Dinner last night with K, my friend from one of the wires. We didn’t know each other until last year, when we started randomly chatting on IM.

Anyway he gave me a treat  here a couple of weeks ago, and then because it was my very first time going to the sands, he gave me a tour as well and then sent me home.

So this time it was my turn to buy him dinner and after scanning the new establishments on HGW we decided on Hosted on the Patio. It’s a three-month old restaurant helmed by Dennis Sim, (formerly?) of the Michelangelo group.

The place is tucked away in one of those low rise commercial cul de sacs along Alexandra Road, pretty easy to get to if you know where to go and are driving.  But K was prepared with his street directory because one person on HGW said it took him 30 minutes to find the place.

Anyway we made reservations but it was Monday night so nary a soul around. So we chose to sit outside where it was breezy.

My favourite part of the restaurant is the big mango tree which is the main feature of the al-fresco area. It looked very pretty in the evening light.

If you look at the menu, all the items are really reasonably priced. I chose the snapper fillet while K went for the vongole pasta. Pretty good choices. My fish was fresh and flavorful and was accompanied by two sizeable and succulent prawns. No photos cos they turned out sucky.

For dessert we went with a banana and chocolate rum tart (yah those things are banana slices)

And the marble cheesecake, which more than one reviewer on HGW said was a ‘must try’.At $10 a piece, it is a bit pricey but the cheesecake was really light and fluffy. One of the best I’ve tasted in a while.

It was really quiet and breezy which was great for talking and just chilling. On Thursdays they apparently have belly dancers performing, which I found a bit odd as this is neither a Turkish nor Moroccan themed place so might be a tad anachronistic. But I might be totally wrong.