il Lido - 14th June 2012

Our party was generally looking forward to lunch organised by Businessman at Il Lido, which we were all expecting not to be one of those lunches that was just enough to make it pass the minimum spend + just a tad better than MG’s tragic choice of hosting BML at “chef daniel’s” so as to avoid a “samolah”. Secretly, I was quite surprised by Businessman’s choice as I had an inkling that Il Lido was amongst the more pricey Italian establishments in Singapore.

As we now had 6 members to ferry (Businessman is supposed to ferry himself), deciding how to make our way to the venue was proving to be a challenge. Jon agreed to do the driving together with Dann (as he is the designated driver when Businessman is paymaster) in light that this is the first outing since Erap II’s admission into the club and we have yet to rejig the new agreed logistics. Businessman tried to pull an under-table deal with Dann offering him a free dessert if he could take a free ride with Dann since there were to be 2 cars. However, being the wolves that we were, we could smell a rotten deal the moment we saw one, and so questioned point blank on why Businessman should be getting a free ride since he was supposed to go it alone logistically for all lunch engagements. We then realised it was not a free ride per se since Dann was getting an additional dessert on the quiet. To that we countered that all other members should be given equal privileges if he were to hitch a ride. Businessman countered that he would rather take a cab then, and so off I went together with Joe in a cab with Businessman.

Upon arriving at Il Lido we were greeted by a rather stunning view of the deep blue sea basking under the immense sunshine. It reminded me a little bit of having lunch at some restaurant in Italy or Greece facing out into the Mediterranean, provided you could remove the dozen and a half large commercial vessels that were floating in the waters, which marred the picture and brought your thoughts instantly back to Singapore. The waitress asked us for our reservation, which I thought was rather daft since we were the only guests and the only 7 pax party for sure. We were guided to a private corner which provided a ship filled sea view.

Upon seating, Businessman immediately asked to double check on the 50% off offer on the ANZ platinum credit card. Ha! I knew it was too good to be true for Businessman to select Il Lido without some special deal or offer to offset the cost! We were told that the offer was for 50% off but only for bills of up to $300. So based on this, Businessman instructed all members to order up to a gross total of S$67 per pax. Although this sounded like a fair amount, in actual fact it was not. Most of the mains (excluding pastas) averaged close to the 50s and most of the starters were around the low 30s. So it was a real crappy number that we had to play around with.

Making the most of the budget, Jon decided first by selecting the daily set lunch and managed to convince Businessman to allow him an excess of S$3 on his “budget” (on the pretext that he is the club president…. real lame reason in my view, but he managed to pull it off yet again) and so selected an additional goose liver starter. Most of the other members selected the goose liver for starters or the lobster cream soup. I however selected the parma ham with burratina cheese. 

For the mains, the selections were for the saffron risotto with wagyu beef cheek and asparagus, the spaghetti chitarra and an off menu item selection of spaghetti carbonara (by Businessman). Jon’s main for the set lunch was beef cheek & mash. For dessert, only Jon had what seemed to be caramelized figs in cream, as the rest of us had run out of budget. 

We started off with the customary bread, which came with a choice of either olive oil + balsamic vinegar or butter. No complaints here, but nothing out of the ordinary as well. 

We were then served a pre-starter of what I would describe closely as rock melon gazpacho, for which Jon immediately surrendered his portion to me. He mentioned that he does not drink soup that is not hot, thus exposing the Philistine in him. I readily slurped up what was quite a decent puree of rock melon which was lightly seasoned; I suppose this could possibly be a southern Italian creation which works well in hot weather. 

Following this, they served us a fried rice and cheese ball, which was crispy on the outside and creamy on the inside. You could describe it as pommosette’s (you know the frozen potato balls that you could readily find in supermarkets decades back) with cheese on steroids. I liked trashy pommosettes, and so this was quite a treat for me.

Then came the starters. I would not even bother to waste typing time on Jon’s salmon starter. 

As for the goose liver, there was all round disappointment after last week's blow out foie gras in old port sauce that everyone enjoyed thoroughly at St Pierre. The liver was pan fried well, and was tasty, but it just did not meet the standards of St Pierre both in the quality and technique in handling the foie gras. As for the accompaniments to the goose liver here, all I can say is that it was a pale comparison to the stunning old port sauce that along with the foie gras at St Pierre. The only other comment I would say is that the fried pumpkin slices were rather delicious.

