Food Tasting

The food tasting was held in the Oriental Atrium Suite 3. There was only one table in the middle of the room and we were the only people (10 adults and 1 kid) in the room... The room seems too big and silent... the atmosphere was a bit awkward esp in the earlier part where there was no music played until the first dish was served.


I have very high hopes on the quality of the food after reading the good comments in the Singapore Brides forum. Generally speaking, most of the dishes served were up to expectations. For one of the dishes, the chef took the wrong order and added the wrong ingredient for us. But hey! 错有错着, we quite like the food that was prepared and decided to take this dish instead of the originally ordered one, it was yam instead of prawns. The dessert was more controversial... my family didn't really fancy the desert whereas DC's family like it a lot. The chef came into the room after the dinner and gave us some suggestions on the dessert.


The captain and the waitresses were very pleasant and polite and we were happy with the table arrangement and the cutlery used. However, the waitress serving us seems to be taking forever to apportion the food. We also felt that the waiting time for the next dish was too long and so we requested to shorten the waiting interval to 2 mins instead of 10 mins... just enough for us to fill in our feedback about the food. The dinner started at 8pm and ended 2 and a half hours later.

The menu:

1. The Oriental Hors D'oeuvres:
Topshell
Jellyfish
Roasted Eel
Prawn Salad
Wakame Seaweed

(Some of the ingredients gonna change ...)

2. Braised Shark's fin with Dried Scallops

3. Duet Seafood Combination of Prawn and fresh scallop in Szechuan Sauce (This was served with yam instead of prawns)

4. Stewed duck with Red Dates in Red Wine Sauce

5. Braised Sliced Abalone Mushroom and Sea Cucumber with Seasonal vegetables

6. Steamed fresh garoupa in soya sauce

7. Fragrant fried rice wrapped in Lotus Leaf

8. Double Happiness a.k.a Chocolate Mousse