8D Dempsey Road is located somewhere off Orchard Road, near to the Botanical Garden. And it houses 3 different facilities of:
A) Spa - House
B) Food - Barracks
C) Liquor - Camp
KB (one of the directors of the company) had reserved a dining room for us, and i must say, the food place (Barracks) is really very different from the conventional ones.
This table sits about 20 people. What u can't see from the picture is that there's a projector on the ceiling and a pull down screen for corporate meetings. Very cosy :)
Let's see the table decorations:
Nice huh? The checked cloth was the napkin for individuals. And the whole introduction, though it looks like there are tape, actually it's just a piece of paper. Comes with 3-D effect. A closer look on the introduction.
It introduces the cocktails available at Camp. What they are trying to say is that they have really fresh cocktails that brings out the ooomph in your drinking experience. No sugared bottled juices = fresh fruits that are squashed? Probably. And, No cheapo spirits.
Talking about cocktails, we were served very nice cocktails on a Tiffin Can. Dunno what's a tiffin carrier? It looks like this.
This Tiffin Punch comes in 4 'cups' and it really comes with fresh fruits and spirits.
This is one serving of the Tiffin Punch. There's grapefruit and lychee with it's-not-pineapple ginger. And it tastes really good, with a thin taste of the liquor. I heard that the taste of lychee and ginger is heavenly, but i didn't try it, since i have no particular liking to ginger.
Tiffin Punch for 4 costs $59.
As for food, we got to order ala carte and we were given the menu.
KB ordered quite a few appetizers for us, which includes quite a bit of interesting stuff. My colleague Royston, wanted to try the 1-Meter long sausage, because he wanted to see if it's really 1 meter long. FYI, it looks 1 meter long, because KB ordered a few of it, in Pork and Chicken. For the record, the chicken one is more tasty that the pork one. i heard it from the rest who gave this comment.
Think there was over ordering of the appetizers, as half of us felt a bit full over them, even before the main dish are served. There were also specials available out of the menu. And i ordered a speciality which i can't exactly remember the name, but it's spider crab.
As u can see, there's the spider-crab, and Japanese green soba, and dessert. U might be wondering why there was a pair of gloves. The waitress mentioned that managing the crab might cause my fingers to be smelly.
Urgh, HOW DO U EAT CRAB IN A REFINED MANNER?!
I ended up focusing my time on the crab and had to get my right hand dirty to scope the crab (the crab is not exactly easy to eat - maybe i'm still an amataur at this).
I'm the first one to get my food, and the last one to finish. So u can see how much time i've taken to eat this crab.
Not exactly a nice sight huh? Well, i wished i didn't order this... The beer-battered fish and chips looks so yummy. Nvm, I'll save it for my next trip!
We had a
Sinful? There's more cakes that we ordered, despite being-full-after-the-appetizers-not-to-mention-the-main-meals.
and a few others that i couldn't remember what they are
Most of the girls lapped up the desserts. As the nursery rhyme goes "girls are made of sugar and spice and all things nice". And i must say, though i didn't really eat much of it, the cakes are good.
So, after much feasting and drinking, the visit to the toilet is necessary. So off we go to the toilet.
I saw 2 different doors, but there's no "Ladies" or "Gents" sign. Hmmm, which one do u think is the ladies??
The answer is pretty obvious, isnt it? Anyway, here's the answer.
The "Pussycat" is also a place to WOW about, i must say. This is the only toilet that i know of besides toilet in Century Square that has chairs - and they are cosy chairs for that matter!
This next picture tells u that it's totally impossible that this is taken in a toilet! But it is.
Before i really really forget to mention, the place here is a place that is embraced by nature, though it's really near to the hustle and bustle of Orchard Road. I took some pictures of the surroundings before all the makan started, and i must say, it's really a good place to chill out at. U are not sitting within the concrete jungle, but a greenery, refreshing place, that still, have room for liquor and good food.
The clouds look so nice! Woohoo!!
Before i exit this entry, if you are interested in good food, and a place out of the hustle and bustle on a weekday or weekend, check out 8D Dempsey Road .
For the food at Barracks, you can check here where all the menus are available online for you to choose from, be it lunch, dinner, drinks or desserts.
Tired and yearning for a massage on a friday, after food and drinks, u can choose from House's wide range of massages to sooth your aching bones.
It's a place u can get good food, good liquor and good desserts. Be mindful that good things don't come cheap.
Till then!
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