Nostalgic Dining @ British Hainan

Found a quaint, cosy, nostalgic eating place in Joo Chiat Road area. (When I was born, my parents used to live in Joo Chiat area. Double nostalgia for me. :P)
British Hainan is located at the junction of Carpmael and Crane Roads. Not wishing to contend with the weekend dinner crowd, we arrived early at 6:30pm for dinner.

We tried the recommended dishes - IPA Baby Back Ribs ($25) and IPA Chicken ($12.90).

Both dishes are highly recommended! Tender, juicy and tasty. Most importantly for me, no use of MSG! :)
We sat indoors and while waiting for our food to come, we browsed through the curios and vintage collectibles displayed around the restaurant. All are for sale unless otherwise stated. :) It brings back a lot of wonderful memories seeing some of the antiques and vintage collectibles.

My new mobile phone haha :P

Will definitely return to British Hainan to try out its other dishes. The place is cosy and unpretentious and the prices are very reasonable. :)

New Pub in Town

We were at Vivocity because I promised Marieann that she would get her silhouette cutting as well since both Juliane and I had it done while at my staff lunch. Currently, authentic Chinese artifacts and crafts booths are set up at the Central Court, Vivocity. The girls were excited to see the different kinds of Chinese crafts.

While walking around, we chanced upon a new eating place, The Queen & Mangosteen, gourmet British pub. The menu looks pretty interesting so we gave it a try. The girls shared a Fish & Chips ($12). The girls really enjoyed the bucket of chips. :) I had a Grilled Chicken Leg marinated with Asian Pesto, with baby potatoes and grilled vegetables ($20). I think my dish was the best. The chicken was really well-marinated and tasty. It went very well with the mango salsa. The girls' father had Crayfish cooked in Beer, with boiled potatoes ($20). Although the crayfish dish looked really impressive when it arrived at the table, it wasn't filling at all, not much flesh in those little crayfish and not much in terms of taste too. It was a little disappointing.





However, I won't discount the pub yet. Currently, it only has a pre-launch menu and the full menu will be out in February. I can't wait to see what its full menu will be like. :)