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| - Location: King street west -- FUN AREA, lots of bars, food places, and lively street at night for chilling. This is easy to find and very visible with glass windows all along the restaurant front.
Atmosphere: It is quite a romantic and cozy place to dine with a group or for an intimate gathering.
Service: We had a great waiter who had some good recommendations and tips on ordering since my friend and I are new to try this restaurant. I liked that there was coat check and you can give them your big winter coat to put away. You can order their signature cocktails and they can make it tableside. Certain time of the year, they make different drinks. During the summer, you can order sangria and they make it table side. We went during this winter, and they had another signature cocktail that my friend ordered instead.
Food: Of course, I'm here for their popular Singapore slaw. If I can upload a video of them mixing it for you at the table, I would. It was a good sized dish to share between 2 people. My friend said she can probably order the whole thing and eat it herself as a meal. Since we came for dinner, we figured that we can order a few items from the menu to split. There were tasting menus that included a lot of their signature dishes like the curry chicken, singapore slaw, dessert, etc ... we didn't order that because we were not as hungry for dinner and not prepared to eat a several dishes in one sitting. NEXT TIME I CAN try though!
Singapore slaw- Great flavours. Love the dressing or whatever the sauce was because it gave it such a light, refreshing flavour. The textures of the nuts, the plants, and the shredded veggies was such a great combination for the chew factor. I haven't had such a great salad in a long time! I'm glad we ordered 1 to share because it would be too much to eat, then I would have no room for other food .
Tuna tartare - I think it's OK but not my fav. There were crisp taro chips to dip the tuna tartare with, but not enough ( only 6 pieces for a big portion of tartare). We simply asked for more taro chips for dipping and our waiter was happy to bring some. The dish also had seared tartare. Again, it was OK but wasn't my fav of the dishes we ordered. I'll pass for this .
Black cod- Suprisingly after all the salad and tuna that we ate, the black cod finally arrived and we were so full. It gave a good sized portion and we shared this between 2 people. I enjoyed the flavours and the oily goodness of how black cod tastes! I LIKE!!
Dessert- mango panna cotta - WE WERE SOOOO FULL but I had to order dessert because I love Pannacotta, it looked so good in pics and YAY this was no disappointment. I really enjoyed the flavour and the tartness of it. They served the panna cotta over some sticky purple/wild rice! It was a great combo for just a little bit more texture and chew! GREAT!!
Cocktail- I love mojito usually ... but this time I ordered a little twist from my usual cocktail drink. I ordered the something called Green Dragon? Or Dragon something (cannot find it on the restaurant menu when i tried to look up the name.. sorry). It was really good. It has a little bit of a spicy kick but very light and citrus/sweet flavour.
OVERALL: I would love to come here again for their SLAW salad and return to try some other popular restaurant items!!!
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