S$1,200 RWS fish dish shocker
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Originally posted by likeyou:
Lesson learnt.
Next time, ask for the price first.
hack care whether it is a high class resturant or not.
Ask for the price first.
True. Sometimes tzi char also kill people. I think my family ordered one soon hock last time and it costed like $75? And that was like 5 years ago.
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Just a fish and it costs more than 1k, i can't imagine how much would other meat cost
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the restaurant really have excellent fengshui to scoop up 5 fat fishes to their restaurant
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Insane price that Singaporean are paying most likely the fish came from Johore fish pond....worth 15 Ringgit.
This is an example why we singaporean are always on the chopping board. We don't question the justification and we pay.........
Keep up the good work.
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Best to avoid the restaurants in RWS and MBS? Is that the moral of this story?
"But despite its draw, both chefs added that they have not come across any commanding such a high price. One seafood distributor known only as Mr Lee even described the price of the fish at Fengshui Inn as “outrageous”."
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or the Happy valley restaurant whereby the 4D lucky winner didn't have enough from the winning to pay the bill.....
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RWS the japanese restaurant also serving some 9 course dinner at 700 bucks per pax, and its just a degustation menu. Now that is crazy. Unless you tell me the water they cook it in came airflown from hokkaido.
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There are fishes that are from deep sea cold water....now if you tell me those cost near 1 K fine I will swallow it.
But Fresh water fish smell of mud taste at $1K......I might as well eat Sashimi.....
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Fish living deep deep underwater in the ocean don't usually make it to the top, coz they explode from the reduced atmospheric pressure.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
RWS the japanese restaurant also serving some 9 course dinner at 700 bucks per pax, and its just a degustation menu. Now that is crazy. Unless you tell me the water they cook it in came airflown from hokkaido.
Err you prob dunno this but in first world and developed cities in the US and europe and even Australia, fine dining does cost that much and it isn't uncommon in Europe for three michelin star restaurants to charge above $600 a head.
What these businessmen and investors are not aware of is that Singapore is a fake city pretending to be "first world" when it's not and its people are very very far from being mentally able to pay such prices for fine dining. So unless they have a clear direction of attracting mostly foreign gamblers, I'd say they have a recipe for closure.
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Originally posted by ditzy:
Fish living deep deep underwater in the ocean don't usually make it to the top, coz they explode from the reduced atmospheric pressure.
Oh ......that is because the fish are not sold in Singapore....they are sold in the States....The pressure cause the fish's eyes to pop out....But the fish still lives, they just look ought with poping eyes. It taste good and it is certainly less than $1K......ha ha ha.
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Originally posted by insidestory:
Err you prob dunno this but in first world and developed cities in the US and europe and even Australia, fine dining does cost that much and it isn't uncommon in Europe for three michelin star restaurants to charge above $600 a head.
What these businessmen and investors are not aware of is that Singapore is a fake city pretending to be "first world" when it's not and its people are very very far from being mentally able to pay such prices for fine dining. So unless they have a clear direction of attracting mostly foreign gamblers, I'd say they have a recipe for closure.
Yes....Singaporean got con thinking that it is the first world so must pay first world price....
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there are fish dishes in other countries that cost that much, but in Singapore
in this world, there's only do or do not..no such things as try..if one feels that he's unable to afford it.it's better that he doesn't try to.
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Keep an eye on fish prices
WHEN it comes to fish, it pays to know your soon hock from your sultan. Wild-caught species of the latter are exceedingly rare, and can cost more than $300 per kg at restaurants here.
Now, a debate is brewing about whether customers should be told upfront if an item they order comes with a price tag that is off the charts.
It was sparked by the case of a customer who wanted to be known only as Mr Liu, who went to the Feng Shui Inn restaurant at Resorts World Sentosa with four friends from Hong Kong on June 12.
Mr Liu originally wanted to order a soon hock or Marble Goby dish, but when told that the restaurant had run out of it, he went with a waiter's recommendation and ordered sultan fish instead.
He told the Chinese evening newspaper Lianhe Wanbao that the waiter did not tell him the price of the fish, but he assumed it would be about the same price as soon hock, which costs about $90 per kg. But Mr Liu said he and his friends got a shock when they received a bill for $1,224 for the 1.8kg fish.
He complained and received a 15 per cent discount. But his main grouse was that the waiter didn't let him know the price of the sultan when he recommended it.
When contacted, RWS spokesman Robin Goh explained that Feng Shui Inn serves a very premium clientele. He said: 'It is not always appropriate to state menu prices to high-end customers who have come to expect certain discretion, especially when they entertain high-level guests. This is a practice shared by most high-end restaurants.'
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lol 1k+ for a fish, my jaw also will drop.
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What BS by the RWS spokesman. When the customer indicated his initial preference for Soon Hock he already implicitly stated his expected budget. The restaurant is very lucky that this is probably a wealthy customer and can well afford the price tag.
On a related noted a couple of years ago a 250kg tuna was auctioned off in Tsukiji for upwards of US$100K. But then again no single table is going to order 2 kg of that. -
ahem...
it's a "mad barb" .. this is from wiki...
The Sultan fish (also called Mad Barb), Leptobarbus hoevenii, is a fish species native to northern Malaysia, Thailand, and Borneo. It is a primarily freshwater fish. It may reach up to about 60 centimetres (24 in) long. This fish is omnivorous and is a midwater to near bottom dweller. This fish lives in groups.
The Sultan fish is a common feature on the menu of many local Chinese restaurants as it makes for good eating.This fish is prized highly in Cambodia and Vietnam. However, eating its flesh may cause nausea
i bet they felt sick after seeing the bill!
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extracted from foodpromotions.com.my
is this the same fish?
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Yes.....Now with this price Singaporean go johore sure kena slam for 500 Bucks 50% off once again we sabo ourselves ....EAT MY FOOT....ha ha ha.
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lol! !!
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Originally posted by the Bear:
ahem...
it's a "mad barb" .. this is from wiki...
The Sultan fish (also called Mad Barb), Leptobarbus hoevenii, is a fish species native to northern Malaysia, Thailand, and Borneo. It is a primarily freshwater fish. It may reach up to about 60 centimetres (24 in) long. This fish is omnivorous and is a midwater to near bottom dweller. This fish lives in groups.
The Sultan fish is a common feature on the menu of many local Chinese restaurants as it makes for good eating.This fish is prized highly in Cambodia and Vietnam. However, eating its flesh may cause nausea
i bet they felt sick after seeing the bill!
Uncle you think only nausea? I think the guy that paid kena acid reflex need to see doctors to reduce acids over production.
The rest of the guys laugh until see doctors for stomach cramp!!!
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i think su mei fish also not that expensive
http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/8/lifefocus/20843352&sec=lifefocus
if it is Arowana Gold Dragon Fish, then i speechless
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Originally posted by SANTA CLAUSE:
i think su mei fish also not that expensive
Su Mei fish is bisexual fish....That is to say they changed Sex as part of evolution.
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Originally posted by the Bear:
ahem...
it's a "mad barb" .. this is from wiki...
The Sultan fish (also called Mad Barb), Leptobarbus hoevenii, is a fish species native to northern Malaysia, Thailand, and Borneo. It is a primarily freshwater fish. It may reach up to about 60 centimetres (24 in) long. This fish is omnivorous and is a midwater to near bottom dweller. This fish lives in groups.
The Sultan fish is a common feature on the menu of many local Chinese restaurants as it makes for good eating.This fish is prized highly in Cambodia and Vietnam. However, eating its flesh may cause nausea
i bet they felt sick after seeing the bill!
not only vomit the fish out, they vomitted blood too
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what about Coelacanth