[Invited Tasting & Revisit] Flavours at Zhongshan Park
Flavours at Zhongshan Park is the in-house restaurant of Ramada Singapore , a newly opened 4* hotel located along Balestier Road. The hotel, linked to a small-ish mall, is a little off the beaten tourist track. So it was truly surprising to hear that this hotel is purportedly doing quite the roaring business. That said, the hotel is a lot nicer than one would expect of a low-frills accommodation. Flavors at Zhongshan Park serves primarily Peranakan cuisine, with a smattering of western cuisine like fish & chips, to cater to the international tastebuds of hotel guests. I vocalized my wonderment at the restaurant's very "cheena-pok" name, and got a brief history lesson from one of my fellow reviewers and the hotel staff. Apparently, the area where the hotel is standing at is called Zhongshan Park, named after the grandfather of the Chinese revolution, Sun Zhong Shan (or more widely known as Sun Yat Sen, his dialect name), who'd stayed in Singapore br...