Meeting new friends

Though the experience on National Day was disastrous, we had a wonderful time the weekend after. We attended a dinner organized by a Singaporean, who also stays in WaterFront like us @ a restaurant called 8trees set up by a Singaporean.

There were 8 of us in total, all Singaporeans. 9, if you count the manager of 8trees. It was a wonderful dinner - Gary enjoyed his beef steak. (^^) I had a specially prepared vegetarian set menu. But the food wasn't the focus. It was the company that we had. 

Though we are the youngest there, it didn't stop us from identifying with the whole Singaporean atmosphere. We talked about all things Singaporean especially food....being in a restaurant and all. The restaurant does offer some Singaporean food like Chicken Rice, Laksa, Nonya Curry chicken rice and Bak Ku teh. But there are limited portions each day. Unanimously, we all asked if there are any chicken rice left for the day as we ALL had a craving for the Singaporean dish.

Well, Ask and it shall be given! The chef prepared the chicken rice and the garlic chilli sauce and it was GOOD.... 95% authenticity - rated by Gary Tang. This will be our favourite dining place from now on. 

Good Singaporean food + good steak = Good for Gary Tang

All in all, this dinner more than made up for the national day episode.