Rabbit Brand Seafood @ Lucky Plaza

I had dinner with a friend at Rabbit Brand Seafood tonight. It is a little eatery situated at the second floor of Lucky Plaza, up the escalator behind Capitol Optical. Apparently this place has been there for a very long time, but I only knew about it recently!

What is unique about the place is that despite the interesting sounding name, it sells nothing related to any "rabbit" products. I am not referring to actual rabbit meat, but things like salad or carrots. Instead, it sells seafood, and cheap seafood at that, because the company is dealing with seafood products wholesale, hence their products are much cheaper than other restaurants.

 

For instance, one Buddha Jumps Over The Wall set, complete with the rice and dessert, costs only S$10.15. The abalone set that I ordered cost S$9.15, and it comes with abalone with mushrooms and vegetables stir fried in superior oyster sauce, rice, and a bowl of cool dessert.

 

Of course, one does not exepct the abalone to be a very big piece. What I had were just small pieces. The mushrooms are bigger. But the taste is really nice. And the chilli is their specialty. One must try the chilli, be it with the rice or just eat the chilli on your own! The chilli is made from shallots, dried shrimps and sambal. Delicious chilli!

 My plate of abalone

 

 The set that comes with the rice and dessert

 

My friend also ordered a spinach beancurd for us to share. Verdict? Delicious! The beancurd is soft, the sauce is just perfect and the spinach blends with the taste of the beancurd very well.

 



If only I have discovered this place earlier! I will sure want to come back again, to order the other things on the menu!

 

This is a good place to just chill out and hang out with friends, for a good dining of "luxurious" food at very good prices!

 

Food : 4 out of 5

Ambience : Just a normal eatery

Price : 4 out of 5

Service : As I said, a normal eatery

Fisherman's Village @ Pasir Ris Beach

Contrary to its name, it is not a village of fishermen. Rather, it is an open space of a row of restaurants and eating places right by the sea at Pasir Ris beach. The ambience is good, and it is highly recommended for those who enjoy the sea breeze and the white sand (not that white actually, our beaches here still cannot be compared to those overseas), and to wine and dine next to the water.

Food wise, there is a choice of sea food or side dishes. We had a table right by the sea (very lucky!), and ate cereal prawns, fried rice, red garoupa, sambal belachan kang kong (some sort of green vegetables cooked with chilli) and omelette with mushrooms. The food is good, not that fantastic, but not that bad. Anyway, I am not that choosy when it comes to food as long as it is something that can be eaten.

The service however, leaves much to be desired. The waitress was fast in taking our orders, but slow in serving the dishes. We waited for quite some time before the first dish came. And apparently, the waitress somehow forgot about the fried rice, as we had to holler about three times before the dish finally came.

Then when we called for the bill, it took such a long time to arrive, and when the bill finally came, it was the wrong one. After all, how could it be possible for us to be billed S$500 for just those few dishes?! It was not as if we ate abalone or shark's fin or anything expensive! We took a look and realised a few things on the bill which we did not order, namely crab and lobster.

So we pointed out the mistake and the waitress had to apologise and take away the wrong bill. Again, we waited quite a while before our bill (the right one this time) finally arrived. Still, despite these minor hiccups, it was an enjoyable meal, with nice food and even nicer ambience. Dining by the water is pleasurable indeed! Just a pity we got there too late, if it was earlier in the evening, it would be even better to see the sun setting into the water!

Food : 4 out of 5
Ambience : 4.5 out of 5
Service : 2 out of 5
Price : 3.5 out of 5