A had a short trip to Singapore a while ago and had the most expensive meal of my life. Well at least the most expensive one that I had to pay for. I should have known not to suggest a steak house to my colleagues, especially seeing that I would be stuck with the bill. However, as we had not ventured outside the hotel in the past two days, I felt that we should go somewhere on this evening. I asked the concierge to recommend a restaurant and he quickly suggested this place "Mortons". And I too would highly recommend it, if someone else is paying. It seems that they are all over the USA.
We decided to walk the 20 minutes to the restaurant and I later consoled myself that at least I saved a few dollars by not taking two taxi's (there were 5 of us).
Upon entering the restaurant I saw that it was quite crowded and relatively small for the large hotel that it was in. We were guided to our seats and oversized menus were handed around. To say that things were expensive is a bit of an understatement. The steaks were 100 USD each, and this didn't include anything else. At this point I considered leaving, or ask who was paying. But guilt kicked in and I realized I would just have to swallow hard and start thinking up the story line to get my expense account approved.
On a positive note, it was an exceptional meal and the wine I selected was also top notch. However, everyone did feel a little guilty about the price and no appetizers or dessert were ordered.
The final price tag was about 1000 USD.
The photo below was taken during our walk to the restaurant of the Marina Bay Sands. The "boat" on the roof has a park and a 150 m long swiming pool.
