Baikhoken - A cheaper ramen alternative

Been meaning to post about this ramen place since forever.. Finally got some time to do it…. OR Rather.. I got too much time.. so I am gonna do this!!!

Where: Baikohken
Location: 7 North Canal Road Singapore

Ambience

I have gone there a couple of times. Most of the time it’s after working hours. This place services the CBD crowd since its just beside the banking sector. I heard the place is packed with the office crowd in the lunch hours. But anyway, I reach around 7 there is a healthy crowd size around there usually (around 90% filled) but you don’t need to wait for a seat. Looks like a hole in the wall with the kitchen taking up 50% of the shop and there is a noodle bar seating area for the lonely hearts. Typical Japanese ramen place where they will greet you with a irasshaimase.!!

Quote of the day

"Tell her I am going for networking session and won't be back after that." - D

That was 4.33 PM. We were wondering if Happy Hour has started.

Quotes

Some quotes from random conversation I had and heard

On Rain the Korean Singer
“I hate the rain, it always caused me to be late.” - N

“I mean Rain, the muscular and handsome one!” – A

“I dun care if it is drizzling, heavy rain or thunder storm, I hate them all!!” – N

Farewell Emails.

Its unbelievable how many farewell emails i have accumulated over the 3 years in this company. Here are some memorable ones...

This is 3rd week into my job...
<<Dear all,

It has really been a wonderful journey, spent with you guys during these 2 months.

Although it’s just 2 months, it still is a significant part of my growing-up process and I will definitely treasure the friendship that has developed among you and me. Thanks for everything, the guidance, the birthday gift and wishes, the care and concern (especially from the Accounts, Cust. Service and Logistics Teams) … and I’m glad that our paths have crossed each others’

For those who I barely know or talk to, at least I know of your existence. =P

All the best to each and every one of you and we shall keep in touch through msn: xxx@hotmail.com & FaceBook (will sign up for one very soon)!

Happy Weekends and take care!

I will be BACK … to collect my pay. Haha.>>

This is from JOE TAN

<

It is with a heavy heart that I am typing this.I haven’t much to say but my thank you’s are endless.

So I hope this departure does not put a full stop to our friendship.SOOOOOOOO, for those of you who SINCERELY wants to KEEP IN TOUCH or USE MY NUMBER for a good cause (e.g. outings, coffee, whatever)

Here you go: xxx, xxx@hotmail.com for msn or facebook.

Take it only if you want to want it and pop me a text leaving your name.

This is it, anything else, you know the number.

Good luck and godspeed.>>

This is CLASSIC jac jac

<<来一点不同的吧！

你们以为我会写那些哭哭啼啼的文章，放狗屁，才不会呢！！！大家，我走了。谢谢你们这段日子的爱戴与欺负。哈哈。再见了！

Anyway, the lyrics as follows, signify my thoughts now.

[Season in the Sun]

Goodbye to you my trusted friend
We’ve known each other since we
Were nine or ten
Together we’ve climbed hills and trees
Learned of love and abcs
Skinned our hearts and
Skinned our knees

Goodbye my friend it s hard to die
When all the birds are singing
In the sky
Now that spring is in the air
Pretty girls are everywhere
Think of me and I’ll be there

We had joy we had fun we had
Seasons in the sun
But the hills that we climbed were
Just seasons out of time

Special appreciation to the followings, (plus minus lah)

Nosy (opps), 请看K’LINE file

Ah fat; 请看ITOCHU file

Ah slow (pat); 请看ECONLAB file (you basket, you found it)

Buddy, 请看你（我）的Samsung file

Ah liang; 请看NP FOOD file

Ah EL; 请看STRAITS CONSTRUCTION file

Char Babe; 请看你的calendar 的后面

Mad; 请看AT&T file

Ah bur, 请看IFIS file

Scandal Chan, 请看Hitachi Plant file

Boss and Elvin, check out the little blue tissue box

Min Hui (plus Colin), 请看你的Winnie the pooh box （pink）folder

David，请看…… （I don’t know where did you keep it, haha）

大家， 再见了！！！>>

Princess Noey

<<Dear sales team (or should I say “what’s left of sales team”),

It’s been a great journey with you guys. Bcos of you all, I can say I have no regrets in choosing to join JAC. And you guys know that you all are the main reason that kept me here for so long. Sales team will always be a 10 man team in my heart, although it is no longer in existence in JAC…

