Lunch at Bread Street Kitchen

Sorted out the man's new phone at the Apple store at Marina Bay Sands (he finally swopped out his wonky four-year-old phone for a faster chip), and had lunch at Bread Street Kitchen. We had no reservations and tried our luck. They did say they were totally full except for the bar and the communal table. The communal table it was since we would be socially distanced anyway. Hahaha. I wouldn't have accepted that communal table in non-pandemic times if that meant sitting shoulder-to-shoulder with a stranger. 

While the a la carte menu was available, the restaurant always have a decent set lunch on week days. I do love their choices of non-alcoholic sodas here. Those are always refreshing. I couldn't deal with this much food because I didn't burn off calories in the morning. The stomach didn't have sufficient space to fit in even a two-course lunch. I opted for a giant portion of Caesar's salad and added a side of avocado to it. That was so satisfying. 

The man ordered a pilsner and took a three-course set lunch. He chose an appetizer of hamachi ceviche, avocado and chipotle purée, red onions and coconut dressing, a main of seared sea bream with crushed potatoes, salted capers and barberry sauce; of course he had a dessert of Bailey's custard with chocolate crumbs. The dishes were nicely executed, meshed with clean yet robust flavors. He was very happy. 

Although we have more time to lunch out now, but we still don't bother doing it weekly even. Lunch hour is used to run errands or go to the gym. Or to meet our respective friends. We save 'date night' for the evenings literally. We do pop out to eateries to lunch on weekends, but we need something quick, and nothing that requires us to sit at a restaurant for more than 2.5 hours. Once in a while, we don't mind sitting down to lunch like this, but only because it's a quick 90 minutes.