My Farewell Lunch at Kam Boat

One of the best I've tasted. Everything's tasty, tender and succulent (pork, duck and char siew)
Beancurd and salted egg
Mango pudding. Only this one wasn't nice.

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My teammates arranged a farewell (for me) cum team lunch at Kam Boat last Friday.

The food was good, and everything was smooth sailing until this waitress (who obviously wasn't in a good mood that day), splashed sauce from the fish dish onto my RM's new iPhone. The mood became a bit tense then, but thankfully all became calm again after a few minutes.

Towards the end of the meal, they insisted that I give a speech. I tried. But after a sentence , I choked up and couldn't continue my speech.

This was supposedly my speech:

I thought I would be so happy after I tender my resignation, but I'm not. I feel sad to be leaving a team who appreciates me.

Actually, my speech was very short, yet I wasn't able to deliver it.

I thought I would feel smug after giving them my letter, that I would have the last laugh.. but really, I just feel sad now. Of course I felt some sort of relief when I tendered, and I'm also excited to start a new chapter with a new job.. but still.... my colleagues will have a special place in my heart.. Well not all, but most of them anyway.

The Family is Growing

My birthday gift from my team mates

Specially designed by my RM (relationship manager). I'm so touched. More than the gift, it's the thought and the care and the genuine concern that counts.

Pull

Almost there...

Chadah! Coach wallet! The Poppy collection

With compartments inside

My Coach family. Most of them are gifts. The small shoulder bag was SGD400 free, I just had to pay SGD100+ (my friend gave me Coach gift voucher). The silver wristlet is from my other RM. The small pink wallet (which was specially chosen to match my tote) was from my friend. The poppy collection wallet is from my South Asia Teammates.

The pink tote bag, I bought it on sale, when I was super pissed with one $R*%i#h client.

Dim Sum Buffet at Cherry Garden, Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Plate was not so impressive

SGD57 nett price

Drunken chicken. Crisp wasabi prawn

Fresh prawns with mild wasabi sauce, mango and roe (This was nice)

Char siew pao, shark's fin dumpling, har gaw

Crispy squid. Yum.

Gyoza. Erm.. on to the next dim sum

Netted crispy prawn. It was just okay, the prawns were big and fresh, but nothing spectacular.

Fish broth with fish maw. It was quite nice, and the best among the 3 soups we ordered: Hot and sour soup (too starchy), dumpling soup (too ordinary).

Close-up of the netter crispy prawn.

Shark's fin dumpling. Looks good.. but I really couldn't remember how it tasted. So it only means it's ordinary.

Spinach dumpling (their har gaw)

Prawn salad

Fried potato dumpling with crab and cheese

Quite okay. My friends, Ms. Gorgeous(self-given name)/greedy and forgetful (we gave her these names) and Ms. Bottomless Pit (Ms. Gorgeous gave this name to our other friend), liked this potato dumplings.

On the far left is the carrot cake (hawker quality), and being picked up by the chopstick is the pork ribs (so-so).

Crystal dumplings with spinach and egg yolk (I wonder where the egg yolk was. We didn't taste it).

Cute presentation though.

Steamed fish. Not nice. To bland, and didn't taste fresh.

Lovely presentation

Ms. Gorgeous's hand.

Mango sago with pomelo and lemon sorbet (so-so. the sherbet was tooo sour)

Watermelon with jelly (skip this please)

Avocado cream with walnut ice cream (the best from the lot)

Dry ice was used to create that foggy effect.

After-binging break.

Overall verdict: Just so-so. If you have spare cash, you can try this place. If not, go somewhere else to get better food.

The service was good because the wait staff were attentive. The taste however, was pretty mediocre, considering the price. I believe they did use the best quality ingredients (at least the prawns), but the taste was just lacking that special quality.

I still prefer the dim sum at Taste Paradise. Exciting, different and satisfying.