Comments on: Killing The Fatted Duck http://dubdew.com/2008/05/12/killing-the-fatted-duck/ dubdew.com Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:34:04 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: w http://dubdew.com/2008/05/12/killing-the-fatted-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-578573 w Mon, 12 May 2008 11:20:01 +0000 http://dubdew.com/2008/05/12/killing-the-fatted-duck/#comment-578573 oysterboy: heya, no i haven't tried aurum, cos some friends of mine didn't recommend it. well to be fair a couple did and a couple didn't so i figured i might as well try the other restaurants have have super rave reviews all round first and get round to aurum when i have the time. this may make me sound biased (which i suppose i am), but i have my doubts as to whether any restaurant in singapore can carry off the stuff pulled off at places like the fat duck (not regarding the food, but with respect to the entire dining experience - i.e. service, other diners, etc). a meal at aurum, while significantly lower priced than one at the fat duck (esp with the exchange rate included), still isn't CHEAP by local standards, so.. i dunno. i just couldn't really justify going there to myself. as for the reservations, we called 2 months ahead! haha. called the moment the phone lines opened for office hours, and then begged for any table during the week we were in london. got lucky, i guess. oysterboy: heya, no i haven’t tried aurum, cos some friends of mine didn’t recommend it. well to be fair a couple did and a couple didn’t so i figured i might as well try the other restaurants have have super rave reviews all round first and get round to aurum when i have the time. this may make me sound biased (which i suppose i am), but i have my doubts as to whether any restaurant in singapore can carry off the stuff pulled off at places like the fat duck (not regarding the food, but with respect to the entire dining experience – i.e. service, other diners, etc). a meal at aurum, while significantly lower priced than one at the fat duck (esp with the exchange rate included), still isn’t CHEAP by local standards, so.. i dunno. i just couldn’t really justify going there to myself.

as for the reservations, we called 2 months ahead! haha. called the moment the phone lines opened for office hours, and then begged for any table during the week we were in london. got lucky, i guess.

]]> By: oysterboy http://dubdew.com/2008/05/12/killing-the-fatted-duck/comment-page-1/#comment-578532 oysterboy Mon, 12 May 2008 10:26:02 +0000 http://dubdew.com/2008/05/12/killing-the-fatted-duck/#comment-578532 been lurking here for a while, and I must say i'm really really jealous! the food looks amazing! out of curiosity, have you tried the molecular restaurant in clarke quay? http://www.aurum.sg/main/ it's pretty good and of course, at a fraction of the price compared to fat duck! p.s. how did you manage to get a reservation? been lurking here for a while, and I must say i’m really really jealous! the food looks amazing!

out of curiosity, have you tried the molecular restaurant in clarke quay? http://www.aurum.sg/main/ it’s pretty good and of course, at a fraction of the price compared to fat duck!

p.s. how did you manage to get a reservation?

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