i've uploaded all the pics on Sunday night but lost the momentum to blog... until the stupid disruption of the Germany / Turkey match. HAHA~~~

anyway, to those blur people who don't really understand what i was talking about... this was what happened: szern was happily watching the match. she was enjoying seeing Turkey performing so well, playing with their hearts on their sleeves, and enjoying seeing Germany struggling... then... the TV froze! for a good 6 minutes. then things came back on again. and it froze again! this time for about 10 minutes. and in the meantime, two goals were scored! one from each side! and sze missed ALL the action. she wasn't the only one. this IS a worldwide phenomenon. it is discussed in STOMP, online, everywhere! so... yes...

i watched the above movies last week. yes. 5 movies in 6 days. good huh? the movie poster size does not equate to the satisfaction gained from watching them. ok, well, it does. but ONLY for the smallest poster. cheap humour. just ignore that movie totally. like TOTALLY! wasted my $10.

The Food ( 4.5 / 5 )

• water chestnut drink: my mummy can cook better =) home cooked drinks are always the best! you rock, mummy!



• Seafood (overall): fresh! no doubt about it. good!



• (second row, right): the goose web was nicely done. no hands required to rip the meat apart from the bone! just a gentle tug of the fork and the skin detaches effortlessly. good!



• (second row, middle): PICKLED VEGETABLES~!!! aka xian2 cai4. it is not salty. it's soft and chewy. the sesame oil complements the original taste of the pickled veggie. thumbs up! my favourite dish!



• (second row, left): dessert! double boiled hashima with almond cream. the hashima has no weird, stinky smell. good! however, i feel that sago should be added to give a more chewy feel to the paste. it will enhance the flavour of the dish as a whole.



• meagre portion of each dish. even my sister feels hungry after our six-course meal. need i say anything more?
  

Customer Service ( 2 / 5 )

Coming to a higher-end restaurant, my expectations of their service naturally rose. After all, they pride themselves as being the Best Restaurant 2oo6 / 2oo7. Having won such a prestigious award, and for the record, TWO times in a row, something has to be good about them. Customer service i feel, should have a certain standard as well. I am sad to say that this was not the case.

• The waitress simply placed the menu on the table. Like what?!?! Shouldn't the menu be handed out to us individually? On top of that, there were only two menus on the table. I assume they were for my parents. Can i call this, discrimination against children?



• while i was taking photos of the food, this waitress came and placed a spoon on my plate with a clang, oblivious to the fact that i was obviously take a photo.



• the waitresses did not say the name of the dish when they served the food. we had to scramble to refer to the menu for our dish.



• all the food was in single portion (ie. not one big plate in the middle and everyone takes a bit onto their own plate). so, by right, they had to serve the dishes one by one. however, two dishes came at one go. by the time i finished eating one, the other had already turned cold.



• the cook was not very professional either. there was more sauce in my mum's plate then the rest of ours. we hypothesised that the cook poured the remaining gravy in his wok into my mum's plate instead of dividing it equally amongst the four plates.



• By right, the waitress should ask, "May I clear the plate?" whenever they wish to clear the dishes even though it is obvious that we are done. well, they didn't. they simply took our plates away without even asking. My sister still wanted that plate of picked veggies (told you it was the best dish in the restaurant). and it is not as if the plate was empty.



• and the kept clearing and clearing and clearing. there were not many dishes in the first place. why were they in such a hurry? it really spoilt my mood. disrupted the peace of eating. i felt so tensed.



• By right, they should serve the youngest first. so, it should be, mei, me, mama, papa, in this order. but they anyhow served.



• And it did not help that one of the waitresses had waist-long, un-tied, rebonded hair. i was so scared that her long tresses would touch my food. thank goodness it did not happen.



• After dessert, the waitress asked this badly phrased, and in my opinion, redundant, question: "Chi gou le ma?" What if i said "no"? Will she give me an extra portion?
  


• The worst thing of all....