Restaurant review, inspired by the above-mentioned foodie show on Channel 8.
Credits: Video edited by YM (you can read his blog entry here too)
So, at WH's suggestion, we found ourselves in a small, tucked-away corner in Singapore that night, a place not usually patronised by people who aren't planning to make a move on their girls after dinner (i.e. us)
I won't touch on the bits they talk about in the video, but shall just comment on a few things:
1. Ambience was disappointing. I was expecting soft, amber light and the canopy of trees to serve as shelter, but instead got a food centre kind of feel. And though the bountiful fans saw to it that we never broke into even the faintest moisture-moustache, everything else about it was plebian and did not justify the price I had to pay for my makan.
2. Service was not worth the 10% charge we had to pay on top of the food. The wait staff were listless, unprofessional and made inappropriate comments.
For example, our drinks were not dutifully topped up, and requests for them to do so sometimes had to be repeated.
Another case in point: Our dessert sorbets came in a rock hard milk-chocolate shell. One of the waiters, seeing our bewilderment that the supposedly soft sorbet was nowhere to be found, made this remark:
"Oh, it needs time to soften. You'll have to wait." Pause. "It's the same thing for everyone else here tonight."
?!?!?!?!? Are you referring to the sorbet, or did you make a Freudian slip about your slipshod service, Mister?
3. Did I mention how far away this place is from everything (except maybe Keppel)?
You have been warned.
Okay, enough bitching. Some interesting bits to notice when watching the video.
a. The constant giggling in the background is Ching.
b. The rojak way WH spoke. Hilarious!
c. How pro Linghui looked and sounded. Macham really on TV!
d. When she smiles, Ching speaks without moving her upper lip.
e. How weird I look and sound on-camera (vastly different from the way I look in my mind's eye).
Enjoy the video! I watched it, like, three times in a row. Thanks, YM!
Credits: Video edited by YM (you can read his blog entry here too)
So, at WH's suggestion, we found ourselves in a small, tucked-away corner in Singapore that night, a place not usually patronised by people who aren't planning to make a move on their girls after dinner (i.e. us)
I won't touch on the bits they talk about in the video, but shall just comment on a few things:
1. Ambience was disappointing. I was expecting soft, amber light and the canopy of trees to serve as shelter, but instead got a food centre kind of feel. And though the bountiful fans saw to it that we never broke into even the faintest moisture-moustache, everything else about it was plebian and did not justify the price I had to pay for my makan.
2. Service was not worth the 10% charge we had to pay on top of the food. The wait staff were listless, unprofessional and made inappropriate comments.
For example, our drinks were not dutifully topped up, and requests for them to do so sometimes had to be repeated.
Another case in point: Our dessert sorbets came in a rock hard milk-chocolate shell. One of the waiters, seeing our bewilderment that the supposedly soft sorbet was nowhere to be found, made this remark:
"Oh, it needs time to soften. You'll have to wait." Pause. "It's the same thing for everyone else here tonight."
?!?!?!?!? Are you referring to the sorbet, or did you make a Freudian slip about your slipshod service, Mister?
3. Did I mention how far away this place is from everything (except maybe Keppel)?
You have been warned.
Okay, enough bitching. Some interesting bits to notice when watching the video.
a. The constant giggling in the background is Ching.
b. The rojak way WH spoke. Hilarious!
c. How pro Linghui looked and sounded. Macham really on TV!
d. When she smiles, Ching speaks without moving her upper lip.
e. How weird I look and sound on-camera (vastly different from the way I look in my mind's eye).
Enjoy the video! I watched it, like, three times in a row. Thanks, YM!
