THE PS Cafe experience

While Mal has his views about our visit to PS Cafe last Sunday, and in the spirit of fuller "public discourse", I decided to pen down my version of Sunday as well. As an alternative view to the experience.

Let me first make clear this: I fully admit that when it comes to good food, my tastebuds can't really tell or appreciate the full difference.

I mean I do appreciate good food, and can tell the really good from the really bad (do note that this means I have to had tasted the really bad to know what the really good is), but still, the subtle nuances between the good and just ok, or the good and better, I'm terrible at such things. I'm just not that subtle (double entrendre there *haha*).

And neither am I supremely adventurous with food. The only reason why I get sick of food around specific places eg. work and home, is simply because I tend to rely back on the stuff I've always had, the tried and tested (for me) in that place.

In summary, I think I have highly unintelligent and insensitive tastebuds. Unless the food is (and I stress) REMARKABLY good, I am otherwise a shallow foodie. *giggle*

So, if you bring me to a restaurant that has excellent fair, I'm likely to emerge from the place with very few comments about the food, but more about everything else - service, ambience, toilets, seats, mozzies, cute waiters, etc. everything BUT the food. It'll be comments like "Its ok lah" or "Oh that was not bad" - all sorts of 'save face' phrases. So if everyone severely disagrees with me, I don't look like the dumbass one (even though I technically am, but that's besides the point here)

And I confess now that I've always judged a restaurant by its cover, ie the decor and ambience of the place. So like St Pierre is excellent for business lunches coz of its completely zen and simple look, St Juliens for its romantic by the sea and quaint settings, Flutes @ the Fort for its sheer colonial beauty, Menottis for its chic and club-like look, etc.

So, it is under this pre-text that I visited the PS Cafe along Harding Rd. Eversince the first time my Boy's taken me round the famous Dempsy Rd area for food and drinks, I've always ALWAYS wanted to dine at PS Cafe - its just soooo pretty from the outside, surely the food must be excellent!! Plus, I've read my fair share of "public discourse" and "acclaimed food reviews" about this place, and was certain beyond a shadow of a doubt that everything about this place is faultless, perfect and blameless. The restaurant sat like a little glass house in the midst of dense forestry, with corners and a deck for drinks, wooden floor boards, chalk written menu boards etc.

And finally the occasion came that warranted a visit there with a bunch of close friends in celebration of the birthday of a close fren of ours. I thought, wow even better - great friends, good food, beautiful restaurant. What more could I ask for right??

I called up and made a reservation for 14 people (dun look at me, it was Big D's requirements). Btw. the restaurant's soo popular, that you don't call their mainline to make reservations - u call a personal mobile no. for it. I was impressed - this place is sounding increasingly niche. Very nice.

While my frens thought me to be crazed for wanting to dine outdoors when I had the indoors option, I thot it was nice to sit out on the deck in the open. Beautiful lights, facing the greenery - what's so not nice about it right?? Plus the restaurant manager informed me that dining indoors would incur a pillar between the tables, and I thought that's not really conducive for a party. (Note: I had to clarify since I was implicated in the "other" blog - singaporerestaurantreview.blogspot.com)

Anyways, we got there at 8.30pm for the 2nd dinner seating. Everyone was in high spirits and we ordered. I took the grilled yellowfin fish and my Boy got the beef ragout. I tasted the fish and thought it was only ok, and the beef ragout was a tad salty. Then I decided to try something a bit more adventurous (as recommended on another food blog) - flourless orange cake. The cake was great for like the first few mouthfuls coz it melted in my mouth. But it just felt too rich after that. I couldn't finish it and as usual had to pass it to my Boy. Food was, in my humble opinion, only average.

But having said that, the service was pretty good. My best part is of course the elaborate sabotage we did for Little C's birthday - other than the chocolate birthday cake (it was good but its besides the point), she was made to lick whip cream down a bunch to get to the baileys shot placed strategically in Big D's fly. So raunchy but oh so good. *hahahahahahaaa* Firstly, I have never seen Little C drink much alcohol, and I didn't think she'd be game enough for something like this. ;-)

All in all, we left pretty happy and delighted with the experience. We had a fantastic time, lots of laughs, and a memory that we'd live to tell Big D and Little C's children about. *heeheeehee*

I'm now trying to persuade my Boy to bring me back to PS Cafe again for brunch. The pictures of the food looked really good on the food blogs. *slurp*

I'm a sucker, I noe. *grin*