First up, we were served complimentary baked bread with flavored butter.
This was very good as the bread was soft and naturally sweet, along with the nicely flavored butter complementing it well.
We wanted to fully enjoy our girls' night out with some form of alcohol/liquor, and asked one of the girl staff if it is still Happy Hour, but was given a blunt "I don't know". So I looked at her and asked "Well can you go and find out?" Then only the girl went and asked and told us Happy Hour had ended. After much deliberation, we ended up choosing the Cornellana House Red wine that was recommended by another slightly more experienced staff. Strange enough, we were only informed about "Ladies' Night" when we were paying our bill hence the wine cost us RM 57 instead of RM 75
Then our supposedly 'real food' came
Lightly Salt Cured Salmon (RM 45)
This was served in a honey and dill mustard sauce
I think the biggest mistake made with this dish was the sheer size of the plate that it was served on. It made the salmon fillet looked real small (it was not big to start with) and the most important honey dill and mustard sauce was too scattered that it was hard for us to ensure we had our salmon with it when we eat it.
Nonetheless, all 3 of us agreed that this was one of the best Salmon we had. It was very nicely cooked and just nice when it came to our tongues.When we cut it open, we could still see the Salmon layers clearly and each mouthful was equally flavorful and evenly cooked, maintaining its flavour. We tasted some sweetness to the salmon, but not sure where those sweetness came from, considering that this was salt cured.
This salmon dish was served with baby potatoes and balsamic caramelized onion on the side, this was something not very usual but did not wow us. The taste was just normal.
Then came the Slow Cooked Lamb (RM 48) which was served with mojo rojo sauce (mixed sauces), creamed potato and artichoke, citrus apple salad.
When this dish came we were amused by the red artichoke and thought it was 'sambal' :) The tenderness of the lamb was no doubt a pleasure, however the taste had paled in comparison with its texture. The bed of potato was not too bad and the red artichoke definitely gave a unique 'twist' to this dish.
Finally our last main course came : Shitake Mushroom Lasagna (RM 36)
The presentation looked good, however the actual taste did not reflect the same. The filo pastry was fairly hard and overly chewy in texture, and the truffle taste was too overpowering at the same time.
After working half way through our 3 main courses, we felt the food to fall short on our belly, so we decided to go for one of the item listed under "Chef Recommendations" - Trio of Handsome Sausages (Lamb, Pork and Beef) (RM 40)
We made a request to only have 1 Lamb and 2 Pork sausages but was given response that the trio sausages 'come in one single pack' (in other words not customizable), so we went on with it as I could have the beef sausage while my 2 pals can have the Lamb and Pork.When the dish came we asked the staff which one was the Beef but none of them could tell, not even after they asked the supposedly chef (or Sous Chef) to come out and identify. This was really terrible as it is a simple sign that none of their people even 'know' the food they were serving to the customers. I had to end up trying out a bit of all 3 of the sausages just to tell which one was the beef.
All the sausages did not taste good at all, despite the fact that they were prettily decorated with flower petals (which I thought was weird). The only consolation to this dish was the Garlic Aioli and also the potato salad which was nice and had a sense of crunchiness with the presence of nuts. Our total bill came up to RM262.15 - which was super expensive and not value for money considering the quality and portion of the food as well as the service provided. In all, we could conclude that only the complimentary bread and the Lightly Salt Sured Salmon were worthwhile indulging here at Five27. Hopefully Five27 can further improve on the level of knowledge within the staff/chef to know their food or their service offerings when responding to customer questions.
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