The Square @ Furama

After having few bites of the cooked food we got, we find that the freshness and quality of most of the dishes were subpar. Many zi-char and economy rice stalls at the coffeeshops are much better. The roasted lamb was hard, the Bak Kut Teh was more like pure pepper soup, and the black pepper crayfish and steamed seabass were not fresh. The dishes that were passable are the Laksa (though they used imitation abalone), Char Kway Tiao, Shrimp Paste Chicken and all the Dim Sums. Baked Pork Knuckle was not available on our visit, and was replaced with Cantonese Pork Knuckles with Ginger and Vinegar; it was fine even though we would have preferred soy sauce braised pork knuckles. The complimentary Chilli crab meat has a salty and weird aftertaste, and as such, we did not finish the dish (we ate all the mantou though). We would recommend diners to try out the sashimi-grade oysters instead.

In our second helping, we got all the cold dishes: salmon sashimi, fruit rojak, durian cream puff and fruit platter. These dishes were way way better! While the salmon sashimi may not be as good grade as those from 5-star hotels, it is comparable to those in regular sushi chains. We had more than 6 servings of sashimi to make up for the poor quality of the cooked food.

In summary, we rate The Square’s food quality a 2/5 and value-for-money 3/5 (considering we had a Eatigo 50% off). The attentiveness of the crew was great and tables were cleared quickly. We give their service a 4/5.