The lobster cream soup however was done well and had a rich lobster taste and was slightly creamier than standard lobster bisque. The soup has bits of lobster flesh and all in all this was a very decent soup. 

The star amongst the starters however was the parma ham with burratina cheese. You can look at this dish either as a success or abject failure for il Lido. I suspect that the cheese was probably purchased from some gourmet deli, and so was the parma ham. As such, this was a dish that was assembled with the exception of the cooked peppers that formed a small bed below the cheese. So there was little skill involved in preparing this dish aside from the skill required to select the produce. Nonetheless, the selection was magnificent. The cheese was soft, fresh and delicious with a rich milky flavour, and the parma ham was also of high quality, exhibiting a rich but not overly salty flavour with a deeper red colour.

As for the mains, the spaghetti chitarra was well cooked but flavourless. It was mostly pasta and chives from the mouthful I got from Erap II. This was not what I was expecting from an Italian restaurant like il Lido. Thoroughly disappointing for a main pasta dish. 

Jon’s beef cheek was so-so, the meat was tender and well braised, but the flavour was not great. The beef cheek at Osvaldo was probably better and much larger as well. 

As for the saffron risotto, this was probably one of the better dishes. The risotto was cooked well but overall was still a little starchy and gooey.  The beef cheek pieces that accompanied the risotto was tasty (better than Jon’s), but I felt that cutting it into such small pieces was probably not what I was expecting. 

Finally, Businessman’s carbonara was probably the best main dish. It was a well-made carbonara done the traditional way without cream, but alas the party came to the conclusion that it was no match for La Strada’s carbonara.

The sole dessert (Jon’s set lunch dessert) which we had was quite good. The figs were probably cooked and caramelized slightly which made it soft and sweet. The added cream sauce was light and went well with the figs. I thought it was a pretty good dessert although Jon disagreed and felt it was not good. I would give it additional points for being a rather less common dessert. But as with all establishments, you always have to deal with the unsophisticated and barbaric sort of customer (look in the mirror Jon, yup… that’s right, but please do not think you have the body of Conan.…only the mind) who claims to want something different, but deep inside always wants the same thing like tiramisu, or panna cotta or worse… cut fruits with ice cream from a tub! And so when served something less usual, complaints that it is not good and would rather have ice-cream or what not.

We were served some decent complimentary sweets together with the bill, and the damage came to S$391 after deducting the S$150 discount that came with the ANZ platinum card.  

The best combination would probably be the burratina for starters and the spaghetti carbonara for mains. All in all, I must say that it was a disappointing meal, and il Lido is definitely a place we would probably not return to. The only justification you could get for paying such a price for such food quality would be for the ambience and view (provided you could get the ships to move out of view). Having just returned from the UK, I must say that the state of Italian dining in Singapore leaves plenty to be desired. The price we pay for good quality Italian dining is astronomical and yet, the quality is sometimes patchy. You would get far more consistency with arguably better taste and quality at Italian restaurant chains like Carluccio’s or Jamie’s Italian in the UK at a fraction of the price we pay for an equivalent meal here. I cannot wait for the day they arrive here in Singapore.

We left the venue in 2 cabs, and I asked Dann why he did not drive. With a black face he mentioned that he was done in by some goons as usual who convinced him it was cheaper to cab than to drive. I suspect that they knew it was cheaper to drive, but did not want to walk the 500m each way in the hot sun from the office to the car park where Dann’s car was parked. Dann! You should have known better! Next time ask me! ;)

PS. Followers, if the photos are not up to scratch this time it is because CC the cameraman screwed up and so we had to use his Samsung Note as the stand in camera for this meal. We have yet to decide on whether to enforce the penalty. 


By: Club Scribe

St Pierre - 8th June 2012

New member lunch debut

Following the climatic end to the 2011/2012 English Premier League season, which saw Manchester City wresting the EPL trophy from Manchester United in the final last gasp minutes Hollywood style, led some (mainly Man City supporters) to believe that this may be the dawn of a new age…

Back in Singapore, our ever so prestigious club (after a short hiatus to replenish the wallets and work off the belly) has also witnessed the dawn of a new age! The inauguration of our newest member to the club, Joseph Festin aka “Erap II”! Owing to our extreme candidate selectiveness akin in difficulty to getting into Harvard, MIT and Stanford simultaneously, Joe is officially only the 10^th person to have joined THE club! (*cheers all round J*)

Joe had originally planned for Au Jardin after deliberating for 2 weeks on where to hold his inaugural meal for the club, but was done in by the restaurant having booked Friday lunch for an event. Eventually, left with a dwindling number of options, time running out and with pressure all round, Joe selected St Pierre for his BML debut venue.

