dinner at bottletree park

people tend to mix up the two places: bottletree park and bottletree village. one is at the beginning of sembawang and the other is at sembawang end. which is which? the village is at jalan mempurong, which is about the end of sembawang.

upon ida's return from melbourne for a 2-week stay, victor promptly arranged for dinner at bottletree park. the arrangement was for us to meet at 7.00 p.m. victor and helen would take the mrt to khatib and from the station, they would take a 10-minute walk to the restaurant. we would drive there to meet them but because lay bee was delayed at work, we reached the place only at 7.20 p.m.

while waiting for us, victor and helen were taken on a conducted tour of the place by mr neo, one of the owners of the restaurant. mr neo used a buggy to drive them around the park to show them the many fruit trees that he had planted in the park. victor had specifically asked to see the cashew nut tree.

for dinner, we had cereal oat prawns, tou miao, fried chicken wings, chilli crabs and mantou to go with the chilli crab gravy. for desserts, five of us shared three bowls of soursop, mango and chendol.

after dinner, victor took me to meet mr neo, who got me to sign up for the privileged dining card. we can see that mr neo has a come along way since the time he operated a stall, also selling sea-food, at one of the coffee-shops in sembawang.