An Advance Birthday Treat at Fish and Co.

I am not kidding. I have not been to Fish and Co. - one of the hot favourites eateries with the yuppies and young people - until last Wednesday. You see, on Wednesday, Zoe and Ellie celebrated my birthday in advance at Fish and Co.@The Glass House as I have requested. Sadly, Gin and Cheryl wasn't around for the dinner if not, it would be so much fun! Thinking of that, I miss them!

Anyway, my other friends told me that the common food which people would ordered whenever they dined at Fish and Co. is Seafood Platter for Two (S$37.90). Nevertheless, I still studied the menu carefully before I start ordering the food. As Ellie and I were famished (we actually skipped our lunch just for this meal!), we almost wanted to eat everything that is on the menu. Hah!

Zoe told us that the Seafood Platter for Two can be shared among three people or more because the portion is really big. True enough, when the platter finally arrived, it was huge. But prior to that, I order Soup of the Day - Fish Chowder (S$3.90).

The Fish Chowder surprised me as there were chunks of dory fillets, carrots, onions and etc. in the creamy soup. Yummy!

The Seafood Platter for Two consists of an assortments of seafood, together with French Fries, sprinkled with Cajun Powder and Butter and Raisin Rice. They even drizzled a little of their signature sauce, Garlic Butter Cream Sauce.

I quite like the big chunky fries which has the Cajun Powder on it. The Pan-fried Fish Dory Fillet wasn't too bad; the texture of the meat was soft and tender. I didn't really like the Grilled Prawns as it wasn't really fantastic at all. But I like the way how the Squids (Sotong) were cooked. It was soft and it didn't take very long before the squid slid through my throat, unlike some places where the Squids are as hard as a stone. Ellie and I gave all the mussels to Zoe as the both of us don't take mussels at all.

The Pan-Fried Fish Dory Fillet

The Grilled Prawns

The Squids (Sotong)

The Mussels

Ellie was afraid that we didn't have enough to eat so she ordered New York Fish and Chips (S$15.90) for us to share.

The batter for Fish and Chips was pretty heavy; it was more salty than the usual fish and chips and moreover, the Lemon Butter Sauce which was on top of the fish made it even heavier and rich. But I must say that the fish was cooked it its perfection.

As for dessert, Zoe and Ellie made me choose a cake for which I chose Dulce De Leche Colossal - a cheesecake toppled with Caramel Sauce (S$6.95).

It was sweet of them to put a candle on top of the cake slice and sang a birthday song for me. Thanks gals! As a result of all the heavy and rich main course we had, we had a hard time finishing the cake. In fact, we took a long time to polish off the cake from the plate.

In order to ease our heavy stomach, we took a long walk along the streets of Orchard Road under the night breeze and colourful Christmas glittering lights.

Food Madness at Mad Jack

On Thursday's evening, I had dinner with my good friend, Wati and her boyfriend at Mad Jack Cafe at Paradize Centre. After looking through the menu online the day before, I knew what I really want. Initially I wanted to place my order with the waiter as what the other cafes or restaurants are doing but one of the waiters informed me that I need to write down my order and then order and pay at the cashier. Immediately, I looked at the menu again. I was deciding between Fish and Chips and Grilled Fish in black pepper sauce. Eventually, Fish and Chips won. Hah!

When my Fish and Chips (S$8.90 exclusive of GST) arrived at our table, I was stunned beyond words. It wasn't because the food was poorly presented but instead, the portion was humongous! Ok, I may be exaggerating a little but indeed, the portion was big for a price like that. In other places, they may sell it for more than S$14.

Here is another angle of the Fish and the Chips.

By the way, the Fish and Chips was yummy. The fish flakes just fell apart when I cut it open and the batter was crunchy.

Wati and Juraimi ordered Chicken Baked Rice (S$8.90 exclusive of GST). They toppled with lots of chilli sauce onto the baked rice as they dig into the meal.

The place is quite cosy and bright except that it can be quite noisy. I have to scream my lungs out when I was talking to Wati.

