New Harbour Cafe @ 81 Tanjong Pagar Road

I met my friend Syahidah for lunch after not meeting for about half a year, and she took me to this place called New Harbour Cafe where, as girls do, we gossipped, chatted and generally caught up with each other in ways that MSN just cannot do justice to. But as good as the company was, the food was good too :) On with it!

We each took the set lunch menu, consisting iced tea, soup of the day and a bread roll, and a main course ($11.90). The minestrone soup was good: light, with a good tomato flavour, and a mouthful of little chopped up veggies with every spoonful. I love a good bread roll, so I was happy :) Crusty on the outside, warm, soft and white on the inside..And the butter was unsalted! Just the way I like it :D





This is mine! Grilled dory with mashed potatoes instead of fries, sans Brussels sprouts, 'cos Sya said they were bitter. The dory was good, with a wedge of lemon squeezed over it. Crisp on the outside and tender inside. The mashed potatoes were great too, with the gravy. I love potatoes, and I love gravy (and I didn't wanna eat fries haha..fried!). Didn't like the veggies though. The greens were bitter, and the baby carrots tasted a bit synthetically sweet. What happened to au naturel?



Sya's black pepper chicken, with fries. I think it was fried with black pepper on the skin, but I didn't taste very much pepper. It was still nice though. The fries were as fries should be - fried golden on the outside, fluffy on the inside :D








Verdict: Good food at very reasonable prices. Very filling to boot :) What's not to like? Lunch with the girlfriend was fun :) Great food, great company! It's a great place to go to, but during lunch hour, we happened to be sitting near a large table of very noisy working adults. Also it's a little small, but kind of cosy. She says next time she'll bring me to Da Paolo, which I've never been to before, yay!