Is this Singapore's northernmost restaurant? Even if it isn't, there a feel that you are miles away from Singapore. The roads are narrower, leafier and the air is fresher. We're at "land's end" as we reach the northernmost tip of Sembawang Road, and there is even a restaurant to greet us.
Its Beaulieu House, a colonial era bungalow built in the 1910s, originally home to a rich local Jewish family. Its changed hands many times, including housing a top-ranking officer in the British army, and since the 1980s, it's become a restaurant. These days, its occupied by Sembawang Seafood Paradise, which serves the usual Asian / Singapore seafood fare and Hainanese Western / fusion fare.
The air-conditioned dining area is non-descript but the foyer and bar area has that old retro-look which brings us back to the colonial era of big windows and corridors lined with wrought iron rails. One can imagine servicemen from ANZAC forces which used occupy Sembawang naval base coming here for a tipple, and later getting into a brawl.
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| Sichuan hot and sour soup. |
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| Dry laksa noodles with prawn and scallops. |
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| Rib-eye steak with black pepper sauce, salad and potato wedges. |
Lunchtime for us includes some local fusion dishes and that ubiquitous beef steak, which was quite satisfying, and local desserts. Then it's a short stroll in its modest garden, down some steps to gaze into the Straits of Johor and Malaysia just beyond. A very pleasant place to get away from it all.
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| That waiting to be satisfied look. |
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| Dessert of pulot hitam (black glutinous rice) and orh nee (yam paste). |
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| A bit of naval-gazing, looking towards Johor Bahru. |
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