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 Monday, February 08, 2010 @ 19:30
teochew traditional seafood steamboat this year's reunion dinner was very early as my grandma and aunts are going overseas during chinese new year. it wasn't fantastic but it was definitely memorable for both my sis and i.  my aunt suggested this steamboat restaurant at joo chiat, which doesn't charge service charge or gst.   the restaurant is roomy but they separated us into tables of five. so much for a "reunion" dinner. also, the restaurant should come with a disclaimer. you do not have any choice with regards to the soup. the only soup they serve is shark bone soup and being someone who doesn't eat seafood, it kinds of ruin the whole dinner for me.   my uncle, aunt and my parents doing the ordering.  the only think i was pleased with the meal was the yu shen. the ingredients were very fresh and the salmon was sliced thickly. i felt like i was eating sashimi and not some broken bits of fish you usually have in yu shen.   the waitress pouring in the ingredients before we lo hay.  more about the restaurant. the service was quite bad. they gave us drunken live prawns and did not warn us that they were live and not to cook them immediately. since we did not know the prawns were live, my grandma started throwing them into the pot of boiling soup. fyi, the prawns were not moving because they were probably drunk. upon falling into the pot, the prawn came alive and splashed around, and hot soup scalded my sis's face. some of the staff were quite concerned and asked about her but the person who served us continually claimed that she already told us that we were supposed to wait a while before cooking the prawns. the restaurant didn't even give us any form of compensation. after dinner, we went two shops down for some dessert at an italian restaurant. we had previously patronised the restaurant and the found the lunch/dinner sets worth our money and time.  the moment we settled down, my cousin accidentally knocked over a cup of water and wet my shorts. i had to spend the whole time at the restaurant and the whole way back to jurong with wet pants. i looked like i peed on myself.   what most of us ordered was the sampler set. you get to try all three desserts, chocolate lava cake, lavender creme brulee and tiramisu, for a price of $13. personally, i don't find the creme brulee fantastic. the lavender taste is just overpowering and spoils the light creaminess of the dessert. going over to my grandma's on friday for a more traditional gathering :) sometimes home-cooked food is still the best. |