of mojitos and other madness: go fish!

the greenwood fish market is probably the first restaurant that i've been to amongst all that have landed in the neighborhood...and truth be told, it was only after visiting the humble establishment did i realize the definition of fresh oysters!

of all the times we have been there, the main attraction is of course the oysters! served on ice, with generous slices of lemon and a huge bottle of tabasco, the fish market did not at anytime skimp on the size or freshness of these gems. definition of fresh? the ability to remove the oyster from its stem with just one swop of the fork, just enough brine and absolutely no pieces of sand or shell! g and i literally polished off a full dozen within minutes, with each one sliding easily off the shell and literally melting in the mouth. superb!

beer battered or crumbed, snapper or barramundi, most people usually have an order of fish and chips. i personally had it once and found it pretty good...but having to choose between the fried fish and pasta, the pasta won hands down. this place served probably the second best aglio olio that i've tried in singapore with al dente pasta and amazing seafood stock infused with loads of garlic. the order this time around was almost the aglio olio until i asked the waiter how the hot smoked mackerel pasta was done. the moment garlic was mentioned, i was sold! still the same fantastic aglio olio with the exception of nice small pieces of mackerel used in place of the original anchovies. really reminded me of the english brunchs i used to have with smoked kipplings up at my sar-yi's place in manchester *grin*

g's chilli soft shell crab pasta was quite well done, with quite authentic chilli crab sauce and a generous portion of crispy soft shell crab. nice local twist to the classic seafood pasta and i think they could have upped the 'wow' factor by using linguine instead of spaghetti and adding a bit of cream to thicken the sauce just a wee bit.

its official! tuesdays will now always be oysters day!