"Shootout" (Marine & Riverside)
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Continued from here...
Called the bill and we all compared dish by dish.
Left - Marine's bill, Right - Riverside's bill.
1. Garoupa "hong kong style".
Marine goes by weight (1KG = RP260K). So @ 750g - it's RP195K.
Riverside's fish is smaller (Pak reaffirmed by comparing the fish-heads he ate). Riverside doesn't go by weight - it's a flat price of RP280K.
If going by Marine's weight measure, a Garoupa by Marine's standard would be 1.07KG ~~
Winner by taste and value by
unanimous agreement : Marine
2. Kangkong by Riverside is RP25K per serving (fixed size). Marine's (Pakis polos) got 3 sizes - 2-people (small) : RP25K, 4-people (medium) : RP35K, more than 4-people : 50K.
3. Prawns. Can't make comparison. Marine's Drunken Prawns (400g of live prawns) @ RP150K. Riverside's (frozen) Prawn Goreng @ RP100K.
4. Other seafood in bill. Not able to make price comparison.
5. Drinks (Teh-O & Aqua) and nasih putih = same prices between the 2
The total bill of Riverside was RP846K. Include Ibu's personal discount the bill was RP760 for the meal (~11%).
Marine's "John Recommended" discount is 10% (as shown in the photo above).
(yeah do yourself a huge favour and say *to Denny* : "John Recommended", to get that 10% discount). And NOTE : His
wife has made mistakes in my billing before. (Once .. ok.. twice ... mmmmmh ... 3 times - wtf). Hence, I
always check the bill (dinner with bros here or locals) every time, and if I feel uncomfortable - I seek clarification.
Perhaps a better comparison between the 2 would be as below.
Riverside
VS
Marine (August 2015 Link)
Price : RP650K ~ SG67
Exerpt from
August'15 link :
- Drunken Prawns (300g). Not in photo. Was already completely devoured (even soup) by the time pic was taken LOOOOL!
- 3 x Flower Crabs (my personal favorite over sri-lankan crabs in Marine Live since can't get bigger sri lankan ones and the flower crabs' shells were much easier to crack and peel-off with meat as sweet.
- Pakis ~~~ (slurpppp)
- Big Clams - the sauce was WONDERFUL. Exactly like SG's East Coast Red House Chilicrab's chili sauce.
- HongKong Style Braised Garoupa (no need to say further.. .those who tried have already given 2 thumbs up including local friends )
- Scallops - Friday fresh replenishment - we picked the scallops off the supplier's truck (coincidental) LOL!
- 4 plates of rice + 2 plum juice + 1 Tea-o-beng
After we collectively concluded, Ibu went (really) quiet for a while...
(I seriously thought I may just have dishonored her pride)....and then she said : "(micmac), I want to go eat at Marine again next week (9th Jan) please"
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