Farewell To My General Counsel

Lately I have not been mentioning much about work. There is always a danger of spilling too much. But now that I have been in this company for like close to half a year, things have been pretty well so far.

Currently my company is in the midst of restructuring, hence we are amalgamating several entities, changes in headcount and transferring in and our of staff. Come next year, there will no longer be a full fledged Legal department.

The counsels will be transferred to Commercial Operations to do contracts, and my immediate supervisor and I will concentrate solely on corporate finance, hence will be directly under our Chief Finance Officer.

Our General Counsel will then be absorbed into one of our overseas subsidiaries as part of the legal team, so he will no longer be working closely with us. Thus, the group of us under him gave him a farewell dinner, followed by drinks.

We went to this place called Tao's Modern Pacific Cuisine, a place serving fusion food. The menu seems interesting too! And the price is pretty reasonable, about S$30.00 per person for a seven-course meal!

Tao's Modern Pacific Cuisine

The service is pretty good too. There was a waiter who gave us personalised service, and he was the one serving us throughout the meal. He recommended us their specialties, then went to talk to us one by one to get our orders. In the event any of us were not satisfied with our order, it would be replaced with something else free of charge!

Since it is a seven-course dinner, the first course is a starter of Bacon and Mushroom Gratin. Complimentary toast and a cold orange drink was served as a pre-appetizer starter before the Bacon and Mushroom Gratin. One word - delicious!

Toast with the orange drink

Bacon and Mushroom Gratin

The second course is a variety of salads. I ordered the fruit salad, but my colleagues ordered a combination of Farmboy Splendour and Huai San.

Farmboy Splendour

Huai San

Fruit Salad

The third course is Grilled Mushroom and Mango Sorbet. I could not really tell if it was a mushroom dish, but come to think of it, the meal consisted of quite a number of mushrooms!

Grilled Mushroom and Mango Sorbet

The fourth course is a variety of soups. I ordered Cream of Mushroom, and my colleagues ordered a variety of Fish Soup, Cream of Pumpkin and Shark-fin Melon Soup.

Cream of Mushroom

Shark-fin Melon Herbal Soup

Fish Soup
(this soup was served in a teapot and poured into a small bowl)

The fifth course is the main entree. I ordered Spicy Stingray, but each of my colleagues ordered a different item, namely Oven Roasted Steak, Marinated Lamb Cutlet, Grilled Unagi, Slow Cooked Pork Back Ribs, Grilled Chicken and Baked Atlantic Flounder with Cheese. Unfortunately I did not manage to take all the photos of the main entrees. :-(

Slow Cooked Pork Back Ribs

Grilled Unagi

Spicy Stingray

Oven Roasted Steak

Grilled Chicken

The sixth course is a variety of desserts. There are creme brulee, tiramisu, poached pear, ice cream, cheese cake and fondue. I chose yam ice cream and my colleagues chose poached pear and creme brulee.

Yangsheng Poached Pear

Yam Ice Cream

Creme Brulee

Finally, the seventh course is drinks - a variety of iced fruit teas. I have no idea what the teas are made up of exactly, but they have a pretty unique and refreshing taste, some stronger than the others.

Variety of Iced Fruit Teas

Since it was a farewell to our General Counsel, we gave him an extra special dessert, consisting of vanilla and yam ice cream. After that, we proceeded elsewhere for drinks.

The special dessert

Overall it is a very good restaurant. Ambience wise three out of five, food four out of five, pricing is very worth it and service five out of five! Highly recommended!