To ah Pat: Thanks for providing entertainment for us with your slow antics, and yet not minding when we laugh about it! U know we still love you, despite having to wait for you to go to the toilet after work, before lunch, before meeting etc etc. haha. Thanks for the guidance when I first started off – I remember very clearly you taught me most of the stuff I needed to know, instead of my far away mentor Zealyn…

To boon: Thanks for being the big brother I never had, always keeping a watchful eye on my behavior, and telling me off when I toe the line. I appreciate your guidance very much. Thanks for being the calm and thinking person you are, especially when sales team gets into trouble (which is really quite often!!) Oh, and thanks for being the rubbish bin.. =X

To no(EL): You can finally have your name back!! Sorry for occupying the name and depriving you of your identity for the past 1 year! >_<>

To ZJ: ZJ! Thanks for being nice and friendly always.. Always giving in to my nonsense. I was reading thru my old emails and found one email you sent to me, saying sorry for what happened to Chua Qing, and I replied you with *BISH* cos no one blamed u! Thanks for sharing interesting info and nice photos with me... And thanks for being Mr. Nice Guy for me to bully.. =X

To my sonnie: Take care, be good. Now I’m gone, u’ll miss my whining (HAHA!).. please take care of your health, especially since u’ll be starting school soon! Thank you for being a good sonnie and accompanying me for random shopping/dinner trips (although u REALLY didn’t wish to haha). And yes, I will miss your nonsense too, since u say u’re e only one who is so lame out of 100 friends I have..

It somehow seems like we’ve been together as a team for very long, cos we’ve been through really good and rough patches along e way.. I really appreciate every single one of you, cos you guys make sales team complete…

Well, all good things come to an end.. but our friendships shouldn’t! So I shall continue to be the self-elected recreation committee together with JacQ to organize meet ups through SMS/MSN/Emails/Facebook msgs.. Please continue to support us, just as you all have supported us in the past!

TAKE CARE EVERYONE! *big hug*

Tataz!

Love,

Your princess noey>>

Our Dear AH PAT

<<Dear fellow Brothers & Sisters from another family (as first coined by El and popularized by Zhijian),

The time has come for me to bid farewell. Honestly speaking, it is a mixed feeling for me now – the feeling of having felt a sense of relief, yet with a tinge of sadness and combined with a sense of reluctance as well. Please forgive if I sometimes may be emotional, aloof or just plain annoying. It has been really good knowing all of you – so here goes my deep-felt thoughts:

To Noelle,

Honestly, I feel sometimes you can be quite blunt and direct, so you may indirectly ‘de zhui’ people around you. J But you are also fiercely loyal to your friends as well. I always remember you, Jacqueline and Chua Qing will be happily chatting away on all sorts of things; really miss the fun, laughter, nonsense you gals have provided – we guys are equally bad as well with our lame jokes! So, I really wish that you and Willie will have a wonderful wedding & a blissful life & a good teaching career ahead of you!

To Boon,

It was great working with you. I will always remember the tough decisions and the discussions we have to undertake for our team when the Higher Powers that be have set directives for us. You have always provided wonderful insights; and I hope that wisdom and empathy will always guide you along your journey here. Don’t dwell too long; seize good opportunity when it comes! J

To Ah Liang

Well, please forgive me for the tough ‘entry questions’ that I’ve set when you have to answer when you first came for our interview! I didn’t tell you this before. J Initially, we have our reservations but within a short span of time, you have proved yourself over and over again. I hope I have managed to impart most of what I know about the medical industry to you – I know you are capable enough to pursue something better!

To brudder Zack

Thank you for tolerating the nonsense, childish antics I’ve displayed when I was sitting next to you! I will cherish the nonsensical phone conferencing calls between you, El and me almost daily and the lame jokes we shared! You are one of the nicest guys I have ever met – I really hope that you will be able to find something that you want to do for your career. Lastly, where the #$^^& is the food blog post you promised??!!