As with tradition, Dann fired the first salvo via email on the venue being a SLASP (despite apparently not being able to attend due to “customer lunch”), which gave our newbie a bit of da jitters! In any case we proceeded on our customary Friday to lunch.

Upon arrival, we were greeted by Dann arriving first at the venue (apparently customer lunch was cancelled…. what crap!) Quickly grabbing our menus, we were presented with a choice of 3 modes of selection for the set lunches. After much use of our customary haggling and pressuring on the paymaster to be generous and rip open his wallet, Joe eventually agreed that everyone is entitled up to the value of $52++. Following this, some of the more blood thirsty among us (basically everyone except myself) further attempted (though unsuccessfully) to request for a bottle of wine to be thrown in, in order to celebrate this auspicious day and to have a toast to our new member.

Collectively our selections were the foie gras and the pork belly carpaccio for starters, the Miso cod, Pan fried chicken confit and Seabream for the main, and a chocolate cake and one cheese platter for dessert.

Following our order, we were provided with the customary bread, which was accompanied by St Pierre’s very own Hazelnut infused butter, which was rich, unsalted, but not particularly hazelnutty in flavour. 

We were also served two pre-starter dishes (if that’s what it’s called), namely a really small salad dish with a slice of cheese and a cube of raw marinated salmon, which was a rather delicious morsel.

After Jon’s gobbling of his 4^th portion of bread and 2^nd helping of butter (my guess is he won’t live past 70 at this rate), our actual starters finally arrived. The pork belly carpaccio was tender, without any strong porcine flavour, and was appropriately accompanied by a rose apple sauce and pieces of crispy pork skin. My only complaint was that there was too little pork skin. 

This starter was however far exceeded by the pan fried foie gras which sat in a sea of old port sauce. The foie gras was pan fried perfectly, but the real star of the show was the old port sauce, which had an extremely rich and complex flavour that was a great combination of sweetness, saltiness and umaminess! Jon correctly ordered another round of bread to soak up the last drops of the sauce, which was worth every calorie.

Moving on to the mains, the chicken confit was given a mix review by the party. Compared to a good duck confit, the skin was not as crispy, but being chicken, the meat was tenderer, and the overall flavour was quite good. However a valid complaint was that the leg was a tad on the salty side. 

The Seabream selected by Businessman was very much so-so and was given mostly the thumbs down by the party, as it was nothing special and the fish had a bit of the muddy/sandy flavour that sometimes accompany freshwater fish. 

The real star of the mains was the miso cod. The fish was extremely fresh and had just the correct amount of miso seasoning. Too much miso might have resulted in an overly salty fish, but in this case, St Pierre applied just the right proportion, that is, enough to taste the miso, but not enough to overpower the delicate flavour and richness of the fish.

We then proceeded with the dessert and collectively gobbled down (a tiny forkful each) Dann’s flourless chocolate cake. The cake was good but not particularly spectacular considering the quality of quite a number of chocolate cakes you can find in many of the more upmarket pastry shops these days. 

Following our 15 second demolition (BML style) of the cake and another 5 minute interval, we were presented with the cheese selection. 

We were allowed 4 choices of cheese and thus selected one blue cheese, one golden cheese, one soft cheese and one other cheese selection which I cannot remember. This platter was accompanied by some dried fruits and crackers. The comments from the members were along the lines of “whoa taste of my socks” to “like my sweaty shirt after playing soccer” to “smells like a wet dog”. Suffice to say, strong mature cheese being a bit of an acquired taste, there were few cheese connoisseurs amongst us. The first items to go in the platter were the dried fruits, followed by the crackers, and then the bowl of salad leaves, and finally, I had almost half of the cheese platter left to myself. Having the reputation as the club rubbish dump, I had little choice but to upkeep my reputation and finish the platter. My particular preference was for the soft and blue cheese.

