Overall Score 9/10
Taste 4.5/5
Ambiance 4.5/5
Service 4.5/5
Value 4.5/5
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The Fire & Dine Bar and Restaurant is a fairly new
establishment by Wine Republic. The place is located at the Asiatique, the new
hot spot of Bangkok on the Jaroenkrung road, old part of Bangkok. Speaking of the atmosphere of this huge
open-air plaza in renovated warehouses; with the riverfront area and the old
industrial scene, it is a perfectly place to stroll around taking photos with
friends during sunset and even later in the evening. Picking a place to eat dinner at the
Asiatique isn’t easy because there are so many restaurants to choose from. The Fire & Dine appeared to be a popular
choice, since I have gone to Asiatique a few times and the place was always
busy.
The Fire & Dine has the contemporary European look. There are seating areas in the front for enjoying
the good weather and people watching.
Inside, the full cocktail bar is at center, constructed with black steel
posts. The interior wall showed mostly
bricks, matched with some wooden façade.
Wine Barrels are stacked above the dining area in the back as
decoration. In the front is where the
wine shelves are; packed with wines from around the world. There are so many choices of wine I didn’t
bother to look into their list since the restaurant usually has the sommelier
on duty. This visit was on Monday and
happened to be the day off for the sommelier.
It wasn’t a problem at all since there are plenty of fancy cocktails for
me to choose.
For the drinks, we had three choices of cocktails. The first one we tried was of course the
signature, the Fire and Dine. Its light
pinkish color was fruity and lovely but it was made with five types of alcohol;
gin, rum, vodka, Malibu, and southern comfort.
So, it wasn’t a playful drink at all – some serious drinking business, I
would say. The taste was surprising. It didn’t give me the bitter face. It was an easy to drink one and will sure
give you nice buzz quickly. The second
one was the Wake up, another easygoing one with the refreshing taste, just like
the name. Now that I am awake, I am
ready for to try the Chocolate I love you.
This one has Amaretto and other mixtures (secret), sweet and
chocolaty. I would rather enjoy it as an
after meal drink.
European cuisine is what they do best here at the Fire &
Dine. The head chef who is the one of
the partner clarified the food as the Modern French Cuisine with the focus on
Minimalism, where core ingredients are the source of natural flavors and limit
the additional flavoring. There aren’t
as many choices of food in the menu, compared to the cocktail menu and wine
list of this place. Remark on the good price
of the food here. The price range is
around 200 to 300 baht. For the Pizza,
only 300 baht for a medium tray; pretty awesome deal.
We had the Hokkaido Scallop Truffle Oil and Ginger Sauce
(280 baht) for appetizer. This is a
light seafood starter. It is made with
hotate, chopped and paired with Shitake mushroom and a really simply yet savory
sauce. This one was a challenge on the
freshness of the ingredient. The Hotate
was fresh sweet, amazing dish. The chef
recommended this one. He proudly
presented it.
The second menu was the Pasta with Ebiko Cream Sauce (260 baht). It was a simple looking pasta with shrimps arrange around the edges of the plate. The creamy sauce was just right, not too rich and glazed all over the pasta. Then we had the Ebiko smothered with the pasta, which was presented in every bite. With the slight spicy flavor, it made this Cream sauce pasta even more tasteful. A comment on the shrimp, it just didn’t taste as fresh and a bit overcooked but it wasn’t a problem. It just turned out to be a prop instead of a star. If the shrimp was great, this pasta would be perfect.
The third dish was the grilled Salmon miso glazed (320
baht). For presentation, this dish
totally aced it. For the taste, it was
kind of awkward. The fillet size was
small and it could be more fresh. The
veggies coming with were a bit boring, too minimal I guess. It was suppose to compliment the fish, which
it did. It could be the sauce that
didn’t bring everything together.
The last dish though, was a grand finale – the Fire and Dine
Wagyu Burger on Charcoal Bun (320 baht).
I have had similar burger at the Smith @ Sukhumvit 49, which wasn’t as
impressive. This time, the Wagyu burger
with black bun was fantastic. Many
people would think that the bun is made black with the squid ink or food dye
but no; this bun was the Charcoal Bun.
What a brilliant idea of the chef.
The bun had a great firm texture, didn’t fall apart with the juicy wagyu
beef patty. Honestly, this burger was
one of the great fancy burger I have had it a while. One more comment on the fries, it just didn’t
hit the spot. If this burger had the top
quality potato wedges fries as the compliment, I would be in Paradise. Yeah, the wagyu patty matching the charcoal
bun was a dream.
Overall, my friends and I were quite impressed with our
experience at the Fire & Dine. The
food was great besides for the minor glitches; these could be fine-tuned
easily. Since we got to meet Chef Kong
/co-owner, I did make some comments about the food. He was an open-minded young chef with
passionate thinking. I am sure that he
is constantly making improvements on his offering at the Fire and Dine. This place is already successful I’d say,
since there were so many customers on my visit.
When you get a chance to go to the Asiatique, this restaurant bar is
wonderful spot for relaxing atmosphere, creative cocktails, and tasty
food.
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