Bonta at UE Square

The husband and I had heard about Bonta for some time, but had no special occasion to visit the place until our wedding anniversary came along - about half a year ago :p I can't really remember what all the dishes were like, but there were some really good ones that we thoroughly enjoyed.

First, the bread. We absolutely loved this. It came to us nice and warm.

And when I broke it open, I found ricotta cheese inside. Lovely with the olive dip.

We ordered the degustation menu and some other a la carte dishes so that we could get a good sample of everything. This was the salmon/trout (??) from the degustation menu. Not very memorable.

The pan seared scallops were really good - fresh, sweet and cooked just long enough.

I had to order the foie gras. This was lovely, but not as brilliant as the one I had in Reims.

Hiding under all the grass is a liver somewhere.

The angel hair pasta with lobster was part of the degustation menu. This was one of their 招牌菜, and although we enjoyed it, we expected more from it. The pasta was cooked just a bit too long, and the sauce was rather salty.

We had the risotto with porcini mushroom, which was absolutely beauiful. The rice was very well flavoured, with a fantastic aroma of porcini. We licked up every last morsel.

There was a tenderloin that the husband ate most of. Somehow I felt it looked way too complicated for a steak, with the yam/sweet potato(?) shavings, and all the seasonings in the sauce.

The pappardelle with wild boar ragout was another winner. We loved the texture of the home made pasta.
Warm chocolate fondant for dessert, which was pretty good. The husband had most of this.

I was craving cheese quite badly, and the cheese platter did not disappoint. The platter had Parmigiano Reggiano, Taleggio, Pecorino Romano, Gorgonzola and Mascarpone cheese with sun-dried figs, jams and grapes. Absolutely brilliant.

This was one of those meals where the person taking our orders looked at us incredulously and asked "are you sure you both can finish so much?" followed by "are you sure?" when we put in order after order : )

207 River Valley Road, #01-61 UE Square River Wing

Tel: (65) 6333 8875

Operating Hours: 12.00pm to 2.30pm daily for lunch (closed for lunch on Sat) 6.30pm to 11.00pm daily for dinner