Situated within the new Mercure ICON Singapore City Centre is La Table d’Emma. The restaurant is named after Chef Michael Muller’s wife, Emma while also embodying the essence of La table d’amis, ‘the friends’ table’ in French.
You’ll notice a lot of butterfly elements here at La Table d’Emma, in both the interior and menu items. While butterflies symbolize transformation, they also hold sentimental value to Chef Michael, as his childhood home was adorned with butterflies.
French Cuisine with Alsatian Flair
Something that Alsace is known for is their Tarte Flambee, which is affectionately named La Flemmakueche here. While the dish might look like pizza, the Tarte Flambee features a cheesy base instead of tomato sauce.
It comes in four variations: La Tradition Onion/Lardons ($20) with caramelized onions and savoury lardons, La Champignons ($22) with sauteed mushrooms and caramelized onions, La Gratinee A L’Emmental ($24) which is similar to the onion variation, except with additional Emmental cheese as well as the La Salmon Fume Maison ($28), with house-smoked salmon, capers and pickled red onions.
Our favorites were the La Gratinee A L’Emmental as well as the La Champignons.
The Seafood Bun with Comte Crust ($28) was enjoyable, with the bun’s crust reminding us slightly of a bolo bun. Unlike the bolo bun, the one here is packed with a rich seafood filling. If there were one thing we would’ve preferred, it was for a creamier sauce.
The Bretzel Beef and Cheese Slider ($24) features house-made beef patties and soft pretzel buns. We enjoyed the juicy beef patties which paired amazingly with the bretzel buns.
One of La Table d’Emma’s signatures is the Bouchée à la Reine ($34) which is a pretty interesting dish. Originally, this dish is whipped up by a queen’s chef to reignite the spark in a royal romance!
Featuring light airy butterfly-shaped pastries served with veal, chicken, and a creamy mushroom velouté, this dish is perfect for sharing. We loved the lemon slice served together with it, adding a nice pinch of acidity to the overall creamy dish.
However, the highlight of our meal was the Crispy Duck Leg Confit with Mashed Potato ($42) which featured a perfect pairing of fork-tender duck leg with buttery mashed potatoes. The caramelized grapes were a nice touch as well!
Not gonna lie, while we were full from the previous dishes, this one made us go back for seconds.
The desserts were well executed, and we managed to try the Le Mille-Feuille Vanille Hazelnut Praline ($20) and Le Riz Au Lait Caramel Beurre Sale ($20).
The former featured vanilla cream sandwiched between layers of crisp and flaky puff pastry topped with hazelnut praline. Surprisingly, not too sweet and the crispy textures were really enjoyable.
The latter is a rice pudding, which features slow-cooked Japanese rice in vanilla milk topped with salted butter caramel and crunchy nougatine. There was just something comforting about this dessert, with bits of rice in each bite. A nice balance of sweetness and we’d pick this over the mille feuille if we had to!
New Restaurant along Club Street
The 130-seater restaurant is a great spot for casual dinners and offers a nice twist from the usual French cuisine with an authentic blend of Alsace traditions.
La Table d’Emma
8 Club Street, #01-04, Singapore 069742
Mon-Sun, 11am-2pm, 5pm-10pm
*This article is based on a media-tasting event, but all opinions expressed about the food are entirely our own.
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