunch of macaroni) with a tangy touch of well stewed veggies...but as much as i would like to say the meat and rissoni were the highlights of that evening, auntie ta's imported stash of belgian chocolates and fruit pastilles most definitely stole the limelight. carried all the way back from france, these were exquisite! from the strawberry to lemon pastilles, milk to dark chocolates, one really could tell the delicate craftsmanship and quality of the ingredients gone into each and every morsel of the sweets. thank you auntie ta for spoiling us rotten!

dinner two saw us indulging again in cuts of steak...this time, two hundred and fifty grams of tenderlion donned all of our plates. served with a dollop of homemade hollandaise-inspired sauce, flurry of caesar salad and fresh buffalo mozzarella and tomato, the steak could have easily rivaled that served up at reputable establishments here in singapore...kudos to chef pak law!

dinners three and four revolved around pork. the first version inspired a little by french country style cooking while the second was the classic fusion of east meets west roasted pork. guess pak law was experimenting a little with version 1, combining some of the french cooking techniques with that of chinese cooking, producing what he coined french style ba kut teh! it turned out not too bad...the soup was hearty and wholesome, and the meat was moist and tender, only disappointing thing was that the flavors didn't quite pull through the meat. was a great attempt nonetheless and i'm sure pak law's going to nail the dish the next time around!

the roast pork is probably pak law's next pet dish next to the beef. browned to produce almost perfect crackling, the pork was roasted such that it was infused by its own juices, producing tender and juicy cuts of pork rib. topped with apple risotto instead of the usual out of the can apple sauce, pak law has again took one of his classic dishes up by a notch! completing the meal that evening was yet another classic, auntie ta's signature creme caramel. i think i did mention this before that i'm not one that is big on custards but when it comes to auntie ta's version, this girl will not refuse. smooth and creamy with the just the right hint of sweetness, the creme caramel brought the evening of feasting and great company to a happy and satisfactory close.

till the next feasting episode at one six b!