Gourmet Port

We’ve passed by this restaurant countless times on our way to the Sultan Mosque for Isyak prayers. (we always seem to find a new dining place because of this) One day, our curiosity got the best of us, and we googled the name of the shop, hmm all we got was that it was helmed by a Turkish chef. And I couldn’t really read the menu that was on scribd via my iPhone. The next day, a huge review was written about this very restaurant in the Berita Harian.

The gist of that article was that it serves Mediterranean food and that it’s lamb shanks and greek fisherman soup were amazing! Hang on a sec! Greek and Halal! That’s a Singapore first! We went after Isyak prayers, and we ordered the mezze, caeser salad, Kakavia, lamb shanks, ribs and a sheesh tawouk. We ordered the mojito, which came with kiwi slices.

The kakavia is a traditional greek fisherman’s soup, was simply to die for! I will rave about it to anyone who’d listen…seriously! Pretty similar to the French bouillibaise, this Greek soup is so much heartier. With a rich and robust tomato base, very different from your from the can tomato soup, with generous amounts of fish and the soup was brightened by a good squeeze of lemon juice. My mouth waters just thinking of it. I think they prepared the shanks and the ribs pretty nicely. The meat just fell off the lamb shanks and the ribs, whilst the sheesh tawouk was tender, quite like the sauce that came with it. Perhaps on my next visit, I’d like to try their souvlaki and another bowl of kakavia mmmmmm

Gourmet Port is located at:
734 North Bridge Road
Tel: +65 6288 3421

Korean Kimchi Hotpot

[This restaurant has moved to Harbourfront] After a weekend of eating & shopping in KL, I was ready to go home. My flight reached Singapore by 745pm, a 15 minutes delay. Called my folks & they said to meet @ Terminal 2, so I dragged all my bags from Terminal 1 and took the skytrain. I guess it was worth it because we had Korean hot pot @ Seoul Garden Hot Pot. They had smoked duck on the menu!!!! I was so psyched!!! The kimchi broth & all the mushrooms & vegetables was wonderful. I took sirloin slices and swirled it in the hot pot, dipped it in the green sauce, to die for!!!! The smoked duck was so tender and had such a smoky taste, muy delicioso! I wanted more! But everything in moderation we also tried the seafood pancake, there was a nice dipping sauce, chilli oil and something like a shrimp mixture kinda like ikan bilis sambal tumis. It was so good! There were also different types of kimchi, mushrooms, white radish & cucumber kimchi. I love the variety!

Dinner at Fresh Bulgogi

What can be better other then hanging out with your family on a Friday night at Terminal 2? Korean BBQ Short Beef Ribs! I love ribs, and most especially beef ribs. Mom usually uses beef ribs to make Rawon, a kind of a dark stew that uses buah keluak a black and bitter nut in which we only use the flesh of the nut, while with mutton ribs she makes dalcha with lots of brinjal and ladysfingers. So that’s why when we eat out, I make it a point to order ribs cooked in a different manner, like at Breeks with a sweet and tangy barbeque sauce or at JWOK with a  thick sweet glaze. At Fresh Bulgogi all meat are served to you raw. They provide a set of 3 sauces, I think one’s garlic, the other is probably green chilli and corriander and gojuchang sauce which is a thick red and sweet bean paste. You can either dip the ribs into the sauce and lay it on the griddle and hear the sweet sounds of meat sizzling. Or you could just be like me, just pure meat, unadulterated beefy goodness I like my meat cooked till medium, when you bite into them, it just melts like butter. Hmmm ribs  can’t wait to have some soon