red white & pure

On Thurs, Joan picked me up after work to hunt for a place for our dinner at Vivo City. In the end, we settled for red white & pure since we were curious about the kind of healthy food under the management of Eu Yan Sang.

We had nice salad of rocket leaves, lettuce, sesame seeds and soft toufu.

We also shared 2 mains - seafood butternut and some dory fish wonderfully cooked with sliced buttery almonds. We preferred the dory to the seafood and think we could also try panfrying or baking dory with almond @ home. The vanilla tea was refreshing while the apple tart with saffron ice cream was a disappointment.

The service is not very good. The service staff were not very attentive. They did not clear the plates when we were done and we had to remind them to get our tea after we finished our mains. We also had to gesture to them a few times before they noticed we needed help. The restaurant was not crowded at all and they were not busy. Joan and I were at the restaurant till 10.30pm. The staff were already in a packed up mood, eating their dinner (some fast food at the table behind us) and seemed to forget that we were there. I would be alright with that if they have been attentive earlier. Or they could have at least nicely tell us that the restaurant was closing.

The food is actually quite good but slightly pricey. We were quite surprised it seem more french/western than fusion since we will associate Eu Yan Sang with more chinese herbal food. However with such service standards, I doubt Joan and I will go back there again.