To Rev. EL

How to say…..well, you are 1 of the lamest guy I’ve met. Continue to press on with your manga dream; I will miss your lame jokes too…(by the way, I still owe u the L anime DVD!!Sh%%t) Really, really hope that you will not be affected by the ‘coming wave’, hope you remember what I’ve told you. J

So there goes guys, I’ve said what I wanted to say. There definitely will be opportunities for us to have lunches, outings, alumni gatherings in the future! I can be reached at XXXXX, XXXX@gmail.com . You know where to find me>>

DAVID HEW MUN LONG

<<“It is only when we recognise the weaknesses in ourselves, that we are truly able to grow” – A wise lady in our Bilingual Division

Dear friends

As you all already know, this is my last day as an employee in JAC Singapore. A year has gone by really quickly (most of the time)I hope I’ve included everyone that I thought of. Indeed, you guys have been more than colleagues to myself, and I would like to thank most, if not all, of you.

To Atsumi-san:

Thank you for your guidance and support over the last year. While we may not always have understood your decisions, we are well aware of your difficulties. Please continue to be objective in resolving conflicts, as difficult as it may be.

To the BDD:

It’s been an absolute joy working with most of you, and I hope you feel the same way. If I’ve offended any of you, I sincerely apologise. For the juniors, do continue to perserve to overcome anything (and anyone, of course) in your way. Unit 3, gambatte kudasai!

To Hamanaka-san (One-san!), Christine, Angela, David, Joy, Serena and Eric Woo

This sounds reptitive, but thank you for your constant advice and mentoring. Coming into JAC as a fresh grad, I was very ignorant and immature, but I hope that I have put into practice all that you have taught me and that I’ll be able to make you proud in future.

To Axelle, Vanessa and Caryn:

Thanks for being yourselves. I’ve always known that if I ever needed a slap back to reality, it would come from all three of you. It’s been great knowing you guys, and I hope that our friendship continues.

To the Tech/Engineering/IT/Sales team:

Thanks for having me over for the last two weeks. It was nice being fed by all of you, especially Zhijian. And of course, thank you Madeline for putting up with all my nonsense.

To Yihua-san and the Bilingual division:

I apologise for first thinking that I was able to speak Japanese. Admittedly, it did land me this job with JAC, so it must have been a white lie. Thank you so much for your support!

To Min Hui, Ivan, Si Min and Felicia:

Thanks for doing all of my sai kang. There’re too many times when I’ve been too much of an idiot to do the simplest of stuff, so thank you so much for helping me out, you unsung heroes!

To everyone else:

Sorry for not singling you out in my email. Come to think about it, it’s because I am closer to all of you, so I do not need to thank or apologise to you guys. J

Regardless, I will be meeting up with you guys very often. Don’t forget to call me out for soccer, drinks or dinner! Remember to check out Wilmar in R2!

If you guys wish to keep in contact with myself, here are my details:

Till then, please take good care of yourselves. I’ll see you when I see you.

P.S. Of course, I didn’t forget about my shi-fu, Ms Charmaine Tay Sek Huan. Thank you for being there for me all the time, rain or shine. I have never met anyone as selfless or as giving as yourself. You have taught me so very much, from presenting our namecards to contract negotiations and even how to be a better human being. You live a stone’s throw away, so I’ll never forgive you if we never meet up in future. You gotta organise our quarterly Unit 3 meeting now! Stay strong, and stay good always. >>

MENG HWEE AKA MERYL TAN

<<My Dear Colleagues,

It’s really sad to say bye to you but I have to move on….so as you….

For the past 4 years, I learnt a lot…I learnt to be independent, to protect and defend myself from obstacles.

I learn to smile more, to laugh more and to be more clever…

You know what I hope that everyone of you can be like me…learn more each day...That’s wonderful, isn’t it =)

To Mr Ochiai,

Thank you so much for being a good MD, a good leader. I always feel appreciated when you need activity figures for your report because you analyze and make use of the data I prepared. You’re like a friendly grandpa sharing mini-jokes with us at times. Take good care and may JAC Singapore’s Sales be the TOP of the Chart every year.

