Being a holiday today (Hari Raya Puasa), we took the opportunity to check out another new food joint with our good pals - Sam & Serene, and their adorable and super-energetic 3-year-old son Matthew.
Name: rivercafé www.rivercafe.com.sg
Location: 41 Robertson Quay, Singapore Tyler Print Institute Building
Thumbs-up for the ambience and decor. Very mod-Oz casual bistro look, with al-fresco seating facing our now-relatively-clean Singapore river, and the interior featuring a whole floor-to-ceiling shelving holdings bottles of wine and books, mostly related to food and drinks.
The menu was rather limited though, or rather, didn't contain items that really shout out to us. Middle eastern spatchcock, anybody? Serene ordered a seafood pasta, Sam had a soup and the pan fried escolar (fish) fillet with maple soy glaze, Alex decided on the tenderloin with carbernet glaze, and we all shared some bread and an entrée of garlic butter squid rings.
I'd always wanted to try ricotta hotcakes with bananas and honeycomb butter since reading about this recipe by renowned chef Bill Granger in a food magazine, and was quite excited to see this item in the brunch menu. Sadly, I didn't enjoy it at all. The dish was served cold and it was just plain boring. Looks like I may have to schedule a trip to Bill's restaurant in Sydney to check out the real thing!
(Incidentally, I was surfing Bill's website and found that rivercafé's brunch menu was the exact copy of Bill's sample breakfast menu. Wonder if they have any official tie-ups...)
Little Matthew was kept entertained throughout by his Uncle Alex. According to his parents, this kid lives on sunshine, air and water. But somehow, he started eating bits of stuff from Alex's plate! Even mommy Serene commented, "Seems like everything from Uncle Alex tastes good." Although he did spit out the veg after chewing a bit...
After lunch, we had a nice leisurely stroll around the quayside area. Sam and Serene also checked out the showflats of 2 condos in the area. Absurdly expensive for such tiny little places. My kitchen alone is the size of this condo's living/dining area, just imagine!
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I was watching Everton play Fulham on Channel 23 of SCV (Singapore Cable Vision). Nil – nil in the 19th minute and so far an exciting match.
“Never go to Thomson Medical Hospital”, Priscilla said. It was her thing. I ignored her.
I though of Nigel in NYC who was a fan of Everton as Smith made his cross which fortunately or unfortunately led to a corner.
I yawned. Not sure if the yawn was a result of the time, the match (probably not) or Priscilla (probably).
I was, as Pink Floyd said, comfortably numb.
You see, I was one of those curious individuals who thought too much about the world and life. It is, of course, a common fact that one will never know the answer to the world and life despite Adam’s famous 42. But I kept wondering anyway. I suppose on one hand, it was the desire to know. On the other hand, it was an exercise which kept me intellectually alert. Either way, it did not matter.
I yawned and decided it was time for bed.
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