After dinner, the three of us went to Plaza Singapura for desserts and also to meet another friend of ours, Ping. The latter was supposed to meet us at Mad Jack Cafe, however, she knocked off from work late. Anyway, we headed to Secret Recipes for desserts.

As usual, I ordered Chocolate Banana (S$4.90) and shared it with Wati. My stomach was still filled with my Fish and Chips.

Juraimi ordered the Chilled Strawberry Cheese (S$4.90). The top part was strawberry and there were bits of juicy strawberry and below of that was cheesecake. With these two combination, it was like sour and salty at the same time. It was a good change for me who often order the usual cheesecakes.

Since Ping didn't had dinner earlier, she ordered Lasagne Chicken (S$8.90). She didn't managed finish off her bun after her first bite. She said she enjoyed her Lasagne.

For her dessert, she had Brownie Walnut (S$3.50). It was really chocolately. Yum.

As we parted for the night, Wati, Ping and I agreed that we should visit Mad Jack Cafe again because the prices are insanely reasonable.


Mad Jack Cafe can be found at the following outlets: Paradize Centre, 01-04/05, 1 Selegie Road. 242, Jalan Kayu, next to URA Carpark. 304 Bedok Road, The Market Place (Next to Tanah Merah MRT Station) 6 Duke Road, before Coronation Plaza.

A Weekend Retreat @ SAF Yacht Club - Part II

Day Two, 5/7/08 - I woke up to a bright and cheerful morning. Aside from the uncomfortable night sleep, I was still able to enjoy the fresh morning air at around 7am. From our balcony, I could see the clear sea view, yacht bay and the nice swimming pool.

The clear sea view


The Yacht Bay


The Swimming Pool


For our breakfast, we had Fried Beehoon in Bento style (S$2.80). There was a piece of otah, fishcake, three pieces of popcorn chicken, a spoonful of ikan bilis and two slices of cucumber. Not forgetting the chilli. I love the peanuts and ikan bilis the most. It was sweet and tasty. I could eat many mouthful of those.


In the afternoon, we spent our day exploring the place and we happened to pass by this friendly man who is also a fisherman. That day, he managed to catch a stingray from the sea. Of course, he took out the poison out of the stingray. All of us were amazed by the catch as we hardly see a real stingray. The man was nice enough to let us take some pictures of the fish and furthermore, posing pictures with the famed stingray. A few brave ones among us carried the stingray but they weren't aware that the fish was pretty heavy and sticky.


For our lunch, it was Nasi Lemak in Bento style which consists of chicken wing, otah, fishcake, two slices of cucumber and a spoonful of ikan bilis (S$2.80).


As for our dinner, we went down to the WaterEdge Cafe for our meal as dinner was not provided in the retreat. The cafe was pretty crowded when we went there. The wait staff was shuffling all over the place serving the food. The chef was also trying to churning out all the food orders.

After studying the menu, I decided to order Hor Fun (S$4.80) as I wasn't really fond of Western Food. Sadly, it wasn't up to my standard. I shall not elaborate further.


My friend, Vana ordered Fish Curry with Rice (S$8.90). When the fish curry arrived in Claypot, it just looked appetising to me. Surprisingly, the fish curry tasted spicy.


Another friend, Justine ordered Salmon Salad (S$10.80).


Then another friend of mine, Jo ordered Mango and Prawn Salad (S$10.80). Now, that was when our drama began. You see, when the salad finally arrived, she was expecting something big and good.

But to her horror, it came in three medium-sized prawns, a small slice of mango and a lettuce bowl filled with salad. And that cost S$10.80?! Everyone on the table wasn't pleased, so was Jo. Immediately, she called the waitress to cancel or change the order. However, the waitress said the dish can't be cancelled or changed. Hence, it enraged Jo even more. Unsatisfied, she demanded to see the manager. Thankfully, the manager relented and allowed the salad to be changed to fish and chips (S$10.80). That was not all.

Just when we thought the situation had turned for a better, Jo found two streaks of hair in the fish and the chips respectively. In the end, she only ate a few mouthfuls of it. What a disappointing meal.