3 February 2007
Went to a new Singaporean restaurant yesterday which BB's friend, E, works at sometimes. It's called Shiok! It's on Southampton Row, somewhere halfway between Holborn Station and Russell Square. Apparently, it's been open several months, but there is no mention of it anywhere on the internet, except in one food directory listing spelt 'Shoik'. So I thought I would be the first.
First impressions. It's kind of like your de rigeur dark wood, moody lighting Eastern restaurant but also kind of like a canteen in feel. The tables are tiny and there weren't many people there so they put us in the window to drum up business. Well, honestly, in this day and age if you don't have an internet site to promote yourself then you're just plain foolish.
Anyways, the menu is quite short but select. Sadly, the otak otak was off and so was the beef satay. The waitress steered us towards ngo hiang (fragrant rolls is how it appears on the menu) which must be their speciality but we had chicken satay instead. The satay was okay. I could taste that all the elements were in the marinade, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric etc but somehow or other they hadn't all melded together but stayed distinct and individual from each other. Very strange. Satay sauce wasn't right but, all in all, not the worst satay I've had by far.
My char kuay teow was pretty good. No see ham (cockles) of course, but there was very nice lap cheong (chinese sausage) and massive prawns. Lots of gao choi (chinese chives) and tasted pretty much how a char kuay teow should.
BB's laksa was excellent. There was definitely the flavour of daun kesum in the broth and it was tasty, tasty, tasty. Everyone on the table next to us was having the laksa, so I guess that was a pretty obvious sign.
According to E, the chilli crab is very good, so we shall have to go back.
Had the gula melaka for dessert which BB didn't like at all, especially when I started talking about it's similarity to frog spawn. Comparing the texture to fish eggs and little polystyrene balls didn't help much either. Anyway, the sago and coconut bit was great but they didn't make the gula melaka into syrup, but grated it onto the top which is all wrong.
Still, I think I'll be back if I'm in the area.
Question of the day: BB was watching Bill Oddie going round the US on telly and they showed America's most amazing wildlife spectacle which was the migration of some cranes or storks or something. Anyway, BB has taken it into his head that when we next go to Malaysia he wants to see Malaysia's greatest wildlife spectacle (that is, fauna, rather than flora). So, what is Malaysia's greatest wildlife spectacle? Answers please.
First impressions. It's kind of like your de rigeur dark wood, moody lighting Eastern restaurant but also kind of like a canteen in feel. The tables are tiny and there weren't many people there so they put us in the window to drum up business. Well, honestly, in this day and age if you don't have an internet site to promote yourself then you're just plain foolish.
Anyways, the menu is quite short but select. Sadly, the otak otak was off and so was the beef satay. The waitress steered us towards ngo hiang (fragrant rolls is how it appears on the menu) which must be their speciality but we had chicken satay instead. The satay was okay. I could taste that all the elements were in the marinade, lemongrass, galangal, turmeric etc but somehow or other they hadn't all melded together but stayed distinct and individual from each other. Very strange. Satay sauce wasn't right but, all in all, not the worst satay I've had by far.
My char kuay teow was pretty good. No see ham (cockles) of course, but there was very nice lap cheong (chinese sausage) and massive prawns. Lots of gao choi (chinese chives) and tasted pretty much how a char kuay teow should.
BB's laksa was excellent. There was definitely the flavour of daun kesum in the broth and it was tasty, tasty, tasty. Everyone on the table next to us was having the laksa, so I guess that was a pretty obvious sign.
According to E, the chilli crab is very good, so we shall have to go back.
Had the gula melaka for dessert which BB didn't like at all, especially when I started talking about it's similarity to frog spawn. Comparing the texture to fish eggs and little polystyrene balls didn't help much either. Anyway, the sago and coconut bit was great but they didn't make the gula melaka into syrup, but grated it onto the top which is all wrong.
Still, I think I'll be back if I'm in the area.
Question of the day: BB was watching Bill Oddie going round the US on telly and they showed America's most amazing wildlife spectacle which was the migration of some cranes or storks or something. Anyway, BB has taken it into his head that when we next go to Malaysia he wants to see Malaysia's greatest wildlife spectacle (that is, fauna, rather than flora). So, what is Malaysia's greatest wildlife spectacle? Answers please.
# posted by gilamonster : 06:40
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Elephants crossing the east-west highway? They have their own elephant crossing signs
Tigers? Don't know where you'd meet them, but if you hang out in the jungle with a slaughtered kid, one might show up.
Tigers? Don't know where you'd meet them, but if you hang out in the jungle with a slaughtered kid, one might show up.
BB thought that Dad might say 'garoupa', as he said that seemed to be Dad's answer to lots of questions about wildlife!
well, he hasn't seen this post yet. He doesn't read the blogs unless we set it up and haul him over to the computer. He's usually sleeping or shaking so that doesn't happen often.
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