To NUDE Seafood with Choya

So pleased that NUDE's Marina One outlet now takes dogs outdoors. Their al fresco seating area is covered and comfortable, within the ground floor of The Heart at Marina One. That's perfect. The official announcement was recently made in the cutest way possible- by Boss Shibe Taki.

Choya likes the fields around Promontory, MBFC and Marina One. We'd better utilize it before they build something else on it or fence it off. She also has fwweends living in the area, so it makes it super convenient for us to walk her with her fwwwends. We also get to see our human friends, then if schedules permit, we sit down to a decent dinner that isn't just pizza or burgers, and at a nice restaurant that is so not a dog cafe. 

Choya seems super comfortable there. It's not very crowded now on week days since most humans in the office buildings are still adhering working-from-home. There aren't noisy sounds of traffic, motorbikes revving or pesky bugs to irritate her. It was also extra cool tonight, thanks to the rains and continuous cloudy days. She sat under the table and walked around our chairs. The leash was long enough for her to shift positions. She was happy chilling out and watching the humans walk by. 

There's no food for her on the menu here. Oof. I'm not bothered to bring out food to feed her either. She's not fully comfortable eating outside unless it's in a familiar environment. For now, NUDE isn't familiar just yet. She'd have to eat when we get home. So we have to get an early dinner and then feed her before 9pm, otherwise she gets super hungry. Nowadays, she doesn't want to have breakfast anymore unless she has a tiring morning walk that expends loads of energy. Luckily she still has an appetite for dinner at 7ish or 8pm after her evening walk. 

I really like the food at NUDE, especially their Grandpa's Pomfret Soup, which is surprisingly legit and has been consistently good for all the times I've had it as a takeaway order in the past three months. However, at the Marina One restaurant, the soup is only available on weekends and public holidays. If that's the one thing you're hoping to taste, call and check if they have it before you go.

Tonight, we had the coleslaw with ponzu aioli and the bit of spice probably came from a sprinkling of shichimi togarashi. The side of broccolini with cashew emulsion went well with the binchotan-grilled spring chicken that sat on a delicious combination of house fermented chilli glaze, Chinese chive emulsion, scallion oil, pickled daikon. Also had a duo of fish fillets of hickory-smoked salmon and a Singapore Straits barramundi, signature black forbidden grains, cauliflower. Almost keeled over when the man insisted on dessert. He ate all that by himself. A giant plate of soufflé pancake with caramelized bananas and yam ice-cream.