[Has moved to a new location from 26 July 2016 - See the details below]
Chef Tan Yong Hua has finally find a place to call HOME. Also known of the Prince of Pumpkin, Chef Tan is the proud Co-Owner & Executive Chef of Restaurant HOME ('HOME'). A celebrity chef in Singapore Media scene, Chef Tan also proudly represented Singapore Chinese Chef Association in 2013 to conquer the Iron Chef Thailand specialised in Chinese Cuisine.
HOME
is located at Rail Mall Bukit Timah. The decoration is quite
minimalist, and the open concept made the restaurant look big. It has
a nice balance of traditional big round tables for group of 8 to 12
and square tables for group of 4 or smaller. Due to a huge following
of loyal customers of Chef Tan, HOME has 2 sessions for weekend
dinner and reservations are required.
Our
first visit to HOME was with Little Devil's BFF for dinner. Our
Entrée started off from the Barbecue selection, the Crispy Roast
Pork and Honey Glazed Barbecued Pork Loin (Char Siew). The roast pork
has a light crispy skin, well seasoned and the meat is tender. This
is one of our niece favourite dish and she will personally order two
plates and for herself. The Char Siew uses a fatter cut of the
loin. It is slightly burnt with honey crisp and the meat just melts
in your mouth. Slightly sinful but Yummy! I personally like this
version of Char Siew, but Little Devil does not.
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| Crispy Roast Pork |
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| Honey Glazed Barbecued Pork Loin (Char Siew) |
Barbecue
Peking Duck with Lychee Wood came next. It is one of the Signature
dish at HOME. Following the traditional presentation of Peking Duck,
the prime cut of the breast skin are served first with sugar. HOME
version is thin and crispy, without much fat on it. The rest of the
duck has a consistent crispy skin and not oily. Although it looks
more healthy, the downside of minimum fat is the meat of the duck
become dry and slightly though, which is what happen here. The sauce
has a nice flavour and well balance sweetness to go with duck and the
wrap. If you order the whole duck, the left over can become the
second dish either soup, deep fried or a stir fry dish.
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| Peking Ducks |
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| Clockwise from Top Left: Prime Cut Breast Skin, The Condiments, The Breast Meat & The Thigh Meat. |
On
some special occasion, they will have roast goose available. We have
tried it before and we personally recommend it. Not only roast goose
are difficult to find in Singapore, HOME's version got my two thumbs
up. It is better than the duck and tasted similar to the one in
HongKong.
If
you are a fish lover, don't miss the fish baked in claypot with Chef
Tan In-house recipe. The lemon grass, galangal and spring onions are
stir fried first to create a base aroma for the baked fish. Combine
with rice wine and baked it on the claypot topped with ginger and
parsley, the result is just delicious. The meat of the fish is just
tender while the gravy is just a great companion with a bowl of rice.
However, as I were expecting more dishes to come, we refrained
ourself from ordering rice just slurp the gravy without the carbo.
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| Fish baked in Claypot with Chef Tan In-house recipe |
From
the four legged section, we have Pan Fried Wagyu Beef Steak. This
dish is served on individual plating version. The beef is cooked to
medium rare, well seasoned and melts in your mouth. The coarse sea
salt accentuate the flavour of the beef.
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| Pan Fried Wagyu Beef Steak |
For
the final savoury dish, Stewed Homemade Yellow Noodle with Lobster,
served in O Ba Leaf. The yellow noodle has a similar texture to
wanton mee. It was firstly seasoned with special soya sauce before
topped with the lobster and gravy. The noodle is springy or should I
say it is simply very Q, absorbs the flavour of the lobster and gravy
well while retaining the texture. LD's favourite dish here.
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| Stewed Homemade Yellow Noodle with Lobster, served in O Ba Leaf |
On
another occasion, we also tried their Braised Duo Rice Vermicelli
with Pork Knuckles served in O Ba Leaf. The pork knuckles are home
made, braised daily for five hours. The meat are tender and the gravy
are robust. Simply put it just delicious even my picky FIL loves it
and Tan Hsueh Yun from the Straits Times give her approval for this
dish.
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| Braised Duo Rice Vermicelli with Pork Knuckles served in O Ba Leaf |
Service
standard can be improve. As they are short handed like many F&B
establishment in Singapore, the service staff seems to be overwhelmed
and looks disorganised during the peak dinner hours. It is also
difficult to get their attention to top up the tea or get a fresh set
of plates.
Overall,
HOME delivery a very good combination of Chinese Cuisine. The Peking
Duck are good but missing the Omph factor. The rest of the dishes are
perfectly executed, tasty and delicious. It sure is worth the trip to
the West side to visit HOME. Cheers!!!
Food
& Drink: 8/10
Value:
7.5/10
Service:
6.5/10
Ambiance:
7.5/10
Budget
per Person: $51 - $80
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