Wedding Dinner @ Pin Si Restaurant,Yishun Safra

The first wedding of 2012 was held at Pin Si Restaurant at Yishun Safra. For starters, I never knew of the existence of Yishun Safra, much less Pin Si. Nonetheless, open heart open mind about it..and possibly be open to surprises.

Five Treasures Deluxe Combination

The cold dish is such a universally recognised wedding dish, it would be odd if it did not appear. Nothing to yell about.

soup

Braised Fish Maw and Crab Meat Thick Soup

Strangely, we all thought it was shark's fin. Crabmeat chunks made this really hearty.

fish

Steamed Grouper with Crispy Garlic

Fresh with steamed garlic, this was fresh and pretty good.

golden suckling pig

Golden Suckling Pig

Golden Suckling Piglet, I’d say. Still a welcomed addition at the table – which wedding dinner gets you one full pig or piglet roasted and staring at you in your face? This happens to be Pin Si’s specialty as well. Loved the crisp skin, crazy addictive fats and roasted meat. Slice after slice, the pig was polished off with such ease and guilt. Oh, what a paradox but good food’s always so hard to resist!

chicken

Crispy Garlic Chicken

Crispy garlic chicken? A swopped twin perhaps though it barely tasted like one, neither did it look like it. The yellow tints made it so old school yet surprisingly tender and flavourful. As if they soaked the chicken in brine to achieve such even marination. Lovely!

veg

Braised 8 heads Abalone with Mushroom

Decent vegetable dish, this usually comes with cabbage if not spinach.

glutinous rice

Lotus Leaf Fried Rice and Dried Scallop

For once, I did not succumb to being overstuffed from the multicourse wedding dinner and get floored by the time it hits the carb course. Defined wok fried grains with preserved sausages, this was one well executed dish. Saving the best for the last? Seemed so.

birds nest

Double Boiled Bird's Nest with White Water Chestnut Paste and Egg White

Stole the thunder from all the other dishes indeed. Bird’s Nest was not top notch but decent enough for everyone to have their share of it. Water chestnuts gave this a lovely crunch.

Pin Si joins the ranks of Peach Garden and Red Star for old school wedding but who really cares if the door gift is yet another set of salt and pepper shakers or coasters? It amused me getting a stack of play cards. More than decent wedding food with spotty service but I would prefer a slow auntie who knows how to dissect fish than a fast handed part timer who ruins a beautiful fish with all that crazy massacring. Yes, I have attended wedding dinners at top hotels and ended up with my fish chopped up beyond comprehension. Once again, fulfilling the hypothesis that food at restaurants do taste better than certain hotels. 

Pin Si
Yishun Safra

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