Safra / Forture Wine Dinner

Attended a wine dinner at Forture Seafood Restaurant two weeks ago. Organised by the Safra Wine Club. The food was good, but the wines were better.

Went back last weekend to eat their crabs stir-fried with salted egg yolks. The main cook was wandering around talking to his favourite customers. Did the fact that he was not in the kitchen have anything to do with our crab being less tasty than it was at the showcase dinner? Mood wasn't much improved when the waiter, to my question on why the flesh of the crab clung so stubbornly to the shell, replied that this phenomenon only occurs when the crab is cooked just right. Seems that I have been eating wrongly cooked crab all my life..... I am not going back there again that's for sure.

Comments

[ivan]

Was invited for this, but as it's my regular haunt, I gave it a miss.

Too bad the dinner didn't feature the Deep Fried Prawn-paste Chicken. It's one of the best I've had in a chu char.

Other good stuff from there:
- Claypot Eggplant
- Oyster Omelette (speeling?)

They may try to foist their deep fried pig's trotter on you. Avoid: it's dry, gamey and tough (hard combination to achieve actually).

Also, they have limited wine glasses available.

[eatzycath]

oh, dear - that does not sound like a place for further visits, hopefully, the crabs were at least fresh?

[umami]

Hi ivan, thanks for sharing, maybe I ordered the wrong dishes.

Cath, yes, fresh. But the indifferent service and inconsistent food standards mean that I will not return.