La Vie
is a contemporary fine dining restaurant housed in Le Dream Boutique Hotel. Although located along Jalan Pintal Tali,
the heart of Georgetown city, it is easily missed out by passerby as the
restaurant does not have a formal signboard.
Nonetheless,
the haute cuisines crafted by Chef Brandon, a young chef whom graduated from Culinary
Arts Centre Penang still attracted an exodus of crowd here every night. Though
classified as a fine dining restaurant, feel free to share with the person in charge
on your expected meal budget and they will refine a recommendation list without
hurting your wallet
We
started light with Smoked Duck Breast
Salad. It is lightly scented by having the salad sauce whisked over it, and
pamelo presence in the bowl of salad is the unique point.
Our
tongue and appetite is further tickled by Crab
Tortellini. Upon chewing, the fluffy tortellini discharges an aromatic crab
essence, served on a curry flavoured prawn based soup.
Next
on the menu is Breaded Button Mushroom.
Encapsulated within the crumbs is a juicy fresh button mushroom, still
retaining the best of its natural taste.
The
conventional menu - mushroom soup
never goes wrong whenever it is served. Its creaminess and buttery were
perfectly tuned, while giving out rich mushroom taste.
Prawn Bisque
served in La Vie is a creative combination of French essence and traits of local
specialty dish - Penang Hokkien Mee. Prawn heads are simmered for at least 3-4
hours to extract its essence to make up the core of the soup, rendering the
soup exhibits a pleasant charcoal smell.
After
a series of stomach therapy session with delicate starters and appetizers, we
are off for main dishes - Penne Pasta
with Bacon. Slices of bacon are topping the light creamy pasta, emitting a
decent scent of pleasant bacon smell.
Due
to Raw Oysters aphrodisiac attribute
and freshness, its of high demand here. Fresh oysters are imported bi-weekly on
Wednesday and Saturday. Often times, the plump and succulent oysters presented
a briny taste as it was served on its original taste upon being cracked.
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| Well done Lamb Rack |
Our
stomach was treated with a medium rare Lamb
Rack. Mix and match with three different condiments provided - brown sauce,
wasabi and sea salt to suit it up to own taste.
The
Cod Fish is seared carefully to give
it a flaky and firm flesh. It is lightly seasoned with a smattering of black
pepper. At the same time, enjoy the side dishes of bedding of stiff homemade
mashed potatoes and sauteed mushrooms.
Relish
upon the Chargrilled Organic Chicken
without having go through the hassle of grilling at your backyard. With
charcoal grilling, a nice magical taste is imparted the rightly sliced meats.
The night party would have been imperfect if wines are absent. Ask for the person in charge on what types of wines available to cater for your own needs, in both taste and financially.
La Vie @ Le Dream Boutique Hotel
139, Jalan Pintal Ali, 10100, Georgetown, Penang
Contact Num : +60 12 - 402 1342 (Kevin)
Operation Hour : 6:30pm - 11:30pm (Closed on Monday)
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