Bottle Tree Village

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Event Booking and Enquiries events@bottletree.com.sg
TEL: 67554056
FAX: 67532491

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TEL: 67526953

Our Address:
60 JALAN MEMPURONG,
SINGAPORE 759058

GF heard so much about the Bottle Tree Villlage online that she makes it the venue for our dinner last Sat evening. I would say the map provided from the Bottle Tree Village wasn't that detailed. We made a few wrong turns here and there only to find our way there at the very last minute before we decide to abandon the idea of having our dinner there.

Apparently Bottle Tree Village serves "Zhi Cha" style food. From what i gather from GF, the atmosphere here is fantastic. Situated a stone throw away from the beach, the place looks cosy and most importantly, sea breezes blows in to keep the diners cool while they dug in into their chilli crabs, steamboats...

Flipping thru their menu, they have many interesting dishes ( Deep Fried Fresh Prawns with Salted Egg, Banana Scallops etc ) . And they serve many usual favourites like Chilli Crabs, Fishhead Steamboat, Steam Fresh Fish/Prawns, Hor Fun, Hokkien Mee, etc.

The constant problem about dining at such a restuarant with only a companion is always the food to order. So our dinner for the night was their Fried Rice ( GF is a major fried rice freak ), a Pai-Ku-Wang ( Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs ), and a Claypot San-Pei Ji ( 3-cup Chicken ).

The fried rice was so-so (2/5). It tasted a bit bitter, perhaps the cook didn't washed the wok properly before cooking up our fried rice, or he had take his attention off the wok while cooking the dish. Either way, we're not please with the Fried Rice.

The Sweet and Sour Pork Ribs was pretty well executed ( 3.5/5 ). The ribs were huge and tender. I kindof suspect they used curry powder to season their ribs as i felt a slight hint of curry in the ribs. The sweet and sour sauce was a little too thick but still good anyway.

The Claypot 3-Cup Chicken ( 3 Pei Ji ), a chinese dish that has its roots in Taiwan-China. Ever had this once when i was in Taiwan-China, for a government sponsored activity. Here, the chicken is coated with flour and deep-fried prior to cooking together with the 3 cups of all-essential sauces ( seasame oil, rice wine, soy sauce.. i think ). Somehow the meat tasted a bit bitter ( strangely bitter ) too.

Overall a good dining experience. Food quality was okie but some very fantastic HDB Zhi-Chas i've been will put Bottle-Tree-Village to shame. However considering it's ulu location, the place was near full house when we were there. IS there something that they know thet we dun? ... hmmmmHowever if u want a place for dinner without feeling stuffy, with sea breezes brushing by you, good atmosphere, simple food, quantity at the expense of quality, den do give Botle-Tree-Village a try.

For me and GF, we're probably making a trip soon to try their Fish-head Steamboat. No more Fried Rice though this time.