Night out at Vivocity

Last evening hubby, mei mei and I went to Vivocity to redempt our free gifts from Canon. It had been a while since we spent some time at the huge mall and frankly were quite out of touch on what was good to have for dinner there. Mei Mei wanted New York New York but we couldn't find it. I suggested Billy Bombers but it appeared to be none as well.

So round and round we went until we chanced upon the newly open Barcelos The Flaming Grilled Chicken (only 6 mths only) on level two beside Long John Silver. Actually it was the smell that lured us to the outlet. Initially we were rather skeptical as the smell actually smelt very oily. But the items on the menu board were tempting enough to prompt us to give it a try. To top that up, we managed to strike a conversation with the Ang Mo boss (too bad we didnt catch his name) who boasted about the daily full house but guaranteed us that we would get a table within 5mins (at that point we had been waiting for about 10mins+). After the meal, I seriously hope he means it when he said he is looking to open an outlet at Tampines 1 or East Coast area. If you are staying in Holland Village, you are in luck, I think he mentioned his second outlet would be opening soon.

The dining area for this outlet at Vivo is rather small and the oily smell can be smelled throughout the outlet. However, the design is very country and family oriented. After looking at the menu and the sauces on the table, I kept thinking it is very Nandos (so far hubby & I only tried it in Malaysia and we drooled very time we thought of it). Just like Nandos, Barcelos offers customers 4 types of sauces to go with their grilled chicken or burger. They are tangy lemon, peri, veri peri and supra peri (not sure if I spelled supra correctly - but it should be super spicy). I absolutely love the sauces and it can be compared with Nandos' ones as well.

After making our orders (self-service - like KFC), we waited about 10mins plus before they delivered our meals to our table. The grilled chicken (1/2) I had, costed $22.95 while the double grilled garlic pine burger my hubby had cost about $14 or $16 and mine mei mei had the same but it cost about $11 for one patty grilled garlic pine burger. Hubby topped up the spicy wedges for me by adding $2 and each of us had the bottomless pit drink at $2.95 per person (freeflow). Dinner was very tasty and satisfying but both my mei mei and hubby agreed that if they should come back the next time, they would go for the grilled chicken as it tasted very good. My hubby commented that the bun was well toasted and fresh and we all agreed the fries were very well made and tasty as well. In total, for three people, we spent $60+ which in my opinion is rather expensive but it tasted good enough for me to want to return. If you happened to be in Vivo, you might want to give it a try too.
Then before we left, we again chanced into a cart booth selling chewy candy. They are like those normal sugar coated sour candy available at mini tones but much longer in size (about 1/2 a meter). My mei mei was laughing that it looked like mini pipe (she had the passionfruit sweet flavour one). I bought the sour strawberry and hubby had his sour lemon lime. They tasted ok and if not for the novelty factor, we might not have bought 3 (1 = $3.50 and 3 for $10). We had much fun trying to chew the candy stick off. =) I promised the owner I would blog about this if she allows me to take picture of her candies...

Inspired by the flaming chicken, I made black pepper pork chops with tomato spaghetti for dinner tonight. =) If you want the recipes, you can always ask me for it.