To Daniel (god-father in JAC),

Thank you for being a nice boss, showering your care and concern at times, always asking if any of them bully me. Thank you for everything. Even though you may be a little “long-winded” at times, I know lah, that’s your character. But sometimes, you must really “chop-chop” and go straight to the point ok. Haha!! Take care of yourself and don’t drink so much le, ok.

To Serena,

You know what, it’s really endless of thank you to you. You brought me in, teach me what I’ve mastered (wahahaha!!!). We laughed together, argue over work issues and many small little bits and pieces. Sometimes you are my mentor but sometimes you’re like a big kid (really buay tahan. Hahahaha!!) Like what I’ve told you, enjoy what you like and want to do. You have my support as well as Mr Ong, right?!

Don’t let anyone bully you, fight for what is right.

To Joy,

All I can say, I really admire the way you work with your subordinates. It’s really work hard, play hard.

But remember not to pamper them too much, they must always learn to be independent and share your stress with you. 有福同享，有难同当。。加油！！

To Simin,

All I can say is 加油！！Always learn, listen and try it. Don’t be afraid of anything and just do it.

To the rest of you,

I will miss lunching, koi-ing, joking, laughing, crapping, gossiping, grumbling with you all.*Sob*

All of you are like pieces of jigsaw puzzles which I will add on to my picture name “MEMORIES”

Best of Luck!!!!>>

Fun Conversation

Winpop as we know it is something like MSN, but with the Risk of getting yourself being broadcast to the whole company of what nonsense you sprout. Today we had a pretty great conversation using this tool and we decide to share it since the Blog is dead.

off he went again, a stack of junk paper full of figures, a bottle filled with water and a in-destructible calculator that can withstand the weight of his heavy fingers – Zack

he left through the door on the side, doing his usual rounds, checking the interview rooms for misalignment of furniture and any wastage of electricity, to the staircase he goes to enjoy his 2 mins of serenity in a cloud of smoke.. – No(El)

Stare into the ceiling, hands on the wall, pants bellow his butt, then follow by a min of silence releasing overdue water into the urinal, gaggle his mouth to remove the smoke turkey like smell, whipping out his handky to wipe his already wet hands... so routine... and no worries... and he is earning big bucks... wtf – Zack

"Shall we. Shall we." over the phone he said.. the correspondent on the other side of the phone scurried to his/her feet and off to the meeting room. That much authority with no worries.. (Lets post these in the blog..) – No(El)

lolx... who is the other parties? need to mask away the name if gonna blog it... – Zack

no idea sia.. is it the old guy and the fat guy?? – No(El)

Mins past and hours past, time spend on discussion on unachievable targets drag on and on with no solutions continues through the day.. – No(El)

ya.. while we are slogging in front of the PC... trying to create sales to pay their huge paycheck... OMG – Zack

Digging through the resumes we go... Searching thru the portals we went.. "I need sales!! I need sales!!" we said to our sorry selves. After mins of pressuring ourselves we find ourselves at our comfort zones of game forums and bike forums.. And yes, "Fuck Facebook" – No(El)

lolx... thats so true... – Zack

After hours of searching through the net.. The guilty feelings sets in, "WTF am I doing" we said to ourselves. Then we pick up the matt black phone and starts calling our products and clients.. Sending emails, making and picking up calls for hours we go.. Lunch is round the corner.. – No(El)

Today, while the guilty feeling does sits in, i am happily scanning through jobs portals, looking for my dream job while trying to camouflage my small firefox browser into the outlook window... FML – Zack

That bring back memory of when I spend mins looking for skin for my Firefox..and found that it totally take the stealth aways and change it back to the default colours.. how long can our post be?? – No(El)

what post? – Zack

blog… - No(El)

lol... i dunno, you are the writer... – Zack

Nope.. we (as in you and me) are. Its been ages since we post anything.. – No(El)

lolx... why dun u consolidate our conversation this morning and with a bit of amendment, it can be up on our blog... lolx – Zack

lets wait till they get out of the meeting rm and we can continue on his biography then we sums up.. – No(El)

that would be a great idea... 6 more mins to go... my tummy has already started royal rumble... – Zack