Lastly we were served what was excellent coffee with shapely sugar squares to end the meal. The damage for the meal came to S$435 which was well within the spending floor as set by the club rules. Overall, the party was unanimous on the decision that the best combination for eating at St Pierre would be to select the foie gras and cod fish and skip dessert altogether.

 As a parting note, Jon our current president mentioned that Festin had the characteristics and was possibly a worthy contender as a future potential club president, much along the lines (although not really quite yet) of our Shanghai and HK presidents, Sheng Lung and Gilbert. To this we agreed and decided to confer him the nickname of “Erap the second or Erap II” in line with his semi Pinoy (that’s Filipino for those of you philistines reading this that do not understand) heritage. Erap by the way is the nickname of the infamous ex Filipino president Joseph Estrada. So Philippines may have been unlucky to have had President Joseph “Erap” Estrada, but we hope we’ll be lucky to have President Joseph “Erap II” Festin as our club president one day! We look forward to your future generosity and would not mind becoming your midnight cabinet (Estrada style) one day!

By: Club Scribe

Sabai - 24th February 2012

This is my second time writing this blog and I can truly understand how much effort our BMC Official Club Scribe a.k.a Billy Choi puts in week in week out. Work is so stressful everyday but at the back of the mind every night, you are reminded of the obligation to write sooner or later (blog needs to be up within 14 calendar days from the lunch as per new BMC Constitutions). And as days goes by, slowly you would have forgotten what you had for the BMC lunch, not even mentioning the taste of various dishes. Reason why am I writing the Blog for this week's is because as the elected CEO (Chief Entertainment Officer), my job besides to spot entertainment opportunities for my fellow members, DUH, is to replace the Club Scribe and the Official Cameraman when it's their turn to host BMC Lunch.

This week's venue is at Sabai at Takashimaya Lvl 4, hosted by Billy Choi. Being a "quite" smart guy, he decided to replicate another brilliant guy like-for-like into exercising his option to "bring a friend", Joseph Festin aka "Joker" or "Jo" for short. Just a brief history, this venue used to be the most prestigious BMC Lunch hosted by our dearest Hong Kong BMC sole-member, Gilbert Chong 3-4 years ago with a check of SGD300+. During those days, this amount would probably handed him the BMC presidency without any competition at all, just like a 20 sticks cigarettes pack used to be selling at SGD6+ in 2000 and fast forward to 2012, a whopping SGD11.80 or ~100%! (That is why our Oracle is firm on tobacco stocks, just like the all-in bet from Buffet on Burlington Railway). I must say it did not disappoint after returning 3 years later. The place is exactly the same as it was, with no fanciful decor or whatsoever. Waiter and waitresses are very Thai-Like, as friendly as "Pornsak" featured in "The Noose".

As we (MG, Jon & Jo) arrived at the venue, we were greeted a pack of wolves-like members (Collin, Billy, Bizman & Dann) that were present early. These despicable personals positioned themselves strategically for our BMC lunch by sitting concentrated only at the center of a 7 seats long rectangular table. We had no choice but to seat around the outskirts, but unfortunately for our guest, Jo whom wasn't aware of our BMC's "steady" culture, went for the Host Seat with dishes at the furthest of reach and saturated with 2 other seated members.

We had Spicy Pomelo Salad (Yam Som Oo) and Spicy Green Mango Salad (Yam Mamuang) for appetizers which were refreshing and just right in getting our stomachs lined up for the feast.

Next we had the Deep-Fried Stuffed Chicken Wings (Peek Gai Sod Sai) which were rather ordinary, except for the fact that the wings were boneless and easy to bite.

Tom Yam Soup is a Must-Have for all Thai cuisines so we ordered the Spicy and Sour Seafood Soup (Dtom Yam Ruam Mit Talay). However I must say the presentation was terrible, dull and plain as per attached photo. As this soup was served by the pot and I couldn’t remember which of our "steady" BMC member served the soup, my portion was simply made up of a piece of fish that were overcooked, 2 tasteless squids and ALOT of mushrooms (no sight of prawns were found).

Main courses we had are the standard Deep-Fried and Steamed Seabass (Pla Neung Manao), which according to some were one of the best fish served in Thai Restaurants here.

However, I beg to differ as I find them rather ordinary (Deep-Fried is preferred comparing the 2), nothing compared to the like-for-like Heavy Weight, Thanying Thai Restaurant at Amara Hotel. 

