When We Don't Fancy Lunch Al Desko

I had high expectations of this dish that so many people were raving about... and this still blew my mind! I haven’t had seabass with flesh so tender and dripping with juices. The sauce was also amazing with a potent kick of truffle. I think this would also do well with the lighter fennel broth that comes with the French seabass dish.

This was a small dish with oversized flavours. The capers and burnt butter gave the octopus so much umami. The octopus was also expertly grilled - very tender with a slight char. We were so impressed and made sure we mopped up every bit of the sauce.

The risotto retained its bite and it was easy to polish off this huge portion because the flavours were homely and nothing was too rich or salty. So if you are craving something more decadent, you would probably be better off having the lobster mac & cheese which my friend really enjoyed. I thought I'd be getting some crispy duck though, because that's what I have come to associate with duck confit.

&SONS has an affordable lunch menu (nothing above $13.90++ if I recall correctly) with good variety. I had the seabass which was panfried to crispy-skin perfection and set atop a bed of purple cabbage. The potatoes were also really yummy. Other offerings on the lunch menu include steak (!!) and pasta.