SIS 22nd Birthday

My sis used to be an intern here, so this time her birthday dinner request was to come back to old days to relish her times here. And so it was her big day, happens only once every year, everyone agreed to gather here for dinner. Not that we are unhappy or obliging, but we are so happy that finally someone gets to decide where to eat! Usually happy events such as these, one really can't decide where to eat! Cos there's simply so many places to try from.

anyway, here are some of my pictures and my verdict of the place, ambience, service and food.



For ambience: family orientated, but they have cozy corners if you want some privacy but remember they will be further away from the buffet table!

for service: Passed with full marks. Not only did a bunch of them came singing a birthday song to my sis which nearly drove her to tears, that little softie! But they always serve us with a smile. Plus there was a bottle of red wine complimentary...yes it helps when you have connections.

For food: The only thing which i truly enjoyed was the XO hennesy black forest cake. It was simply divine! The pepper crab was too spicy for me, i still prefer Jumbo's seafood ones. The durian pengat, Merchant court's Ellenborough is better. The mee goreng was fried too dry, the beef stew was tough. BUT the cold platter was GOOD. That saved the dinner. Although it doesn't boast as a wide variety as Shangri la's The Line, but it was good enough for me. They had cold tiger prawns, scallops, oysters, mussels, sashimi - tuna, octopus, salmon and a quite a wide variety of already made salads.

one boo-boo: the sashimi is being served! so i felt so embarassed going for my 2nd round. Shucks why can't they have it all served on a big plate?

Hot dishes includes: on the spot cooking! - Laksa, Pasta and Fishball Noodles.
Kids enjoyed making their own rojak too! which i saw with my own 2 eyeballs.





oh yes...the complimentary cake was delicious! Too bad it wasn't in the buffet!



**** that's my happy sis! ****




my hot bowl of laksa, next to my plate of desserts which includes pineapple jelly (not sweet enuff and i couldnt even tell that it was pineapple flavour), blueberry cheesecake (even my sis said mine was better), summer pudding (whoa, sour till my eyes popped) and finally my favourite black forest cake!

that night there were 2 soups: chestnut (angmoh style) and bak kut teh (chinese). The chestnut one was slightly too thick and powdery (yes i know it's from chestnuts but could have made it smoother down the throat) and bak kut which i thought was ok but my mum says it's too sweet?

Finally, a picture of just us gals!