Where shall we have lunch? - No(El)

i dunno... how abt somewhere i can pay my bills and also grab a cup of throat quenching ice mocha grande which gonna squeeze my wallet dry... – Zack

you are forcing us to go bridge.. – No(El)

lolx... which i dun mind... the crispy chicken, the taohu goreng and the malay machik who keep showing us the "WTF" handsign... ;p – Zack

There he sits looking dejected, munching away on the lunch someone bought for him.. talking shits with his subordinates.. - No(El)

the 2 poor souls over there, having to endure the longer than usual lunch break (cos they do not know what topic to talk abt that will not cause awkwardness between them) – Zack

rubbish come in rubbish goes out, you get your crap.. Thats what the conversation is gonna be base on to take that awkardness away (But I am rather certain, it is about the company trip).. God savage those poor soul. Nam myo ho renge kyo - No(El)

who gives the god gamn shit abt the company trip... I had to fork out the balance for the trip, deduct my pay for unpaid leaves, monkeying ard with a group of people i see almost everyday (minus sun plus when I am on MC)... No organised planning... maybe some of their meeting should include project mgmt serious... the 2 poor souls are being released... May the power be with them... lolx – Zack

I am not going too.. I already went for mine when I went to KL to work with LC.. That is more like company trip for me.. I heard he says, "Think about how to do it and not can we do it" to one of those poor souls, those words sound like music to my ears, yeah they sound like Miley Cyrus songs to me.. Lunch is over and off he goes to gather his thoughts – No(El)

ya gathering thots like what cigarette should i smoke later... which hard liquor should i drink tonight... what meeting can i come up with for later part of the day... when i can go out again with ,you know who, like last thurs... LOLX – Zack

Wicked man!!
While they were enjoying themselves.. I have to cover his duties, banging printer, rushing to collect fax and print out, making rounds, asking my co-workers, "Did you catch any fish today?" thats was really tough on me.. – No(El)

did you see what he did just now? he walk up to the bde whiteboard, and start to try cutting it up with his pile of junk paper like a senile old man... i was like OMG WTF... cant he jus behave like how a person holding his title should behave??? – Zack

I think he just added another job nscope to his long list of to do list.. Wah Kao!! he pulled the disappearing act again.. Anyway, before he went all kuku on the whiteboard.. he was sitting in his chair, wrinkles on his face like signs of all the battle he went thru.. he stares into the monitor with the 3 Ps and I.. Brudder, tell me what those shits means.. – No(El)

PPP & I
Productivity: How many meetings can i come up with each day
Profitability: How can I squeeze those poor recruitment so as to maximise my year end bonus
Professionalism: How can I be so childish yet maintaining my status
International: How can I impart my job role to the rest of the director internationally. – Zack

Thanks man.. But to me 3 P and I stands for

Playmobil
Pokemon
Play doh

Ice – Cream – No(El)

there are many deviations for the 3 Ps & I
Playstation I
Playstation II
Playstation II
&
Improved version of Playstation III

WTF am I toking abt... - Zack

Erm.. I think thats enuff..

There he goes again staring into the screen.. Thinking about what time should I go to smoke? what liquor to drink? What the fuck are we doing? Who should i get to change the empty water barrel? The tall guy, no.. he is the top sales and he glare at me the last time, i shall get the one sitting in the corner to change it.. – No(El)

no more starring into the screen... now he seems to be involve in all conversation... that the professionalism spirit as a director he should show... – Zack

David Thorne is back..

check it out..

http://www.27bslash6.com/foggot.html - No(El)

David Thorne is good.. He just made a total loser of that guy who wants to troll him.. – No(El)

i heard him talking to one of the earlier poor soul that he will not be sitting in for the meeting... hmm wonder what is he up to... – Zack

lol then where did he go with that file??? - No(El)

meditating in the room? – Zack

he is back in action... starring into his screen... thinking real hard... – Zack

ya.. i saw that.. we got four page.. i think we can blog it.. – No(El)

woah! so many pages... he is making his next move... predator instint... - Zack

he is topping up papers.. what will we do without him.... – No(El)

the poor souls have to take over his duties like what they did when he was away for company trip in Portugal, enjoying himself to red wine, beef steaks, sausages, women... – Zack

