We decided on Dempsey since she got me thinking about my truffle fries and it is kind of baby-friendly.
I must say the food @ the Barracks Cafe has generally improved quite a bit. Most of what we ordered were hits rather then misses. We shared a soft-shell crab with curry popcorn and Patagonian wagyu beef appetizer.
The wagyu beef was cooked to perfection married with a lightly salted sweet potato sticks. The soft-shell crab was well juxtaposed with the sweet corn puree but the curry popcorn was a little to wierd for my liking.
Queen B insisted on the mushroom risotto. Probably wanted to see how different it measured up to her version of it. It turned out to be a slight disappointment. I suppose expectations killed it.
And for our meat fix, we had the herb-crusted lamb rack. The lamb was juicy and the herb crust was a delight. Our only complaint probably was there were only 3 pieces and there are 2 of us. :(
Apart from the must-have truffle fries, of course any meal at the Barracks, isn't complete without their strawberry short-cake dessert. I was upset though, they took our order as part of their set-lunch promotion and our dessert portion came mega-small. :( The waiter sensed our 'eye-balling' in disbelief at the shrinkage and apologized sheepishly. Hmmph!
So we compensated with another dessert - the pandan lamington. This was G-O-O-D. Of course if you don't like anything coconut-y, or hate the taste of kaya, then this is not the dessert for you. The cheese toppings also didn't do it for me, but we easily scrapped that off to attack the soft fragrant cake below. Yums!
And oh yes! Graydie had fun too. :)
I was pleasantly surprised. The food has improved much since our last visit. I probably won't mind coming back again.The Barracks Cafe@Dempsey
8D Dempsey Road
Tel:6476 6050
http://www.dempseyhouse.com/
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