ABÖF Restaurant and Tea Lounge

Last weekend's Sunday Times came with a whole load of coupons for restaurants at Millennia Walk, including this place called ABÖF Restaurant and Tea Lounge. Prior to this, I had already noticed their advertisement (with a review by the Business Times, no less) placed strategically near the lift lobby of Millennia Walk, which we have been frequenting quite often recently.

As we were at Millennia Walk yesterday night to pick up some things of E's, the coupons were the tipping factor that resulted in us deciding to try ABÖF this evening. First impressions were of doubt- there were no customers at all in the restaurant, while BigO directly opposite was full, and the strangely flickering ceiling lights tended to give one a headache if seated directly under them.

But once we started on the meal proper, it turned out that the standard was above average, with some interesting Scandinavian choices. We had a scandinavian soup with meatballs and dumplings to share - this was like a clear and light consumme, very tasty, not sure if it was really authentic though. For mains, E took the Scandinavian roast pork with crackling skin, pitted prunes, baked apple and roast potatoes, while I had the deep fried dory fillet with pink shrimp garnished with caviar. These two dishes tasted similar to what I had in Sweden a few years back, so presumably rather authentic. Overall, certainly a refreshing, light and interesting meal. I would definitely go back again to try their very reasonably priced set dinner and degustation dinner sets. In fact, with the discount coupon we used today, our bill only came up to $29 for two of us (!!!). I was glad that a few more customers came into the restaurant while we were eating, though I guess ABÖF may make more business from the executive lunch crowd.

A nice end to a hectic workday.