As the second part of Louise's birthday I wanted to take her somewhere
special and after looking at
Iggy's,
Jaan and
Les Amis I decided on the latter.
All three are amongst the best in Asia and Singapore without being beyond my
means like
Waku Ghin and
Restaurant Andre by offering reasonable lunch menus.
Les Amis is a mainstay on the Singapore fine dining scene and has been
popular for some years and I personally feel that although not quite as useful
as an evening degustation meal, a lunch option can show a lot about a restaurant. Although the head chef may not be there overseeing, particularly on a weekday, their standards and expectations of the staff should continue to every
guest, no matter their budget, even more so when you are in the top 100 restaurants
in the world.
The restaurant is just off Orchard Road so has a very convenient location
for locals or tourists and practically runs the small street with various
different off shoot restaurants. Inside does seem a little dated and as soon as
you enter the door you are practically at your table (though you may be also be
seated upstairs) but despite this the room is bright with full length windows
and quiet.
We were given our lunch menus and you can choose from three options at
$55,
$70 and $125 but I had already decided on the middle "Decouverte" option with the supplement
dish bringing the meal to $95pp. Looking at the menus beforehand I was happy to
see that some of the dishes also feature on the evening degustation menus so I
knew we would not be shortchanged and in fact the cheaper two menus seem better
value as the $125 option seems more about classic French cuisine, i.e. as many
expensive items as you can use rather than doing more with less so to speak.