Hot in the City

Miss Mo had a 'Girls Gone Wild' night out with Superstar, Leon Lai and Miss USC the other night.

I chose this restaurant Le Papillon, opened by Anderson Ho and his brother. The restaurant is located at the Red Dot Building (the old traffic police building). This is a new hip place with the creative people, like Superstar, hang out. This is also the place where my mom used to learn her driving, probably 40 years ago. LOL! Of course,

The restaurant is situated amongst a few bars and we nearly missed the entrance. IN fact, Miss USC went to a bar instead. The interior of the restaurant is bland and the seats are not very comfortable, according to Leon Lai.

The food was simply delicious. Both of us had the lamb and the other two had fish. We also had foie gras and Hokkaido scallops for starters. We had the souffle and creme brulee (western beancurd) for dessert.

The service, however, had lots of room for improvement. First, the maitr'D, was really intimidating. Picture a big-sized Malay butch lady, wearing black. We didn't know whether she was really the Maitre'D but we just called her that. When she brought the dishes to the table, she shouted out loud the names of the dishes and dump the plates in front of us. We were in shock because the restaurant was kind of quiet. When Superstar requested pepper, she went to put pepper on my dish and didn't realize it until I told her 'Err...I dont think I asked for pepper'. She looked at Miss USC and asked her whether she wanted to swap her lamb with my peppered lamb. Miss USC looked at her in disbelief! When our foie gras didn't arrive, we summoned a waiter. He asked who took our order. He shouldn't have said that.

However, in the end, it was the chef himself who saved the evening. Chef Anderson Ho came out to talk to us. He's very humble and said we (maybe I) looked familiar. He talked about his background and said that his menu changes every month. The restaurant even has an affordable set lunch menu too. Alas, Superstar and Leon Lai were busy talking on the phone. Can you believe it!?!

Leon Lai told me to go seduce the chef as she thought he was eligible. I want to let Leon Lai know that I've googled him and he is oh so not eligible. He's married with 2 kids. Walau! I nearly broke up a marriage!

But I'll definitely go back to Le Papillon for the lunch, sans the Maitr'D.