T'was Gracie's 2__th b'day y'day and Yan organised a dinner with close friends to celebrate the event....on the left, you can see Gracie tantalising us with her real age....really?? All of 2 years only?? Then you are one hot babe!
So, Yan discovered a really cool fusion restaurant at Greenwood Avenue called Covo. We visited it when it was 3 weeks old a fortnight ago and Yan planned on sharing the discovery with Gracie and Gang for her b'day dinner.
The owners of Covo are an interior designer as well as a chef who used to work in a hotel. The interior design element at Covo is evident in it's surroundings ....and more (as you'll see later!). 
Covo is really quite a mash of personalities. Tropical...... (think garden) ..........industrial (think grey walls) .............quirky (think shower curtains) ..........childish and young (think infantlike wall grafitti).........alcoholic (think bar) and vintage (think lampshades and classy jazz sounds) all at once.
2 weeks ago when I visited the place, it was the night before Halloween and Oliver (the designer) had given Covo an Adam's Family feel by clingy, black, giant, furry spiders on the lampshades and cotton wool to simulate spider webs on floor corners. I loved it! I was mainly impressed by that semi-gothic feel to the place and was disappointed to find those props missing this time round.
Thought goes into their cutleries even. This is another thing that impresses me about the place. Check out their bowl - this is what a bowl should look like....to me, at least. Good enough to contain food, but walls not high all around to restrict taking the food out of it!
And the cups! Wide base perfect for a "thumb rest" before the handle spreads out for your fingers to loop around. Square, wavy saucers ! If they were for sale, I would have bought a set for myself.
And now back to the crux of the matter - FOOD. I liked it. Enjoyed it. I had soft shell crab with glass noodles in some sort of a Vietnamese sauce. And the portobello mushroom with cheese and prawns nestled in a salad. The birthday girl ordered foie gras ...but since I am strictly flesh eating, I didn't try that! But photos for your perusal!
The last time I went, I had their baked tusk fish with sauteed vegetables. I enjoyed that. The sauce tastes a little Oriental, but the texture of the fish was excellent - delicious. It went well with the sauce, and combined with the vegetables, provided for a good balance of flavours. Try that!
ok, so now for service - students. Some new ones undergoing training may come across as unsure and you may have to repeat your requests, but they are polite and with a little patience, you'll have an enjoyable evening.
So here's the organiser of the dinner party and the woman who discovered Covo herself - Yan and her pet Phoenix, whom we have christened Phoe-Phoe.
PS : click on title to link to another web page which has a review on this restau.
