.ch3rieberry*.: R&D Restaurant *.

R&D Restaurant is opened by Masterchef Canada's winner, Eric Chong and the demon chef, Alvin Leung.
My friends and I came here for a birthday dinner on the weekend.

This is the bar area ^

We came here with high expectations but unfortunately, the hype was waaay too high..

Service was okay.

We had a large group and our orders weren't mixed up :P

DRINKS:
Mai Mai (Cocktail) - It was actually more bitter than I thought it would be. Drink is still better than Karen's because hers had milk in it LOL ?_?

CSB (3/5)
(char siu, mexican topping)

The cha siu bao was pretty good - we started off great!! One thing that needs improvement is the char siu. By itself, it didn't have enough taste and was a bit dry. If it was marinated more, it would've made the bao (bun) even better.

FOIE GRAS TORCHON (2/5)
(five-spice, plum honey, sesame crackers, green apple gastrique)

Niuuuuuuu!!! I did not know this was a pâté until the dish came.. D:
I'd prefer sautéed foie gras of course! We gave this a try and didn't like it.. hahaha...

SON IN LAW EGGS (2/5)

(saku tuna tartare, sesame, tamarind)

Cee ordered this (hi haha). I didn't try it but I heard bad reviews LOLL

ROASTED EGGPLANT (2/5)
(thirteen-spice garlic butter, pine nuts, cilantro)

The eggplant has no taste and wasn't soft. The garnish was separate from the eggplant itself and did not have much taste to it as well. Karen LOVES eggplant dishes but didn't even finish it.

PORK TENDERLOIN (2/5)
(sweet miso, ginger spätzle, applewood cheddar)

We were surprised at how soft the pork was! It was good until we ate more.. There was no taste in the pork, it really required the sauce for flavouring. The sauce wasn't very tasty either. We thought the dish was garnished with fried eggs at the bottom of the tenderloin but it was actually applewood cheddar.. lol.. It sure tasted like fried eggs haha (with no salt!).

They showed us the peking duck before slicing it up.

BEST DUCK IN THE CITY (2/5)
(whole roasted pekin duck, roasted garlic hoisin, cucumber, leeks, pancakes)

My friends and I were trying to accept the fact that this is "fusion Chinese food".. but we'd recommend saving the money and going to a Chinese restaurant for some authentic peking duck for half of R&D's price D: The worst part of this dish was the "pancakes" which were very dry.

On the plus side, the demon chef was there that day! His blue hair is definitely what caught our eye to spot him out from the crowd!

Then our group headed to the "Miami beach house" for drinks:

HBD Phil!!