Asiatique Restaurant
1767 Bardstown Rd
Speed Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
USA
Phone: 502-451-2749
Speed Ave.
Louisville, Kentucky 40205
USA
Phone: 502-451-2749
| Food | 5 |
| Service | 5 |
| Ambiance | 5 |
| Overall: | 5 |
Location & Nearby Info
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Asiatique Restaurant Description:
Chef Peng Looi's East-meets-West menu contains such temptations as seafood bouillabaisse in red curry broth, hoisin-marinated duck with Asian pesto and tamarind-soy reduction, and triple-crusted ahi, tataki style. But before you even get to these entrées, you'll find "first flavor" treats such as a goat cheese and crab meat spring roll, panko-crusted calamari or a salad of honey-and-lime-glazed shrimp served over greens drizzled with ginger-soy dressing. Accompany the small plates with one of Asiatique's signature martinis---Mandarin orange, lychee or ginger. Then switch to wine or gourmet tea, served in an artistic little iron pot, for your entrée. The multi-level, contemporary restaurant boasts a labyrinth of small dining rooms that give an impression of private dining. So you'll want to linger over dessert. Sweet treats include banana lumpia with chocolate, green tea-cardamom powder and sarawak peppercorn caramel and a chocolate truffle torte with roasted pineapple salsa. For serious grazers, chef Looi offers several five-course dégustation menus including seafood, vegetarian and wine-paired versions.
Reviews of Asiatique Restaurant
A fusion restaurant that misses the mark by docc1
2010-03-07 07:41:58.0
2010-03-07 07:41:58.0
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This is a beautiful restaurant with an incredibly attentive staff. It came highly recommended by friends. We ordered the 5-course degustation menu.
The first course was a cold duck salad. It was perfect, with an incredible variety of tastes and textures, and a wonderful hoisin vinaigrette. The next course, panko-encrusted diver scallops and tiger prawns were beautifully presented with a tasty aioli. The seafood was well-cooked, but nothing particularly remarkable.
The next two courses, however, were disasters. There was a plate with a pulled-beef stew and a pork rib. Again, a nice presentation, but the food was so salty that it was almost inedible and the sauce for the stew lacked subtlety. The next plate (which looked almost exactly like the preceding one) contained a lamb chop and a lamb stew in a cabernet reduction. Again, the salt content of the plate was too much. The sauce was overpowering, although the meat was well-cooked.
The dessert :) was magnificent to look at, but there wasn't anything memorable taste-wise.
This is a beautiful restaurant with an incredibly attentive staff. It came highly recommended by friends. We ordered the 5-course degustation menu.
The first course was a cold duck salad. It was perfect, with an incredible variety of tastes and textures, and a wonderful hoisin vinaigrette. The next course, panko-encrusted diver scallops and tiger prawns were beautifully presented with a tasty aioli. The seafood was well-cooked, but nothing particularly remarkable.
The next two courses, however, were disasters. There was a plate with a pulled-beef stew and a pork rib. Again, a nice presentation, but the food was so salty that it was almost inedible and the sauce for the stew lacked subtlety. The next plate (which looked almost exactly like the preceding one) contained a lamb chop and a lamb stew in a cabernet reduction. Again, the salt content of the plate was too much. The sauce was overpowering, although the meat was well-cooked.
The dessert :) was magnificent to look at, but there wasn't anything memorable taste-wise.