I happened to be browsing through some old photos and came across some photos from an earlier visit to The Sire, that I personally find to be worth sharing.
The Sire Museum Restaurant is a fine dining place that doubles as a museum showcasing Baba and Nyonya culture. It is located along King's Street near the AIA building. At first glance, the place looks simple and unassuming. But once we stepped inside, we were blown away by the lovely, spacious interior.
Besides the main dining area, there are also seats available on the 1st floor.
At the end of the entrance corridor, there are steps leading to the dining area upstairs.
The drinks bar.
On one side, there are living, breathin' creeper plants grown right on the wall, that makes a very interesting showpiece. It's rather rare especially in PG ;)
Since it's a museum restaurant, there were plenty of knickknacks for us to explore. Beyond the dining area was a very well-maintained museum of sorts, dedicated to highlighting the Baba and Nyonya lifestyle in the good ol days.
There were 4 levels. The ground floor even had some sort of indoor pond - was it meant as a koi pond? By the way, I read somewhere that the entire Baba collection belonged to the late Yeap Chor Ee.
I have a thing for spiral staircases - don't you think that they are really fascinating?
I really, really love it...
From the 1st floor, I was struck again by how spacious the place is! It's a big contrast with the modest exterior...
There are loads and loads of Baba artifacts, beautifully preserved. The pic above is part of the wood carvings on a traditional 4-poster bed.
A lot of the furniture had mother-of-pearl decoration in flower motives.
Enough bout the interior layout, let's move on to the food! :) For drinks we ordered coffee with Irish whiskey / Bailey's. The coffee was strong and aromatic, with a generous splash of liqour - not for non-drinkers!
Grilled red snapper - the flesh was succulent and sweet. A must-try!
The seafood spaghetti. Some might find it to their liking but I thought they went a bit overboard with the herbs and spices - my taste buds were overwhelmed with the strong and spicy gravy.
The mushroom soup with generous servings of chopped mushrooms. Complemented perfectly by the toast with cheese.
For dessert, we had the apple creme brulee served with ice-cream. Now I personally am not a great fan of creme brulee but I found this one to be served just nice - not too sweet and rich.
Ended the night with great satisfaction - I'd definitely bring my friends there for a more extensive meal next time!
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