Manhatten Fish Market Part 2

Judging from my previous visit and the fact that my gf really likes this place, we revisited it again on her birthday to make sure that it was indeed as good as we thought it to be. You can refer here for my previous review.

Address: 68 Orchard Road, Plaza Singapura 6th floor

Contact: 68359300

Price Range: $35 per head (inclusive of 1 soup, 1 starter and a seafood platter)

Interior

The cosy corner

Counter staff

Perfect Catch! Soup ($4.90 for soup and lemon tea)

Lobster Bisque ($4.90 for soup and lemon tea)

The 2 soups look totally alike apart from the fact that one had some bread sprinkled into it and the other didn't. I had a hard time discerning which is which as well, since they both contained pretty much the same ingredients. Sourish and appetizing sums up the taste.

Fried Country Mushrooms ($9.90)

A Dissected Look

With sauce!!

This is legendary. Something i can come for almost anytime, if only they could lower down the price. $9.90 for wonderfully battered and deep fried mushrooms are not too expensive considering the size of each one, but for 6 mushrooms, it starts feeling a bit uncomfortable. Nonetheless, the mushrooms still taste perfectly divine regardless of the time or day.

Mussells in cream sauce

Breaded Shrimp

Premium Sea Catch Whole Fish Platter ($39.90)

Having tried the platter for 2 before (which tastes wonderful and has some stunts thrown in by the way), we opted for something different today. The premium catch platter comes with a whole sea bass deep fried in orange flavored batter, french fries, calamari, mussels and breaded shrimps atop a bed of garlic rice. The mussels were pretty sweet and fresh which contrasted with its sourish sauce which strangely made it more pleasant. The calamari and fries were nothing to shout about and sadly, so is the fish. Despite being a whole fish, it somehow felt that there was less meat to go about. That said, the meat it did have was soft and sweet but strangely lacking other forms of taste. The breaded shrimp was good with its pepperish bread. The garlic rice this time lacked the burnt mayonnaise taste that enhanced its taste considerably during the previous visit. This is quickly rectified by us dumping loads of mayonnaise into the rice so it wasn't a problem. Overall, i felt the previous platter was better value and had better taste.

Bill

The bill came to a higher level of $71.30 this time. I would have preferred the previous combination in all regards but i guess, nothing ventured nothing gained. And i gained knowledge this time.

Overall Score: 7.25/10

Last Word:
Despite the small disappointment, this is still a place i would gladly return to. The service was great. They opened another section specifically for us when we requested for it and introduced items they thought would suit our tastes. The food is still of a certain standard though it would be better if they had the burnt mayonnaise on all their double platters. Nevertheless, there'll definitely be a third visit. (And probably one to their main competitor.)