The Naked Finn

The Naked Finn
41 Malan Road
Gilman Barracks
For reservations: 66940807 (call only after 4 pm)
Dinner: $90-100 per pax (including wine)
Seafood
Simply perfect
1* Razor Clams

     I asked for a real date, where he will take me to somewhere nice, and we will both dress up like we need to impress each other. But life is a funny creature - every time you go out of your way and plan something, it seeks to surprise you. We both ran overtime on a Friday Night, which is rare for both of us, and only met at 8 pm, due to certain technical difficulties. We were emotionally ragged out by the time we met. He was especially tired, and angsty, which is extremely rare for him. So, I swallowed my own tiredness, which is rare for me, and sought to lighten his mood as we set off for our very long journey to a place unknown to me.

  The weather was lovely. The air was light. We sat outside. Feeling like we were amidst in nowhere. We ordered the Estella set for two ($128) and they served up this delicious white bee hoon dashed with lime and I knew it was going to be magic. We talked, and laughed, and prodded and joked, and had conversations as if we weren't married, and yet the softness, the understanding, that we were.

   After the meal ended, there was a moment, while walking under the orange lit street, where I thought how nice to be walking like this. And, I knew I had felt this way before, and, even better, I knew I would feel this way again. You took out your phone and opened an application. You held it above our heads, towards the sky, look, you can see the constellations above us. So, there we were, in our nice clothes, in the middle of the street, chin up, facing your tiny screen mapping out the connections for us. How far we have come, and how far more we must go.

   You told me this morning you were thinking of the razor clams. I asked if you wanted to go back again. You said we should go somewhere else. Indeed. We can't ever go back again. It will never be as good.