Though the restaurant had baby chairs, the waitress assured us that Sam is now too big for theirs. She then produced a thick velvety red cushion, matching their high back dining chairs, to raise the seat for Sam. And indeed, Sam fitted the arrangement just nicely! It was also comforting to see the cushion fitted the chair very well, so Sam was no likely to fall off the chair, since there's no safety belt involved. Still, I told Sam solemnly to be seated properly on his 'adult' chair, no hanky-panky, least he fell off. Sam loved his new freedom in the 'big' chair, & behaved quite sensibly for most of the lunch.Apparently the menu had been revised in May, and the executive set lunch now looks both wonderfully tempting, with a slightly lowered pricing that no longer causes the wallet to scream. So we ordered the S$68 pp set lunch for two.
Since the set lunch appeared to be the type that would end up with each person having just enough, with each course served one by one, we decided to order some dim sum for Sam. The chives dumpling ($4.40 for 2 pcs) were quite standard, I mashed them up & mixed with the white rice ($2 for a bowl) for Sam to eat.We also ordered a 'radish roll' ($5 for 2 pcs). The prawns on them were so large they totally overshadowed the vegetables below. And irritatingly, Sam only wanted the prawns. So I had to eat the remaining pumpkin & carrots.
The pretty pink plastic plate provided by the restaurant was no good for messy Sam. So I actually risked using the white ceramic rice bowl. But anyway, I ended up spoon-feeding Sam the entire meal. The small metal fork & spoon were nice to use though, and the waitress had include a straw for Sam's glass of water too.As to our own adults' lunch, well, I can only say it was great!!!!! Appetiser of sliced Peking duck with soft shell crab, followed by shark's fin soup, then a tender black pork steak stewed with mushrooms (nothing too salty, just nice, I thought) on top of spinach tofu. But the best was the lobster noodle.
The original menu actually calls for the noodle to be cooked with some spicy sauce, but because I was nursing a slight sore throat, we asked for the noodles to be cooked differently. Turns out the noodles resembled more of spaghetti, but it tasted great with the half lobster! Sam was very appreciative of the noodles too, ate quite a bit of his daddy's portion.
The set meal ended with mango pudding with black glutinous rice sauce. By then, Sam was down playing on the carpeted floor. My only consolation was he wasn't screaming or doing anything too noisy to ruin the relatively quiet atmosphere of the restaurant.
The waitresses were friendly, one of them even offered Sam a sweet before we left. I was pleased the food was served rather promptly, so although we ate course by course, we didn't have to waste time waiting. Definitely a fine place to go when hubby's in the spending mood & Sam is in a well-behaved mood. ;) In fact, now we're thinking of going back there for their $55++ dim sum buffet........but it'll be a few months before hubby is willing to spend so much again!
Wan Hao Restaurant
Singapore Marriot Hotel
320 Orchard Road
Tel: 6831-4615
