Fiasco by Juice

I almost never bother popping by this sort of new openings anymore, because I'm not as hip. However, we have rather hip and happening friends who made reservations at Fiasco by Juice, and we ended up there for dinner.

This is clearly a wine place and not so much about the food. The menu isn't extensive, but it would do. We had starters of flatbread, bean pureé, fried cheese balls, and the underwhelming (after all that hype) shredded duck in fried dough balls (bebek guling). The wine list is pretty extensive, but not cheap either. You would be better having bottles. Drinking by the glass isn’t the idea here unless all you want is one glass. Which was what I wanted tonight.

Mains came in the form of steak and frites, and a fish. The steak and frites were pretty good. Quite classic. The triple-cooked fries were done well. The fish was a thick fillet of snapper. The snapper was aged. I cringed. I'm not fond of aged fish at all. Haizzzzzz. There's this stink that I'm not hot about. It's present in every aged fish that gets served as a main and not a ceviche. 

In the day, Fiasco is a coffeeshop offering small bites and sandwiches for lunch. By night, this gastrobar/wine bistro is so hip till my head hurts. While it isn't too dark, the lighting is weird and the hues of blue and purple kinda hurt my eyes. IT'S NOT ME and IT'S NOT AN AGE THING. If you have stopped by this gastrobar in the nights, you'd know what I mean.