Stall No.1

Our Princess gave us a treat a couple of weeks ago at this open restaurant in the Portuguese Settlement. Stall no.1 as it is commonly know to many is the first stall located in the row of food stalls serving Portuguese styled seafood in the Portuguese Settlement. The actual name of the restaurant is Sea Terrace.

The first time we went there with the intention to eat was with a very close long time friend of the Home Minister from her uni days and her sister from England. We were disappointed because it was not open and we were crowded with very hard selling representative from all the other stalls....... luckily we managed to sneak away from them and made a quick getaway. We were told that if we cannot get a place in store no.1, don't bother to try the others. I guess it must be the very over selling by the hard selling from the other stalls that turn us off from even eating at any of the other stalls that day.

From our experience at stall no.1, the food is generally very much Malaccanised and there is not a hint of Portuguese in it at all, even the name of the dishes. The calamari deep fried rings were really good and it is a must eat. The BBQ clams and mussels were good too but the dip is a disappointment. The otak otak is nice and only male crabs available ......... hmmm wonder whatever happened to the females crabs, haven't had crab roe like for a thousand years.

On the whole we enjoyed the seafood dinner ....... if you are thinking of Portuguese food then it will be a real BIG disappointment, but then again were they promoting Portuguese food?? Or is it just by default that we expect Portuguese food because it is located in the Portugese Settlement and operated by them.

Oh ya! the crowd seems to be in Stall no.1 only.