Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro

Often when the words "seafood" and "Singapore" are mentioned in the same sentence (or within reasonable proximity), several things quickly spring to mind - chilli crab, pepper crab and tiger prawns; Jumbo, No Signboard and Long Beach. Well, the Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro doesn't serve chilli crab, nor does it do pepper crab. But what it does offer on Tuesdays (and Wednesdays for UOB cardholders) are fresh oysters at a dollar a pop.



The Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro is tucked away in a quiet neighbourhood, just a couple of doors up the street from Shiro. (Not that it's easy to find Shiro, so maybe that's not such a great landmark to go by.) The area is accessible from Bukit Timah Road via Hillcrest Road.

As its name implies, the place consists of a seafood shop storefront with restaurant-style tables and lighting deeper inside. The few al fresco tables also seem to be popular with diners. The types of fish on sale depend on the day's stock, but often include Yellowfin Tuna, Mahi-mahi, Monkfish and John Dory, just to name a few.

The restaurant looks bigger than it feels, thanks to a strategically-placed strip of mirror lining the length of the dining hall. There aren't many tables but they've been fully packed both times that we've been there. Service was slow - we had to prompt for water and bread, ask after the soup of the day, and hijack a waitress to place our orders.

I was a little amused when my Warm Mushroom Salad With Boiled Egg came sans Boiled Egg. We poked at the veggie pile for the egg and confirmed it was missing, so they replaced it with a freshly-assembled bowl, adorned on the side with Two Boiled Egg Quarters, which Dad found even more amusing. Personally, I'd have settled for them just adding the missing egg pieces to my old salad bowl. Shrug, OK.

A batter-fried tusk fish, grilled red snapper, grilled pink snapper and some four dozen oysters later, the four of us just sat there reeling. I'm kinda glad that my fish came with even more greens, else I'd feel really guilty about downing so many yummy oysters. The pink snapper was excellent, the red snapper pretty good, and the batter-fried tusk fish wasn't bad (but I'd advise passing it over in favour a good John Dory fillet). I really liked their french fries - If you love Long John Silver's batter-dipped fries, you'll love the chips from the fish 'n chips.

Quick damage assessment:
- 48 oysters: $48 (whee!)
- mushroom salad: $13.95
- tusk fish and red snapper: $19.95 each
- pink snapper: $24.95
- bottle of white wine: $63
Nett after service/tax - $221.25

It's a nice place with great food, but the service tends to be hit-and-miss. Overall I'd still recommend this place for the fresh fish and quality food preparation, a refreshing departure from Chinese-style seafood.

Greenwood Fish Market & Bistro
34 Greenwood Avenue
Singapore 289236
Tel: 6467.4950
Hours:
Fish Market 11am - 10pm
Lunch 12pm - 2.30pm
Dinner 6.30pm - 10pm
Closed on Mondays and PH