Thai Village Sharksfin Restaurant @ Goodwood

I heard lots about Thai Village Sharksfin Restaurant and had high expectations for the place... especially since Satellite said it was good ... hmmm but that was in 2007...



Only good thing is probably the Sharksfin - for those who like super duper thick sharksfin ... go for it ... but I don't think I've had any sharksfin in Singapore that can beat the quality one can find in Hong Kong ... or even the one my Mom cooks! Yummy!!!!

Anyway ... I don't think anyone was really impressed with the food ... they have this Abalone rice thing ... which costs a ridiculous $28 per serving ... 1) you ruin the taste of the abalone .. but of course they were using the cheaper abalone ... 2) I can get mui fan anywhere else with abalone mushroom and I'd be happier ... Mui Fan, the asian equivalent to Risotto.
The cod fish in black sauce ... horrible ... the sauce is so thick that you can't taste the cod at all ... I think this is supposedly their Baked Thai Style Cod Fish ... totally fail lor!
Hmm I didn't try the crabs that night ... I only had the opportunity to peel them for everyone since I just finished my operation ... didn't want to promote infection ya know! The most tortureous part of the night ... see crab, peel crab ... dun get to eat crab! hahahahah....


Oh, we did order vegetables, but really there was no point in taking pictures of it ... as you'd be disappointed also ... the veg was old ... not nice tasting ... asked them to take it back and give us some other more "young" veggies but to no avail ... it was just as old tasting!

Thai Village Restaurant

when eve and i walked into thai village restaurant at goodwood park hotel hoping to satisfy our craving for some good ole spicy tongue-searing thai cuisine, we were sorely disappointed at first. we couldn't find any of our favs like tom yum soup, mango salad or curries. in fact, nothing on the menu was even vaguely spicy at all. we decided to have the sharksfin with crab and abalone, asparagus with scallops and mushrooms, pandan leaf chicken and spicy steamed fish (pretty much chinese food, leaning more towards teochew cuisine i would say). turns out, everything was pretty good (except for the pandan chicken). we were glad we dined there afterall. we will definitely come back for more.

the sharksfin with crab and abalone comes in three sizes - small($80), medium($115) and large(can't rem how much it is). eve and i shared the medium size one, for which the portion is big enough for 3 people. this above, people, is really really good. it came with a chockful of ingredients - chunky pieces of abalone, mushrooms and crabmeat (not thin, barely-there slivers like how some other restaurants serve theirs), the sharksfin pieces were whole and the thick sauce was savoury and delicious. VERY satisfying.

the asparagus with scallops and mushrooms was nice. you can't very well go wrong with a simple dish like that.

i must say we were rather disappointed with the pandan chicken. i haven't had this for years and was looking forward to eating it. afterall, when you think pandan chicken, you think thai food, much like how we associate tom yum soup or green curry with thai food, no? and we did very much wanted to have thai in the first place. the dish consisted of dry, nondescript pieces of chicken meat. it wasn't all bad, but it could definitely be juicier, spicier and more tender.

last of the course was spicy steamed fish (i think it was soonhock fish) thai style. it was the only dish that was hot and spicy and bore hints of thai spices. fish was fresh and the sauce was the soupy kind. tasted alot like tom yum really. not bad at all.

go for the sharksfin there. order a small one for each individual. its enough to fill you up even if you only have juz that and nothing else.

thai village restaurant is at: goodwood park hotel, 22 scotts road singapore 228221. tel: 6440 8251

I Wan Jian To Bring Me Go Eat.........

......... Thaksin Beef Noodles!!! We dun haf pictures becos wen d food comes, I will dig in straightaway, & Jian coon be botherd to, cos he doesn't fancy Thaksin very much :S Dat means I havn't eaten Thaksin Beef Noodles for a VERY long time!!! I know Satellite wans to try asso! I tell yew all ar... If yew orda d $3.50 bowl, it is quite nice, cos d soup dey use is VERY VERY tasty!! No m.s.g. & is very nice & herballi... But d cut of meat is nowt so gewd... Dey use d fatty bits (brisket?) & nowt so much meat, tripe & stuff... But if yew orda d $5 bowl, It has nicer meat (nowt so much fats one, Jian says dat is sliced beef, cos he's sittin near me correctin my mistakes & promptin me to say dis & dat), TENDON (my FAV), & dey realli do gif yew alot of meat... Jian tarpowd for me d $6 bowl on my burfday cos I was werkin dat day... Very nice!!! MANY MANY pieces of tendon!!!!!!!

Oh & d one we always go to is d one at Clementi. We tried once at d Seah Im Food Centre (opp Harbourfront), But dere was no tendon wif d $5 bowl & dey served d noodles in disposable plastic bowls & d utensils were asso disposable... Cannot mek it la....

Jian says to say dat dere is kangkong inside, basil leaves, d noodles day use is not noodles, but RICE NOODLES (He mite as well b d one bloggin)... Yew can choose between kway teow or beehoon... I havn't tried wif beehoon yet... Mebe WEN Jian brings me, next time (SOON) I will try d beehoon.... God knows, It prolli tastes d same!!!

Wen we eat thai beef noodles, we mus always put d 4 condiments dey supply. Chilli flakes, fish sauce, vinegar & garlic chilli sauce & sugar... (Asso Jian said to say one)

I mus rememba to tek a pic d next time we go!!!

It is located at d same coffeeshop as 'Brothers Rojak' (opp d OCBC bank) at:

Blk 449 Clementi Ave 3,
#01-211

P.S. D next post shood b by Jian abowt 'Brothers Rojak'. He kips tellin me wot to write & how to write it & am dam fed up wif him. Is nowt fun bloggin abowt food anymo!!!!!

Update 30 July 2011:

Yes, we are still gong back to eat Thaksin. In fact, I had it twice this week already. My friend mentioned that the OX fish soup was good too & I might try it some day. A lot of people were having that as well, so it looks like a good bet. Anyway, a picture of the Thaksin beef noodles...




You can see my 2 pieces of tendon floating at the top already! They are more towards the bottom of the picture.. MMMM-MMMM!!! Still as good as ever!

Redemption for our palates at Nooch!

Because of that horrible meal we decided to give our palates a treat at Nooch over at Paragon ... the experience was so much more superb, except for the fact that the lights basically were shinning at my face which in turn made the whole expereince warm .....

Gosh ... no matter what seems like I always have something to complain about ... hahahahah

Food was great ....

We shared a yummy salmon sashimi salad, Satellite had Thai Beef Soupy Noodle thing, and I had the Thai Curry Noodle thingy ... don't really remember the name but it was all good ... no complaints on the food ... just the temperature of the restaurant and the 2 loud hongkies making like they know all the people in the busy body chinese magazines .... muahahahahahah

I'm not supposed to post this photo up ... muahahahahahahahahahahah

Anyway in a rush to get going to Cafe Iguana ... yay ... never really had drinks or food there.