Friday, June 14, 2013

CAVIAR BRUNCH 2013







Chaîne Caviar Sunday Brunch, Sunday 9th June 2013
Caviar Sunday Brunch
Sunday 9th June 2013
William Pickering Ballroom
Level 2, PARKROYAL on Pickering
3 Upper Pickering Street
William Pickering Ballroom
Time 12 noon


Wines being served are:

Diebolt-Vallois NV Blanc de Blanc Champagne Cuvee Prestige
Russian Standard Platinum vodka
Armagnac Castarède Hors d'Age / XO - 20 ans d'âge
Caviar serving size each: 180gms





Baeri Caviar
in Master Tins of 1.8 kg per table of ten

Of the three, the baeri undoubtedly had the smoothest taste highlighted by deep nutty and buttery undertones. The baeri possessed a very low salt content and was notably distinguishable from the other two varieties as it had an exceptionally large roe size with golden brown coloring. The overall "pop" from the egg was modest but not exceptional. Most notably, the baeri contained no aftertaste. Many farmed raised caviars suffer from an algae-like aftertaste that many customers have described as "grassy". The baeri definitely lacked any aftertaste whatsoever. Overall, we were impressed with the baeri.   
By Natalia Real  of FIS.
FIS, the web site of Fish Information & Services, is widely recognized as the standard for global seafood industry information on the Internet.
editorial@fis.com
www.fis.com





“For me, true luxury can be caviar……….
 or a day with no meetings, no appointments and no schedule.” Michael Kors




Such luxury doubly blessed 60 of us in Singapore on a lazy Sunday brunch on the 9th June. The sheer delight of more caviar than you can reasonably eat, combined with a schedule akin to the stress of a Bhutanese hilltop retreat, is not something you often enjoy in the hustle and bustle of our little tropical island. Caviar from the Beluga sturgeon is almost impossible to find nowadays due to its critically endangered status, so we instead sourced our caviar from the Siberian sturgeon which produces Baerii caviar. This caviar is sublimely delicate with a very clean crisp taste on the palate, balanced with subtle after-flavours of nuts. The salty flavour is very charming and not overpowering.  1,800 gms of beautiful sparkling pearls from this ancient fish was placed on each table, and you could see the ten pairs of eyes fixated on this pure indulgence. Even the usual verbal cacophony of convivium, characteristic of Chaîne events, was more muted than usual. Balanced with personally cooked buffet items, the expectations of the event were not overblown and ended with members asking for this event to be institutionalized on a yearly basis. Clearly, this opinion was unanimous.








Brunch Menu

Pass around canapé
Smoked salmon opera and caviar
Praline of foeigras with mango
Scallop tartar in cone
Croque monsieur

On the table
Caviar (from Chaine)
Sour cream
Egg white
Egg yolk
Chive
Red Onions
Nori

Appetizer Buffet
“Oyster Bar”
(Fine de Claire, Pacific oysters)
Seared Tuna with apple and avocado
Country style pork duck pate with fruit chutney
Duck rillettes with French baguette
Baby green with dressings

Soup station
Leek and Potato Soup

European Bread selection
Eschire Butter






Hot
Roasted baby chicken with mushroom fricassee
Grilled US asparagus
Beef cheek in red wine
Tiger Prawns a la Meuniere


Live station 1
Blinis made fresh in the room and served to the table
Boiled Ratte Potatoes

Live station 2
Norwegian Balik salmon
Pan fried rosti potato made fresh in the room and served to the table

Plated Dessert
Passion Fruit with Crunchy Pearl
Wild Berry Tart with Champagne Jelly
Crème brulee

Family style
Exotic Fruit platter

On the table
Assorted pralines
Macarons
Coffee and Tea




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