Ma Maison in Bugis Junction

My friend Kwan invited me for a dinner after work, and I was just happen to be nearby Bugis area; and it is not far to travel from his office to Bugis; therefore, we decided to settle 'thing' here. Apparently, Kwan is quite familiar Bugis restaurant and he recommended a Japanese Western restaurant which is located inside Bugis Junction.

I was surprisingly found a hidden gem, this restaurant is nice and cozy, it was decorated just like a fancy restaurant from Japanese movie. The waitress immediately approached and asked me whether have a reservation. I said no; then she requested me to wait although there are plenty of empty tables. Apparently, they are all reserved. After about 15 to 20 minutes waits,  my table is ready, Kwan was also arrived.

Soon enough we had placed our orders, and the place started to fill with people gradually. our first dish to be delivered is their baked soup, which is strongly recommend by Kwan. A cut piece of French bread soaking in a strong favorite of soup, sprinkling with Mozzarella cheese on top and baked until golden brown. The soap has very strong taste of onion, the first taste of the soup is very heavy, matching with thick milky smell of Mozzarella. It's surprisingly compatible.



The second dish is baked potato with cheese, they use the tiny potato with shrimp and Mozzarella; it looked great and nice presentation. But for the taste, I didn't like it. I thought it was like baked potato skin that we usually seen in normal western restaurant, but it was not, mostly because of the tiny rough skin potato that I'm not fancy with.











Next dish is the squid ink Spaghetti, the taste was just decent, no much thing to be mentioned; I can't really taste the fishy squid ink taste, it was just a normal Spaghetti for me.










And then, the hot pot salad arrived, the mixed of fresh vegetables such as bell paper, cauliflower, broccoli, mushroom, lady finger, cabbage, tomato and etc all cooked in a hot pot with light seasoning, the colorful vegetables has a catching look and freshness of vegetable combination taste. It's simply delightful.












Next, it's Omelette rice. the presentation was really nice, especially the tender and juicy egg blanket on the fried rice, the brown source on the side; truly an eye candy that caught my eye while it arrived. After tasted it, I thought it was just ok, The fried rice is using ketchup and just plain fried rice without any other seasoning or ingredients; egg is tender and juicy as I expected, the sweet and salty brown source is quite match with egg, but rice; I think it was little bit over favorite. but overall, it was quite decent for me.








Paul arrived quite late, we have almost finished every dishes, then we re-ordered some other food for him. first of all, it's the sausage platter, it was normal grilled German sausage; it looked pretty nice but I didn't really try on it, I can't comment much...

Another add-on dish is baked pasta carbonara, it smelled very good, but I was really stuffed by that time; otherwise I would like to try it, anyway, I still remember that Paul did mention about the shell shape pasta was too soft, but it still taste good.









In the end, we decided to get a dessert for the closing, Kwan approached to the display counter to choose; and he got a peach cake. I'm not a big fan of dessert, the sweet and refreshing  peach cake really boast up my satisfaction for the dinner that night.








Lastly, when we asked for the bill, they provided a key for us to 'check out'. That was pretty cool.
Overall, the environment of the restaurant score high, I really like the classy and coziness that restaurant gave me. The taste of the food, I would said it was above average, some food not even reach my expectation. The food presentation was remarkable, if you enjoy to take food photo, it gotto be the right place.