We had dinner@Blue Basil.
He is a prawn lover & asked for grilled prawnz as his dinner treat.
Eventhough I got the word “WTF” formed in my brain, I still google to find nice grilled prawnz.
And I found Blue Basil!!!!!!
I even read up other blog entries about Blue Basil like the one found in ironladychef.
I always do alot of research b4 heading to any dining area. hehehe. Want my food to be valued for $ mah~
BLUE BASIL
56 Cairnhill Road
Singapore 229677
Tel: 6737 8770
Website: http://www.bluebasil.com.sg
It is located outerside of town area.
A little inconvenient to find parking lot though since Blue Basil was located along the roadside.
There weren’t alot of diners when we went there.
I guess partly because it is a weekday and the dining place was a little out of place.
But I think they have good customer service. Very friendly wait staffs. But they overcharged me. =/
Blue Basil, is a rare variety of basil grown in Africa. Just by hearing the name, you can almost associated most
dishes to basil. Well, I like basil, especially the thai basil minced meat rice. =p
For that night, I spent a grand total of $99.40 for 2 persons. #@$%&!
These are how my $$$ is spent………………………………..
(The place was dimmed & pardon me for the bad pix. I editted quite some time &
this is the best I can get. =/)
SAUTEED MUSSELS ($12.90)
Comment:
The birthday boy luv it. He commented it is slightly spicy. I feel the soup is overwhelmed with mussel taste. I don’t fancy mussel. Or shld say i don’t dare to consume any shelled seafood beside prawn, crayfish, lobster, crab and scallop. hhehehee~
SHRIMP COCKTAIL ($12.90)
Rating: 6/10
Comment:
I always thought shrimp cocktail is to be served chilled. I not sure if that it is a norm to serve chilled shrimp cocktail but I do certainly prefer it to be chilled. Instead, it was rather served more at room temperature. The cocktail sauce was slightly spicy; the prawns were crunchy & nice; and the fresh tasty veggie was served with it. I like the sauce but still, it will be better if it is chilled.
ANYWAY, THE MENU STATED “SERVED COLD” =/ IT’S NOT! =/
KING PRAWNS+MASHED POTATO+BROCCOLI+BLUE BASIL PESTO ($22.90)
Comment:
Birthday boy’s wish is granted. LOL. He thinks it is not bad & highlighted these are the best broccoli he ever tasted. I thought the serving is small. Probably I will not feel filling. Not the best mashed potato though. I love Al Dente Trafforia’s one.
NORWEGIAN SALMON+ROASTED BABY POTATOES+BROCCOLI+BLUE BASIL PESTO ($19.90)
Rating: 7/10
Comment:
My favorite part is that the chef had grilled to the point that the salmon skin was slightly crisp. Tasty. I like the blue basil pesto sauce. It goes well with the salmon, the baby potatoes and broccoli. I like the broccoli too! Salty Salty one. Great! Hmm..I don’t mind to just have a broccoli pasta served with blue basil pesto sauce. I bet that combination can cause an orgasm already.
WALNUT BROWNIE
Comment:
=/ I think this is real bad. When it was served, I sniffed burning smell from the brownie. I thought it was just my imagination and it was till I tasted it then I knew it was really burnt. It’s not imagination! =/ I wanted to complain but the birthday boy stopped me.
Fine.
How can they serve burnt brownie to the diner? It was so burnt that the birthday boy thought he was eating brownie cookies. It was so hard. Apart frm being burnt, they did not serve it with ice cream yet they charged me at the price of Walnut Brownie+ice cream. =/ That’s a few dollars more.
I hope they have more integrity for this matter. Well, I used to work in Coffeebean & served warm brownie too. We will change it if it is burnt unless there is circumstances like the manager made us serve it. If that’s the case, I will feel super bad and will start thinking how the consumer will not be enjoying the slightly burnt brownie.
So same for here, I paid for the food so of coz, I deserve some form of respect in term of the food served. And of coz, respect yourself as the chef, the server or the host when it comes to food quality. I am sure their nose is working. =/
BANANA CHOCOLATE CAKE ($6.90)
Comment:
Soft with the right degree of sweetness. I not the usual sweet tooth person and prefer dark chocolate to milk chocolate. This is not too bad. Definitely much better than the brownie. Still, I prefer the banana chocolate cake served in Secret Recipe. If the one is Secret Recipe is 10/10. This is 6.5/10.
Overall, I think BLUE BASIL is still worth going. But, maybe go at the time that there are more diners. I got this impression already that dining places don’t serve their last customer well in terms of food quality. But,I doubt I will go back since I had bad experience with it. And I got this principle, I don’t visit a place twice unless the food is too hard to resist.
This is only part of the gift. The liverpool match and co-sponsor of hp comes later. ROAR~
Well, I hope Mr K was happy then.