I met him in the toliet in his signature posture, signing and grunting away like a total sign of victory while he urinates.. His action is so divine and so suited for a man of his status.. Is there a word limit for blogs? – No(El)

oh my... you actually met the god himself... god bless you... lolx... no i dun think that there is any limitations to the amount of words you can fill in... – Zack

check out his spec... did he get a new 1, red frame, goes well with his red tie... – Zack
I never check out his specs.. he is too divine, of a different level.. I dun even dare to rise my head while I look at him.. – No(El)

so there isnt any eye to eye contact earlier on when u met him...? that's so wasted... lolx – Zack

Eye to eye contact when he pee.. thats is dangerous you know.. i dun wan no divine rain on me.. – No(El)

then you will be blessed with the holy water... you know what i mean... – Zack

I dun want to be blessed that way.. we got 5 page now.. lets do it.. – No(El)

okie you're the man - Zack

Tora Shabu

It has been a while since we last had a post.

Tora Shabu @ Ebisboshi Shotengai (Iluma @ Bugis)
I was at Illuma last Saturday, Illuma is a ghost town even on Saturday, thus is a good place for my gf and myself as we hate crowded places. One of our friends told us that there is a good place for Shabu Shabu, so we decide to check that place out for lunch not knowing where it is located. We went to the fourth floor and found this huge Japanese restaurant corner, and walk forward and the menu was presented to me, it was a la carte steamboat set, Pork Set for $20.90, I think I got the place, then the hostess told us that they are actually serving buffet for lunch @ $18.90, so I ask for the Menu, it has Scallop, Prawns, Crab, Loin Meat, Pork Belly, golden mushroom, chicken thigh just to name a few and these are also mainly what we ate, therefore “It’s a Bingo!!”

There are only a few other tables in the restaurant, and on the table there is this electrical stove, unlike other places that uses gas. The setting is a mix of country and Victorian, not bad. One thing that caught my eye, there are no waiters, only waitress, and they are dress in French maid uniform… Lolitas in French maid uniform, I think you get what I mean, if you watch enough Japanese AV.. But you cannot compare the waitress with those AV Idol, they dun come close.. Back to the topic, for buffet, we are presented with the order chit which you write how much you want for that particular items, the same as those steamboat buffet at Liang Seah St. For drinks, they serve soft drinks at $2 and Green Tea (Hot/cold) at $1 non refillable, I dunno about Sake.. The maid, no, I mean the waitress ask us, “are you students”, so I reply “Uni student?” she says “Can”, so I show her my Murdoch student pass, then she told me they have student price for the buffet.. Wooh, I am almost 30 and I get to enjoy students privilege.. Power Sia!! By the way, the F&B Industries employs mainly foreign workers, same goes for this place..

There are about 5 choices of soup base, Chicken, Paitan (I think is Pork rib), Miso, Spicy Miso, Spicy and Tom Yum. At first I ask for Chicken and Paitan, the maid says that, these soup base do have not have much taste so we change it to Paitan and Spicy.. The interesting thing is the condiment, you only sees light soya sauce and sesame oil on the table, the rest is at a counter, where you can rojak your sauce, for eg. You can put chilli oil, garlic and wasabi and mix them together if you are happy, but too bad there is no vinegar… Nothing much to comment on the food, except the Prawns is of good size and fresh, the scallop came with shells and the Pork Belly is a must try. The spicy soup is not really that spicy, you can add chilli oil and chilli sauce if you want to spice it up some more. While I was eating, one of the waitresses came and top up our drinks, which I was confuse, I thought it was non refillable, so maybe it was part of the student package.

Overall, I find this place to be quite a good place to dine as compare to other steamboat buffet, but they do not have large tables, most is 4 seats, not sure about joining table though. Final bill was $40 net for the 2 of us, quite reasonable for a tonne of Pork Belly, prawns and 1 glass of cold green tea and coke. By the way I think student price is $15, cool huh..

Atmosphere – 7
Service – 9 (Nice uniform and good enuff to give us advice, change my plates when it was full with prawn shells and top up my drinks)
Food – 9 (I would say the best place for steamboat buffet)
Damage – 9 (Student price!! What more can I say!!)
Return value – 9 (I intend to go there for lunch every Saturday!!)
Toilet – 3 (There are suppose to at least have a sink… but no.. you have to walk all the way outside and use the toilet there to wash your hand when you hands are dirty from peeling the prawns shell..)

