World Cup Fever P3

During the World Cup season, it's a routine to catch the more exciting Fridays & Saturdays matches. This time round, we headed off to Robertson Quay to catch the battle b/w Portugal & Brazil.

Look at the crowd on a Friday evening ... happy hour time!

Pre-match dinner @ Brussels Sprouts - A cosy and casual Belgian bar and bistro set up by Belgian celebrity chef Emmanuel Stroobant, known as the "Chef in black".

Leecher is so happy that his predictions for the WC is going well .... by sheer luck for someone who doesn't even watch the EPL.

Timmermans - a range of fruit beers that I have taken a liking to :) The framboise lambic is lambic (traditional Belgian beer) with whole raspberries added to it in oak barrels. The end result is a beer with a refined taste and a delicate pink colour. I was very tempted to keep the bottles as well, just like the Appletiser bottles that I will try to keep whenever possible.

Cheers to a good dinner & exciting match later!

Cheers with my beloved Leecher :)

The sky has already turned dark, time for our food to be served.

Time to get started on food! Don't drink on empty stomach.

Brussels Sprouts Special - Black pepper, butter, celery, onion & parsley. It's a big NO NO for me with celery & parsley, but surprisingly, I find myself craving for more as the smell wasn't that overwhelming & in fact, it was so light that I couldn't smell it at all.

Braised Lamb Shank with Gibelotte Sauce, Caramelised Shallots, Mushrooms and Smoked Bacon. Ordered this on behalf for Kenneth since he was craving for lamb shank, but alas ... nothing fantastic and Kenneth left this unfinished. Speaks volumes about the taste as Kenneth seldom waste food wor ~

I remembered this was free flow .... salty on its own, dipped into the sauces for more flavour and taste.

Braised Veal Cheeks infused in Brune Beer served with Baby Potatoes. Wiki to the rescue:
"Veal is the meat of young cattle (calves). Though veal can be produced from a calf of either sex and any breed, most veal comes from male calves of dairy cattle breeds. Veal has a tender texture."

Roasted Cod Fillet with Tomato Braised Mussels and Duvel beer Sabayon.

Grilled Pork Belly served with Red Wine Sauce and Daily Stoemp. Stoemp is a dish in the Belgium & Netherlands cuisines, consisting of pureed or mashed potatoes, other root vegetables and may also include cream, bacon, herbs or spices.

Duck Confit with Kriek Beer and Griottes Cherries, which EK keep recommending us to take and none of us were interested. He had no choice and ended up ordering for himself, which to our surprise, turned out to be the best dish of the night!

After a hearty meal, we crossed over to The Chambers for the long awaited match b/w Portugal & Brazil. Look at the crowd! The atmosphere was really good! Majority were Brazilian fans & they came all geared out in their home colours.

Bucket of drinks for all of us! We had a good view, smacked right in front of the big screen. The downside: we were surrounded by Brazil supporters from all corners that we don't dare to shout to support Portugal, lest we get beaten up :p

Celebrating after Portugal scored! WooHoo ~