Log II - The dinner

It is our usual practice to pick a couple of fish for dinner after the trip. This time we picked a grouper, of course as there were not many varieties to choose from, and the second was the deep sea bass.

We went to Changi Village to try out their culinary skills at cooking fresh fish. For the grouper, we ordered the sweet and sour, and this was what we got.

 

I'm not sure what's the name of this cooking method but it is definitely not suitable for fresh fish. The grouper was over fried until it was quite tough and there was not much flesh left. The whole fish seemed to have shrunk by a lot and this cooking method was not what we ordered.

As for the deep sea bass, we ordered the garlic steam... I think.

Can't see much of the sea bass though as it was covered by tons of garlic. This definitely tasted much better than the grouper, but I was not sure whether to give credit to the chef or the inherent good eating quality of this sea bass species.

Anyway I will have doubts bringing our fish back to that restaurant again and sadly, my search for a good restaurant which can cook our catch continues....