bottletree village @ sembawang

bottletree restaurant first existed in a coffee shop not far from its present site. i patronised the place a few times because i liked the atmosphere, the ambience. it reminded me of some out-of-town place in malaysia. then, its speciality, as far as i know, was soft-shell crabs. my friend victor introduced me to the place. later it moved to its present site. then it was called the sembawang seafood centre.

when the authority closed the seasports centre, it moved again, this time to a workers' canteen along yishun ave 2. the stall was open only in the night.

then i heard that it had secured a new lease for the seasports centre again. this time, it had found a partner and was going into it in a big way.

the bottle trees and some other protected plants were shipped over from australia. a mature bottle tree costs tens of thousand of dollars. the big ones at sembawang cost $30 000 each.

these days, i avoid going to the place on weekends because of the crowd and hence the long wait for the food. to cut down on waiting time on weekends, they have set menus on saturdays and sundays.