Bistro Petit Salut – Affordable French Food

Maureen
Maureen
January 13, 2012
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Bistro Petit Salut is the affordable offshoot of the high-end french fine dining restaurant Au Petit Salut. This laidback bistro serves authentic French a la carte dishes and set meals at very friendly price. Last Monday, I brought my girlfriend there for her birthday treat and we tried the 3 course set lunch at $28++.

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Half dozen baked Burgundy snails with tomatoes and garlic butter
Each course came with six choices and we had a really hard time picking our choice. Then I spotted “Burgundy snails” in the appetizer section. “$28 set lunch and you can get to eat snail? Are you kidding me?” Nope nope, I am not kidding!
These half dozen Burgundy snails are baked with tomatoes and garlic butter. You can’t go wrong with escargots in garlic butter because garlic butter is a winner in whatever occasion. It was really fragrant and the snails are already removed from the shells, so convenient.

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Grilled marinated baby octopus served with couscous salad, basil dressing
The rich and tender taste of the marinated baby octopus comes with couscous salad. I am not a fan of octopus but I like the couscous salad.

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“Minute” onglet beef with French mustard jus and mashed potato

It took me some time to decide on the main. To have Braised Pork Shoulder Provencal Style, Chicken Leg Confit or Onglet Beef? Wait, Onglet beef, what’s that? I have no idea but according to google, the Onglet is “the French cut of a Hanger Steak”. So we decided to give that a try and it was succulent and tasty.

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Seafood risotto with light cream emulsion, Parmesan cheese
The risotto is scrumptious with a rich selection of clams, prawns, squid with light cream emulsion. I am not a fan of creamy stuff, but I love the risotto from Halia so much that I thought I should give this a chance. The dish is quite balanced in flavor with a generous amount of seafood.

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Choux buns with vanilla ice cream, warm chocolate sauce and sliced almonds
The choux buns is stuffed with vanilla ice cream and topped with choclate sauce and almonds. Eating this always reminds me of the ice cream seller riding a motorbike, selling the ice cream in a bread. I don’t think they make their own choux bun here, which is a pity!

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Chocolate and pear mousse cake, Creme Anglaise
It is a triple layer mousse cake with a delicate balance of pear mousse.
Overall, I think they serve quite good quality food at a friendly price. I hope my girlfriend enjoyed it as much as I do! They also serve executive set lunch at $38++ 🙂

Bistro Petit Salut
44 Jalan Merah Saga, #01-54 Chip Bee Gardens
Tel: +65 6474 9788
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