Taste and presentation...

I am sure many of us have walked into new restaurant to be adventurous and try new things. Whether it is when we are on holiday or just because it is a new restaurant that has just opened around the corner. Regardless of the reasons, it is always exciting to try new things especially when it concerns food. I am always amazed and attracted to the presentation of food (we are not talking about hawker stall or street side food here but more towards fine dining or semi-fine dining). The plates, bowls, spoons ...etc that the restaurant has used and served their food with have always fascinated me. I do believe that how the food is presented do affect the taste.. to a certain degree. Of course there are also other factors that relates to the ambient of the dining hall and the actual taste of the food.

Well, during my last trip to Amsterdam, I was staying in Holiday Inn and one of the nights we were too tired to travel into town for dinner and hence we had it in the hotel restaurant. No doubt that it costed us an arm and a leg.. but the food was excellent and I especially like the dessert.. the presentation does not really have the "WOW" factor.. but just that there were more than one type of dessert on the one plate ...that is the novelty. Small portion but there are choices.. these days people do prefer choices... more accurately, I should say I do.. ... do you?

From the left: Fruits, raspberry ice cream and something that i can't remember what it is now. heh...


From left: apple raisins pie, vanilla ice cream and double cream with passion fruit.

From left: Fruits, something that i can't remember what it is, Rum and Raisins ice cream & Creme Brulee