Dad would always say that when we peer down at the alfresco tables through the glass panels of Cedele. After all the mentionaing, we finally took action plan to sit in for dinner one night.
Borders Bistro is one of those places; popular not through any magazine articles or gastronomical miracles but due to its ambience and decent food. You can choose to take up the spacious outdoor tables or sink into the clean, cosy and comfortable indoors with a feel of fine-dining.
Yes it was nice and quiet inside, certainly not packed with hordes of din-creating people... but the open concept kitchen posed a major problem. It was seriously an anti-climax to have chefs cooking (completely in the open) at such close proximity, making you smell like what you ate.
Gamberoni Aglio E Olio ($16.50)
They too, offer a range of pasta types such as linguine, spaghetti, fettuccine, penne & fusilli to choose from. I usually find it safer to stick with spaghetti, especially after that lesson learnt at Pasta Fresca.
The eight sizeable prawns came as a pleasant surprise, so did the pasta. This huge mound of "chopped-up" spaghetti came so fancifully spiced and full of wok hei that it largely resembled the local hokkien noodles.
Spaghetti Vongole ($14.50)
No sight of clam shells. Funnier thing was, i could barely taste any difference between dad's vongole (in white wine sauce) and my aglio olio. Same large portion, same style, same flavour... and the same hokkien mee characteristics.
I could tell dad's slight dissatisfaction with dinner but when all other food haunts at Wheelock Place have incredibly long queues , this is one good alternative to consider. And i am still dying to try their Walnut Cheesecake.
Borders Bistro
501 Orchard Road
#01-00 Wheelock Place
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