Oriole Cafe and Bar

A quiet Saturday evening for an early dinner here~

Heard so much about Oriole, especially the fact that nothing on their menu is over $15. Actually, it is true. Just that they have 'specials' that are written on their glass panes instead, including pastas and other mains. Adds quite a nice feel to the whole place actually.

It actually feels a little like a place for drinks than dinner, with the small seating and warm lightings used. The very prominent bar right smack in the middle of the place helps too (you can adjourn to the bar seats after dinner for cool drinks :D).

The menu is a simple one pager, with the drinks on the other side of it. Reminds me of that of PS Cafe actually. Small selection of mains and more starters in fact.

Mushroom-on-toast ($10.50) - open face thick toast with poached egg. Came in a surprisingly big portion with many many nicely sauteed brown button mushrooms atop a huge square of toasted bread. A wobbly poached egg tops this all off. The combination tasted great! There's something I find very comforting about egg bread :D

Fish & Chips ($15) - lightly battered snapper loin with home-made chips. I had just a small bite of these but it tasted not too bad too. Home-made chips have that 'raw' taste which frozen ones just can't match up to.

My english breakfast came in a small presser which was pleasantly refillable. The other mocha milkshake we ordered tasted more ice-blended than milkshake actually.

The place seemed a little overstaffed with the small patronage, which is always better than being under-staffed I guess. A good alternative to the noisy crowd at Cineleisure. A small bird actually warned me it sucks but hey, maybe I ordered the right things :D

Oh, and go early to get the plushy booth seats.