Accompanying the main were the Stir-Fried Vegetable (Kang Kong) with Chilli, Stir-Fried Hot & Spicy Beef & Pork (Pat Gaprao Neuoa, Moo) and Green Curry with Chicken (Gang Gwio Warn Gung) and loads & loads of free-flow plain white rice.

These dishes were rather the highlights as they were delicious and adequately spiced to go along with the plain rice. However, they come in standard portions and did not serve well for guests of 7.

Desserts we had were the standard Sticky Rice with Fresh Mango which according to a Mango lover (Myself), was the best of the 3 desserts ordered as compared to the Tapioca and Durian whatever.

Damage for the meal was S$417.05 for 7 pax or S$59.58 per pax. This was considered a generous treat from a fellow BMC member, over-achieving by a slight margin on top of the minimum spending requirement of EUR30 per pax, by an estimated EUR6 or S$9 per pax.

As per exchange filing requirements, we are pleased to announce that the BMC board members have voted and passed the following resolutions during our Sabai lunch, which will be added to our BMC constitutions:

1. Guests are only entitled to join our BMC lunches twice. Afterwhich, he will need to either enroll as an official BMC member or to seat at a separate table and eat by himself in order to participate our prestigious luncheons and to savor our gracious company.

2. After all the debatable disputes raised by my fellow members for my "Bring-a-Friend" treat held at No Menu, we have revised and standardized the new minimum spending requirement. The BMC mathematical equation to apply for all BMC lunches for the minimum spending would now be:

A = [(Total Number of Pax (including guests) * EUR 30 * EUR/SGD Exchange Rate on Bloomberg Iphone App (Version 3 and above) at point of billing)]

B = Final bill amount after netting-off any card discounts, vouchers used and ANY UNFORESEEN ERRORS made by the restaurant

A - B ≥ 0, else Difference to multiply by a factor of 3 and to be added into the next BMC lunch.

I still hate Blog writing. Till then, Adiós!!!

MG

The Song of India - 2nd March 2012

Despite the non-discriminatory, democratic, and open minded nature of our club, amazingly for all of its history, this is only the second time we have picked an Indian restaurant for a BML! (first time was at Vansh) Nope, we are not racists; it’s just that some amongst us are slightly allergic to Indian food. But since the reign of the dictatorial regime of Jon “TKY” Choo, all pleas such as “huh Indian food for BML?” or “Can try something else or not” have been broadly swept aside, and his democratic offer for those dissenting is simply “it’s ok, don’t force yourself to come if you don’t like!” (done grinning and laughing with pleasure …..just like the devil)

On some level, I had to agree with Jon on his choice this week as well as his offer to those not wanting to come. I personally like Indian food quite a fair bit, and just like some who practice being vegetarian once in a while, or fasting once in a while, for me it’s Biryani more than every once in a while.

As with tradition (being the poor planner that he is) Dann could not make it back in time (despite knowing – in advance for the rest of the year - that he is the designated driver 4 outta 6 weeks almost every Friday!) and we thus had no choice but to flag a cab to the venue.  The restaurant is wonderfully set in what I suppose you can consider as period housing. Dann was already seated as the 4 of us entered the restaurant. Shortly after, businessman arrived and complained about the shitty state of parking affairs for this establishment as he had no place to park his beautiful brand new charcoal grey 4.7l/434hp monster of a Maserati GranTurismo S, but to go valet at Sheraton hotel just down the road.

We proceeded to order for starters the Murg Paprika Tikka and Adraki Chaapen, which is the chicken pieces, marinated in yogurt and grilled lamb chops infused in a mixture of spices.

Both were excellent, with the chicken remaining succulent, juicy and tender with a mild yogurt flavour, and the lamb being a real treat with a robust but not overpowering lamb flavour, which went very well with the spices infused in the meat. Despite the somewhat dry look of the lamb chops when presented, the meat was actually very tender, although some bits of meat was difficult to reach or was stuck to the bone.

