2 March 2010:
We're being fast forwarded into the third month of the new year.
U san and her family have left Singapore for almost three months. While sending them off at the Changi Airport, Terminal 3, we had our dinner at the Crystal Jade Shanghai Restaurant. It wasn't my choice-but I had no other. Thus, we had to content ourselves with some unfamiliar orders and ambience, which was too cold in every sense of the word.
One of our dishes was stir-fried long bean with olive leaves(see above). It turned out really crunchy and was better than the local long bean with dried shrimp -often served soft. This is probably the best fried bean in my life!
Another impressive dish was shrimp with popped rice. If you've had choco-pop breakfast, then you'll know that it tastes almost similar, minus the sweet chocolate flavour, with crispy fat shrimps buried underneath the crunchy pile. Not bad; it's dry and not oily. So we managed to clean up most of the plate.
Despite good food, I think the restaurant manager totally dampened the mood. If you utter "thank yous" after settling the check, he wouldn't follow the polite routine because he hails from a different culture. He doesn't smile either. Instead his job of making guests feel welcomed is left to two other colleagues from our neighbouring land smiling and shouting out, "Thank you very much!" as we exited the place.
Gosh! How mechanical can service get?!
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