Tuber opened in 2022 and is run by Chef Yam who previously worked at Bombana's flagship 3 star, 8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana. Tuber completes the trio of new 2025 stars.
Wall-to-wall tasty meal, and finally a restaurant that doesn't fall off during desserts.
One observation though is ingredients reappear frequently. For instance, SO had champagne sauce in back to back courses, asparagus in 3 courses. I had similar mushroom disc garnish in 2 dishes. Did not detract from the dish, so no points docked, YMMV.
No symbol = dishes SO ordered, I didn't try.
Food:
+tuna, caviar, yuzu tarts
+brown butter Hokkaido skate wing
\shima aji tartare, champagne sauce, yuzu
+langoustine, jus, basil, burrata, tomato
\white asparagus, uni, champagne sauce, smoked pike roe
+lobster, lobster mushroom jus, porcini. Nitpicking, I don't think mushroom (jus) and lobster pair well. It wasn't offensive, so I ate the lobster separately from the porcini with jus.
\asparagus tips, burrata ravioli, braised short rib, beef jus
+carabinero "calidad suprema", linguine, Mazara prawn sauce. Does that mean anything?
\beef tenderloin, morrel stuffed w/ tendon
+Aveyron lamb saddle (?), tongue, artichoke puree, lamb jus. Favourite dish of the night. Nice little firmness to the saddle, enough to sink your teeth in. Enjoyed the skin, had that gelatinous and Q texture of slow cooked pork belly crackling.
+melon, yoghurt
+strawberry, milk gelato, meringue
+halzenut mille feuille, hazelnut ice cream, gianduja foam
In addition to 8 1/2 Otto e Mezo, 2 star Octavium is also part of the Bombana group. Seeing that several of the dishes can commonly be had across the 3 restaurants, just pick whichever full menu looks most appealing to you (prices are not too far apart) and I'm sure you can't go wrong.
Feel like 4.2 is a fair score. Although nothing mind-blowing, there wasn't a single bad dish.
4.2/5
by lexicalsatire