Double Bay Restaurant & Bar

Posted by Eric Tan on Jan 11, 2009 in echoes in a bowl, Makan Makan

Had a great dinner yesterday at Double Bay Restaurant & Bar (hungrygowhere link). It’s Australian style.

It’s located outside Raffles City Shopping Centre, facing Raffles Hotel, nearest Raffles City exit is near Timberland.

It’s been a long time I had an above average western food. I don’t use perfect too often..

We had Organic Mushroom Soup ($9.90) as our starter. It’s slightly too salty, but I like the egg inside. Yes, egg in mushroom soup! The egg was something between hard-boiled and soft-boiled. This is the first time I tried this combination! But it taste great.

Then, we had 2 main courses. One of them was Fish & Chips, we ordered Australian Barramundi with Beer batter ($19.90, It’s their best seller according to the waiter). I love it. You can taste the fish (how often do you really enjoy the fish in fish & chips? They are always deep fried but tasteless), and it’s yummy! The sauces (vinegar, mayo and tomato) complement the food. And the thick-cut fries are something we both preferred. One down side, SM find it a bit oily.

The other dish was Capellini Vongole ($17.90). I like it because their vongole is big (wonder where was it from..), Capellini (thinner spaghetti) was tasteful. Nicely done!

Hey pals, let’s go there for the next meet up!

Update: [2009-Feb-11] Just came back from dinner. The standard seems to drop a lot.

Tags: food

Bye EQC, Hi Rednano

Posted by Eric Tan on Oct 1, 2008 in echoes in a bowl

I decided to move on after about a year in Enterprise Quality Center, Borland.

StarTeam Trio in EQC, Borland, X'mas 2007

My last day was on 5th September 2008, and the team surprised me with a “farewell cake”. Yeap, it’s a strange way to “celebrate”, but luckily I managed to stop them from putting the candles! LOL…

EQC "Farewell Cake"

I’m always thankful for the opportunities given and the heated debates that made me learn. It’s really a short time together, but I had lots of wonderful time. Thank you to all the friendly folks in EQC.

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After a short break in Perth, I started my new position in SPH Search. The flagship product is rednano.sg. It’s something I always wanna try!