Maison de Fontaine

The abovenamed restaurant is located along Scotts Road, in the guise of two restored bungalow houses (numbers 33 and 35) just before Indocafe. Our reservation was in No. 35, which suffers from the same creaky-floor syndrome as Flutes at the Fort.

Dinner started out well, but the service quality became progressively worse as the night progressed.

Bread arrived on the table as we were perusing the menu, but water only came later, after repeated requests. We had asked the waiter for water, who'd then informed the bartender, who'd then poured the water into glasses, which were then left on the bar top and happily forgotten by both waiter and bartender.

I began with a salad which was quite decent, Edvine(?) and Avocado salad, with marinated Aubergine (eggplant) and Provencal Bread Chips. Good stuff. J had ordered the Mushroom Cappuccino soup from the degustation menu, which I found was slightly overpowering, had a sour-ish tinge and was lacking a little... something. Couldn't quite put my finger on it.

For the main course, Dad and I had both ordered the lamb, done medium. His lamb arrived pretty red in the middle, but mine was almost cooked through and barely pink. Hmm, a little more consistency please?

Finished with the mains, we chatted as the waiters cleared the plates and walked away. We discussed about tomorrow's dinner and settled for Ju Shin Jung, called the restaurant, and made a booking. Still, the waiters made no move to ask if we wanted dessert. After five more minutes, we gave up and flagged one down for three coffees.

Current credit card promotions: HSBC - 20% discount on food, DBS - 20% discount on food and beverages.

So the food was decent but lacking that special touch, moderately pricy, and service disappointing. The best thing that I can say is that they welcomed and bade us farewell with warmth and enthusiasm. Return visit? Probably not in a while.