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2016-03-20
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I first came to Papparich when it first opened in Feb. I was alone, and so ordered the Char Kway Teow. It was very good-and I posted it and vowed to return.Today, I came back with a group of 7 people. May I add that I AM MALAYSIAN and I also brought ANOTHER MALAYSIAN friend along.We ordered:1) Char Kway Teow2) Nasi Lemak3) Nasi Rich with Rendang4) Laksa.5) Fried Eggplant, Petai and Long BeansAllow me to comment on these dishes1) The Char Kway Teow is the STAR of all the dishes. Even my Malaysian
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We ordered:
1) Char Kway Teow
2) Nasi Lemak
3) Nasi Rich with Rendang
4) Laksa.
5) Fried Eggplant, Petai and Long Beans
Allow me to comment on these dishes
1) The Char Kway Teow is the STAR of all the dishes. Even my Malaysian friends who had been there (recommended by me) were full of praises.
2) the NASI LEMAK was disappointing. The rice was not "lemak" or fragrant enough. There was not enough coconut content in it. The Sambal prawns and sauce were mediocre. The small friend anchovies and peanutes (ikan bilis) was not very crispy.
3) The NASI RICH was even worse. The rendang was too stringy and did not taste like anything I have had at other Malaysian places (e.g. Sabah or Cafe Malacca). The yellow rice with diced veggies was mediocre. The star loser was the rendang-it was not the taste we were accustomed to , and the texture was hard.
4) The laksa was passable--but the soup based wasn't terribly tasty
5) The FRIED EGGPLANT, PETAI (or bitter beans) and LONG BEANS was not too bad. I suppose stir frying this with the right condiments was not to difficult to do, as the stir fry technique is something familiar to local chefs.
I WOULD consider coming back----had it not been for the rather POOR SERVICE that not just I --but our friends observed. One of my friends asked the waiter to adjust the a/c so that it was less cold--he didn't even acknowledge him. The waiter came back and looked at me and said "But if we do that, it will be too humid". On top of this, we had a big group of 7-8 people. We asked that the a couple from our group be given a separate bill-however it didn't happen and when we asked for the bill, everything was dumped together. Thirdly, it was rather obvious to the lot of us, that whenever we asked for help (e.g. an extra spoon, a chopstick), help was not forthcoming---people were "too busy" doing their own thing.
And the worst of it all was the waiter who refused to help us take a group picture on one of our smartphones. He said he "was busy--and would do it later". He never did.
Papparich is a franchise in Malaysia with branches in Australia and Singapore too. The service personnel are supposed to be trained well--but this wasn't the case at this HK branch.
And therefore, I would have to think carefully about coming back-unless I have a serious craving for Char Kway Teow. There are other places in town which also do it quite well, though.
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