Friday, June 8, 2012

Fish & Co.

There was a new restaurant in town, and since my buddy was craving for some fish and chips, I suggested that we go try this new restaurant, which is Fish & Co., which is a pretty big franchise back in my hometown, though not sure where is it originated from.





Location: City Square area, right at the end of the building just after Bakerlyn Cake Shop









Setting: Nice and modern with a pretty cool underwater theme, with a number of cool paraphernalia of sea life (the shark and the huge fish was a nice touch)
Atmosphere: 8/10 (very busy and huge patronage, maybe coz it's newly open and all)
Design: 8.5/10 (design matches the place really good, modern, nice and simplistic and suits the atmosphere)



Some trigger-happy photos of the table setting and the menu




Drinks: Ice-lemon tea (mine) and Coke tonic (my buddy)
Presentation: 7/10 for both of us (looks more or less presentable to us, though this was the first time I've seen Coke tonic though)
Taste: 7.5/10 for mine (not sure how the Coke tonic tastes like, but my ice-lemon tea pretty much taste like those cordial)


Appetizers: Soup of the day (not sure what was it, which pretty much tastes like clam or mushroom chowder)
Presentation: 8/10 for both (looks nice, thick and creamy, with rich colours from the vegs)
Taste: 8/10 (tastes as good as it looks, though they could ease off a little bit on the ungrounded black pepper and stuff)

The whole picture of our food, which we ordered in complete set (that comes with the drink and the soup) just for the sake of reasonable price, since this restaurant specialize mostly in seafood, and the price is a little dear




Food: The Best Fish and Chips (as they call it for mine) and Danish Fish and Chips (my buddy)
Presentation: 8/10 for both of us (very interesting way of serving it in a pan, almost reminds me of that Fish in a Pan franchise in One Borneo--maybe it could've been that, only they changed the name to Fish & Co--and the portion is pretty large, which is satisfying)
Taste: 8/10 for mine and 8.5/10 for my buddy (mine tastes like standard fish and chips, though the batter for the fish and chips is pretty interesting, doesn't taste like it's made from bread or regular flour batter or tempura, and it's very nice and crunchy, and the meat is fresh. My buddy's Danish fish and chips taste a little bit curry-ish, like they've added chili powder into the mix)

It's pretty cool place to try out, and a good place to try a seafood restaurant if you're into seafood without worrying about the non-halal part most Muslims are worried about and avoid from Chinese seafood restaurants, and it's at a slightly reasonable price. Dunno when will the hype die down, as most new restaurants wont to do, but it's good to give it a shot