Liquid Kitchen (Serangoon Gardens)

Liquid Kitchen's fourth and newest addition to its chain of cafes *** bars *** desert place is located at Serangoon Gardens. It was around 11plus when we reached and it seemed to be doing alright though it was no where near as packed as "Grapevine" on a typical night.

The place had 2 levels and looked pretty clean-cut and bright compared to the rest of the pubs or bars around the area, with comfy cushion seats, a pool table on the 2nd level, and a damn ashtray for smokers. Finally another place besides grapevine which lets smokers have the luxury of smoking without having the constant need to swat pesky bloodthirsty mosquitos off their hairy arms every 10 seconds or so.

The padded menu was a nice touch though the menu itself was almost falling off the cover, and no harm getting bigger tables as well. The tables were small and round, which was fine for couples, but if you want to squash 3 or more people, you have to combine the tables. A choice of different table sizes and seats would be ideal.

Food wise, the variety is good, with choices of cocktails, mocktails, ice-cream cocktails (?), boozes, shooters, etc, as well as simple finger foods and deserts. And the prices are reasonable. The sad thing was, everybloodything was bloody sold out ! Both the soft shell crab and tiramisu was not available. Highly disappointing.

In the end we settled for just our drinks. *** on the Beach was dully fruity, ideal start for a drinking session. Lychee Martini would appeal to those with a sweet tooth. Alas we had to rush for the last bus so concluded our so-called drinking session.

Besides the lack of food (literally), another complain would be the disappointing customer service. Most of the servers looked rather stuck-up and often clustered among themselves chatting or eating. We also had to wave our hands frantically in the air for a pretty damn long time before anyone paid any heed to us. A smile doesn't cost anything you know.. well except for their jobs if they got fired.

*This review was done before the SMOKING BAN thus smoking indoors may be barred now