New Harbour Front Cafe & Bar

Where – New Harbour front Café and Bar

http://www.hungrygowhere.com/singapore/new_harbour_cafe_bar/

Location – 114 Tanjong Pagar Rd (opposite the stretch of bridal shops and walking distance from god’s forsaken place.)

A friend of mine recommended this place to us. Went there to check it out last Friday evening after work and try the food. It was given a 5.7 rating in (is it in or on huh??) hungrygowhere.. But I think they deserve better.

Ambiance
When I was at the café’s door, I didn’t even know that I have reached my destination, it gives me an impression that it was some Irish pubs with its green sign board and tables and chairs outside. There were already some crowds there trying to drink their sorrows away. The waitress showed me the way in and bought me to the other part of the café (apparently this place is actually made up of two shops space) and got us seated near the other shop house door (it was a glass wall and door).. There is only another table in the café (it was almost full outside, I think they got sick of sitting in a air-conditioned place), it gave me a feeling that I was isolated but with no privacy (people can see through the glass leh). The furniture’s and interior design is exactly like an Irish pub, wooden settings, dim lights etc and they were playing one of seal’s album in the background “No I will never ever survive more less, Im a little crazy”..

Service
There are dishes in the menu that are typed in red, so I assume they are recommendation. So I made up my mind to order one of them, while my GF ordered the dish that our friend recommended which turn out to be the main highlight of the evening, but it was not in RED, Pork Chop with Apple Sauce, how it taste? We will get to that later. As we were “isolated” It took the waitress a while to notice that we were going to make an order, I almost wanted to stand up and get one of them to come over to my table, when I finally got one of their’s attention, the first sentence she said was “Oh! I thought there was no one here.” That was quite a good excuse.. My GF ordered the Pork Chop with apple sauce and I ordered the Crackling Roast Meat (It was in RED), we also ordered a ham and cheese salad to share, so for drinks I ask for Ice water for the both of us and I got a disappointing answer, “Sorry we dun serve ice water here” WTF!! So while sucking our thumb, my GF ordered beer, root beer and I got myself a glass of Ice Lemon Tea.

Food
The drinks came shortly, it was an unknown brand of root beer for my GF.. Nice can, it doesn’t look like a can for soft drinks, more like beer can. While I was admiring the can, the salad came, the bowl is fill with the usual stuffs, lettuce, roman lettuce, tomatoes etc the ham and cheese were cut in strips together (together as in together, the ham on top of the cheese and being cut together) and were place nicely in a circle around the bowl. The salad sauce in another bowl. Wooh, Nice presentation.. The salad is nothing fantastic, except for almost every mouth of ham you get some cheese too, that goes really well. While I was chewing some grass, the main course came.. The Crackling Roast pork is actually “Shio Ba” but bigger and fatter, nicely sliced and the roast till very crunchy skin separated from the fats and meat, with mash potatoes and some greens. The Pork chop with apple sauce is two piece of pork T boned, almost the size of my hand with Fries the size of my fingers (isn’t it wedges?), actually you can choose to go with fries or mash potatoes and some greens.. The crackling roast pork look and taste like “shio ba” and very fat and oily, it gets really “ni” towards the ends.. For the Pork Chop, the T bone is fat and juicy but it tasted really good with the apple sauce and it didn’t get “ni” as even my GF can finish it with the plates almost clean..

Payment
No funky style of payment here.. But there is no GST and Service Charge.. Cool!! The total cost of my meal is almost $53.. Quite reasonable in my opinion..

Overall
The RED Wording are misleading…
No hidden costs…

Ambiance
6 – Dun really like Irish pubs.. But Seal is ok..

Service
6.5 – Can’t demand much as there is no Service charged

Food
5 for the “Shio ba” 9 for the Pork Chop and 7.5 for the Salad

Damage
8 – Reasonable enuff..

Return value
8 – I will be back to eat the pork chops.. no more shio ba for me..

Toilet
Didn’t went to the toilet.. But I bet it will be like those pubs in boat quay.. Gross..