Comments on: Chinese New Year Dinner Singapore 2012

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 04 Jan 2013 02:17:09 +0000

hi, i hope that for this year’s cny restaurant reviews you would exclude those serving shark fins soup or highlight more awareness for other alternatives instead

By: PS

PS — Fri, 25 May 2012 03:05:35 +0000

I love sharks’ fin soup, especially the one served at Thai Village !!!!!

Yum !!!!

Going this weekend for more !!!

By: samantha

samantha — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:52:02 +0000

the fins has NO taste, really. It’s the high quality soup base that gives it taste.

Like some of us here mentioned, to each his own so let’s save the opinion to ourselves as long as we (shark lovers) do our part by not eating them.

Happy lunar new year everyone!

By: Serene

Serene — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 14:33:37 +0000

Likewise, I think it’s a sweeping statement to conclude that ladyironchef is promoting restaurants that sell sharks fin on its menu. Isn’t it unfair to impose your personal opinions about shark-finning on him? As cliche as it may sound, to each his own, really.

At the end of the day, it always boils down to choices. Readers will decide for themselves whether to consume sharks fin or not. Just because he mentioned the availability of sharks fin at a restaurant does not mean he’s trying to promote the delicacy, which has cruel origins, but it’s sure as hell yummy.

By: Samantha

Samantha — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:38:57 +0000

hello people. Where in the first place did you see him promoting shark’s fin soup specifically? He is only giving suggestions on places to go for CNY and these restaurants serve shark fin’s soup as one of their dishes. He didn’t say specifically to ask you readers that you HAVE to order shark’s fin. So please read the entry properly before jumping to conclusions that he is promoting shark fin’s soup.

I’m sure he is aware that many singaporeans are protesting against shark fin’s soup.

You people can go to the restaurant and request for an alternative. This doesn’t give you the opportunity to backlash on someone who is just trying to give suggestions on the restaurant and the food they serve in general.

By: Weng Fong

Weng Fong — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 10:04:59 +0000

I think acting like NAZIs when it comes to shark fins is not doing favours to the cause, and might create a backlash. While I choose not to have it, I find it very off putting at the behaviour of anti-shark fin campaigners. One of the examples is here, where Ladyironchef is attacked in this manner. I always believe the carrot is more effective than the stick. Everyone has the cause de celebre, but ramming it down the throat of other is offensive. I think it would be more effective if one politely suggest alternative as replacements and how to ask the restaurants to replace the dish with another etc….

By: KM

KM — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:18:19 +0000

Wow! Shark fins soup! I love shark fins soup, especially the ones at Yan Ting! I remembered going to Tokyo and they have this shark fins sushi, which went really well with the whale meat sashimi! Yummy!

By: JC

JC — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 00:42:44 +0000

Hi it’s unfortunate that most of restaurants you listed for Chinese New Year has braised sharks’ fin on its menu. Certainly everyone is entitled to their own opinion about what to eat and what not to. However given the influence you have on food readers in singapore, perhaps a caveat should be included on the controversy surrounding the eating of sharks’ fin. Even NTUC has decided to pull off all sharks’ fin products by March of this year and 100 major Chinese companies in China and HK have decided to not have sharks’ fin for CNY this year. There are many non controversial delicacies that we can enjoy for CNY so why not choose to err on the side of safe ethics?

By: TK

TK — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 06:24:35 +0000

I would have to agree with the previous comment. I am a frequent visitor to your website and the very fact that you endorse the consumption of shark fins is highly disappointing. It is a cruel and unsustainable practice that needs to be abolished. I don’t know about you but i’ve certainly lost my appetite.

By: Savethesharks

Savethesharks — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 09:38:58 +0000

I cannot believe that you are promoting restaurants that sell shark fin. Shame on you. As a serious food writer, you should be aware that many sharks are endangered and that the practice of shark-finning puts even further pressure what are thinning populations. Further, you should be encouraging people NOT to eat at restaurants that serve shark fin. You should be ashamed of yourself. I hope you will remove or amend this post.

A disappointed fan.

By: masterofboots

masterofboots — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 07:10:13 +0000

thanks, you have given a pretty good range of restaurants – from affordable to extravagant. Now to book early…