And just like a party of Mughal princes, for the main dishes and dessert, we ordered the following –

(Please note that the sumptuous orders was more a symptom of the fear of under-spending by Jon Choo due to a 25% discount available on the Amex card, rather then any special generosity on his part)

Seafood:

Malabar Fish Curry

Chettinad Prawn Curry

Lobster Moily

Meat:

Chicken Tikka Masala

Nalli Ghosht

Vegetables:

Baingan Bharta

Paleek Paneer

Starch:

Plain Naan + Garlic Naan + Mushroom & Truffle Oil Naan

2 x Saffron Rice

Dessert:

2 x Malai Kulfi

1 x Alphonso Mango Kulfi

For the seafood, the Prawn Curry was a total waste of our order. For this, we have none other than Dann to blame as he was looking forward to ordering something that someone else does not eat so that he could fulfill his dream of feeling what it felt when we ordered beef.

The Malabar fish curry was however quite decent, with the fish pieces being chunky but not dry. The curry was also creamy with a little bit of spice. The lobster moily was again another order which we could have done without. (Again Dann’s fault as he wanted to make sure Jon’s wallet takes a heavy blow) There was nothing wrong with it, except that it was a tad over-cooked and whilst the accompanying creamy sauce was tasty, the whole dish was just not worth the S$50+ price tag.

For the meat dishes, the Nalli Ghosht was wonderful. Our party was unanimous is agreeing that the lamb/mutton dishes were the specialty of this establishment. The meat was tender and fell off the bone, and the gravy was rich and tasty. The chicken tikka masala (apparently a british favourite when I was still in London) was also well cooked with a mix of chopped vegetables. The meat was well marinated, tasty and very tender.

For the vegetables, the eggplant (Baingan Bharta) was so-so. The eggplant was finely chopped, but lacked texture. I suppose such dishes were invented also because they were a good complement to naan.

As for the palak paneer, this dish was well made, with fresh cottage cheese and lots of ground spinach. You could taste the richness of the spinach, which is sometimes lacking in other palak paneers I’ve had where there is too much ghee and other additives added, which gets in the way of the spinach. The only criticism I have is that it could have done with a tad more salt. 

The naan breads were oven toasted to perfection. Thoroughly cooked with none of the doughy bits you sometimes have in undercooked areas, and despite this, it did not suffer from over burnt corners. The quality of the flour was also good as the taste of the naan did not give off any of that starchy powdery/floury taste, which I dislike.

The saffron rice was also fantastic. Grainy and fragrant, it was rice at its best. The unfortunate thing however was that our main dishes would have gone well, or maybe even better had we opted for plain rice rather than saffron rice as the combination of the main dishes with the saffron rice was almost too rich. My advice would be to stick to plain/garlic naan and plain rice if you are likely to have many gravy based dishes. We actually ended up wasting a fair bit of the gravy, for which I believe a lot of cooking effort had gone into, because the flavourful rice and naan’s we had reduced the need for much gravy.

Coming to dessert, we ordered only 2 portions of their house kulfi and 1 portion of a mango kulfi to share. Kulfi is a bit like Indian style ice cream, and The Song of India’s version is definitely one of the better kulfi’s I’ve tasted. Very creamy and tasty yet not overly sweet. The mango version resembles a hybrid between a popsicle and ice cream, and is apparently made with Alphonso mangoes (which are one of the favourite mango varietals amongst Indians). A real treat, especially in our hot/humid weather.

Our bellies were at the point of bursting by the time we called for the bill. Total damage was a mere S$353, which was a steal considering the copious amount we ordered and ate. Of course this was thanks to businessman’s 25% discount card courtesy of Amex, which saved Jon a massive S$105 if I remember.

Upon leaving the restaurant, Jon (high on curry and spice) decided to attempt at replicating a Hindi movie “dance around a tree” move with one of the pillar’s at the front entrance. He obviously failed badly as his moves looked more like an old uncoordinated pole dancer in Patpong.

Whilst Collin was busily filming Jon’s less than elegant dance moves, Dann was faced with a small predicament as there were 5 of us that needed to be ferried back. Hoping for lady luck to be on his side, he asked businessman if he would be so kind as to ferry the club president back to the office, since as president he should have the opportunity to ride in the new maserati. Unfortunately for him, businessman was not going back to One Shenton, and so Dann had to live with the consequences of his poor planning and pay for 2 cabs back to the office. The result of his poor planning led to a total damage of S$30+ for Dann, and lots of time wasted waiting for cabs for the rest of us.

I dare say I was full right till dinner and even then I could not stomach my customary portions during dinner. The Song of India is definitely one of the better Indian restaurants in Singapore, although there is much more Indian cuisine that the BMC must explore before we can conclude on the best.

By Club Scribe