"...YEAH.. FAIRLY ENJOYABLE.. BUT HONESTLY.. NOTHING TO RAVE ABOUT.. NO NOT REALLY.. NO NOT AT…read moreALL..."
Such great reviews..!! Did we go on a 'not so good' night..?? Maybe..?? This happens, sometimes.. to even the best of them..
We ordered;
1 serve Vegetable Spring Roll - 4 fairly good sized rolls - fresh - crisp - but Sweet and Sour sauce was so so sweet...
1 serve Chicken Satay - 4 skewers - impressed that each was a whole tenderloin skewered - disappointed that such a tender cut ended up so DRY on the plate, it wouldn't come off the bamboo skewer - Peanut Sauce was all Sugar, with very little Spice... [and it's a bit tragic to see a clump of stale, wilted, brown-ended mesclun mix sitting at the end of a dish - a confident professional eatery would never do that..]
2 serves Roti Bread - 1 piece per serve - warmed but NOT grilled, NOT cut - NO Curry Sauce to go with it, just that same sickly sweet Peanut Sauce - not a good combination...
1 serve Gang Keo Wan Chicken [Thai green curry with chicken and vegetables] - average sized serving - generous with the Chicken and the Vegetables - good flavour - but, Sauce was far too watery.. like a soup base.. it lacked that unctuousness that a good 'GRAVY' [as the South East Asians call it] can have...
1 serve Pad See Ew Beef [stir fried rice noodles with sweet soy sauce, beef and vegetables] - lots of Beef - some serious Vegetables - more Spicy than Sweet - just delish - WOULD GO BACK FOR THIS DISH..!! - REALLY HIT THE SPOT..!!
2 individual serves Fragrant Steamed Rice - absolutely NO fragrance in this rice, NOR flavour.. NONE whatsoever - it was simply Steamed Medium Long-Grain Rice, THAT'S IT..!!
2 serves Banana Fritter with Coconut Ice-cream - 2 small pieces banana per serve - they were Nice and Crispy on the outside and DARK and BLACKENED on the inside [the bananas were over over over-ripe] - the 1 scoop of Coconut Ice-cream had absolutely NO SCENT, NOR TASTE of Coconut AT ALL - just a big shard of desiccated coconut, which grated on the teeth, every now and then - and what completely RUINED IT, was a so totally misplaced dollop of supermarket bought 'chocolate topping' - OMG this was truly a 'YUCK-YUCK' dish...!!! - I have absolutely no idea what they were doing here...
Okay then:
FOOD - some serious HITS and MISSES..
SERVICE - very friendly staff - it's not really set up as a restaurant - they have a few tables and chairs - you order and pay at the counter - they bring over the food - you help yourself to cutlery, serviettes and drinks from the fridge - they're flat out with take-away orders..
AMBIENCE - just a basic eatery, hey.. this rarely has any bearing on the quality of the food, but if you're after an 'experience,' then you might be a little disappointed..
COST - $70 for 2.. Yes, okay, but we didn't order anything with fish or shellfish in it... and I've had 'much better, elsewhere, for less'..
Visited on Thursday 19 November 2015 for Dinner with my eldest.