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2011-10-31
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I have heard of Red Ant before but I thought they offer food like Eurogogo: quick, readily-made western sets, it was a pleasant surprise to find the range of different styles of food available. A decent setting but there were this group of teenagers chatting quite loudly and a few families with children, so won't really recommend couples spending time there.I enjoyed reading their menu as it was nicely printed and colourful, the proportion of photos to dishes was comparatively higher than avera
I enjoyed reading their menu as it was nicely printed and colourful, the proportion of photos to dishes was comparatively higher than average restaurants.
Without having read any of its food reviews beforehand, I was attracted by the self mix-and-match noodles and chose 髮絲麵 with 椰香海鮮辣湯 and 豬頸肉. Amazing, it is among one of the top preferences. It was said that the 髮絲麵 was home-made. I found it a bit too soft, it was really thin as well, couldn't absorb much flavour from the soup nor provide a gratifying texture. The soup on the other hand was better, it was normal to have anticipated a sweet aroma of coconut and a refreshing spice from the description of the soup and that was more or less what was delivered. The level of MSG was acceptable as I didn't have to drink in cups of water when I got home. Not going to compare pork's neck meat with those from Thai restaurants, so I'll just say it was average. Not too roasted, quite tender. The lettuce, though, tasted a bit bitter
Dad wanted a dish with lamb steak originally but after about 5 mins, they came to tell us that it was sold out..so he asked the waiter for a suggestion and chose the 牛魔王焗飯. The English translation is Baked Rice with Short Rib & Beef Brisket in Black Pepper Sauce. The delivery of this dish was unexpected. Sadly, negatively. I wondered how the cream cheese came its way to this dish. Black pepper was used in seasoning but definitely not a sauce. After screening other food reviews which one of them in fact contained a photo of this dish, I'm positive that they made the wrong order. Oh well, dad did not complain. However, he did comment that he had never eaten that much parts of a cow in a single dish. Besides short rib and beef brisket, there were beef tendon, beef shoulder chops. Not a bad comment, but disappointingly, all parts were overcooked and could be seen with bare eyes directly without trying them.
We asked for a set to come with our main course and we could choose to have a salad/soup plus a drink. I had the 吞拿魚薯仔沙律配牛油果醬while dad had a 雜菜湯. The soup was a bit too oily while the salad a bit too sweet, I was quite surprise to see shrimps in the salad
A meal is never complete without something sweet. My dad wasn't into anything so I just ordered a ginger souffle. It was bracketed to be a 2-person share but nonetheless I finished it entirely myself.It didn't come as a perfect dome shape(was it because I ordered less sweet so less sugar used? advice needed from someone who knows baking) but the light brown colour was satisfactory. It had a strong scent of egg and quite bouncy when poked with folk. However, once I broke into the souffle, it was quite obvious that it deflated without the support of the container. The outer layer could also be separated. The inner part was somewhat fluffy but there was tiny bit of egg not well mixed and solid pieces felt. The ginger flavour was too subtle as well.
Wanted a quick dinner with dad so just went straight into the restaurant next to where our car was parked, however my 椰汁雪花糕紅豆沙 took about 10mins to prepare before delivering to us. We forgot about the drinks so ordered them towards the end of the meal..I was lighten up a bit when I first saw the drink after waiting for such a long time(our table was all cleared by the time it got to us) as the ice was crushed to blend in with the coconut milk. Not too sweet but definitely high calories consumed. I don't really know how to describe the texture of 雪花糕, it's some kind of agar i guess, quite mushy instead of chewy so not really my type The red beans wasn't those big fat ones of course, so not a big deal. However, it was quite disappointing that they paired the drink with such an ordinary sized straw as it was impossible to drink smoothly without having to "clear" the bottom of the straw while drinking. Not hard at all to get those fat straws with a larger diameter. The red bean and agar just happened to stuck its way all the time. Not too special, should spend the calories quota elsewhere!
The overall pricing was reasonable, I guess it was our fault since we were hurrying so didn't quite bother to check the price and worthiness of the additions so came up to a bill of $266 as a result. Not too worthy for a meal of this quality.p.s. 唔記得check單, 計多左個餐湯=$28+10%=$30.8
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