My brother has been recommending me this place non-stop since he discovered it last year. In his opinion, this place by has the best fried calamari he has ever tasted. My brother has, I think, an even better palate than me so I gotta trust him on this on. So after an afternoon of nostalgic moments, we headed to the Marina.
The place is located at the end corner of the marina and it has a great view of the ocean. Sadly we went there on the evening and we can see nothing but darkness and dim lighting from the outside. It was a rather quite weekday evening with only 3-4 tables filled. I suggest you made a reservation, especially on the weekends, before heading there though since it's kinda like a fine dining place.
We were the first to arrive and was greeted by the Manager. Seems that he cannot speak English properly hmmm..
Here are the dishes we got:
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| Trio House Dips (AU$16.00 + AU$2.00 (for add sauce)) |
We were all
obsessed with this. The pita was very warm, soft and well seasoned. It was well toastead as the outer layer was slightly crispy. The
dips were also
very, very yummy. Our favourite was the onion feta dip which we asked for additional of. We were surprised that they charged $2 for an extra tiny sauce plate of this dip. Usually in Singapore, if there's additional cost for anything, we will be told before hand so we were quite surprise about this.
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| Salt and Pepper Calamari (the one my brother has been talking non-stop) (AU$17.50) |
Okay I have to say my brother was right about this. This fried calamari is definitely something. It had the
softest, most chewy texture ever. It is so easy to bite and sink your teeth into. I've never had anything like this. The batter was also well seasoned and evenly coats the calamari pieces.
This dish beats every fried calamari dish I've ever tried. So so chewable. So so soft. It did not lose that calamari texture at all. Seems that the secret behind this is that they steamed the calamari before frying it.
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| Sammy's Seafood Taste Plate (AU$44.90) |
Sammy's specialty is suppose to be their seafood platter but it's so huge and kind of steep so we decided on the taste plate instead. Not a fan of this though.
Skip this.. The oyster, the prawn and the whitebait are
not fresh. The whitebait is the worst, it tasted so fishy and it's not crispy at all. This plate is a total disappointment. The only highlight is the salt n pepper calamari which u might as well order separately.
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| Cone Bay Barramundi (AU$35.90) |
This was a
pretty okay dish. The combination of the potato, steamed vegetables, carrot puree and the spicy salsa was a nice compliment to the fish, giving it a spicy and lightness feel into the dish. The fish was pretty soft but you can taste the smelly un-fresh-ness in it. Had only the fish is more fresh, this dish would’ve been perfect.
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| Aussie Favourite (AU$38.90) |
This dish came with crumbed King George whiting, prawn, calamari, and fries all deep fried. It's pretty so-so for me. The squid was not fresh at all, it tasted really fishy. This squid was a total opposite to the awesome fried calamari. The Whitings and the prawn were not fresh either. What saved this dish was how the batter and breadcrumbs were well seasoned and coated the food perfectly. According to my dad, the crumb "cleanly" coated the seafood.
Final verdict: Will I recommend this place? I only recommend it for the Trio House Dips and Salt & Pepper Calamari, especially the Salt & Pepper Calamari. Skip everything else. The quality of the seafood was bad, I mean almost all the dishes served were not fresh. Seafood is not good if it's not fresh. Not good at all. Was it because it was on a weekday evening where they were not expecting guest? Then again, that's not a decent excuse....
Work on the freshness of the seafood please. There's just now way (or super difficult) to conceal bad seafood. Oh and for the price we pay, this is unacceptable. We paid a total of close to $160 dollars.
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| A sunset view you can expect around Sammy's |
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