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2015-07-03
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Boyfriend always wonders why we never eat in any of the numerous restaurants located near my home. I always tell him because it's usually over priced restaurants serving over hyped food that have been pimped on local media. Don't get me wrong. There are the odd gems near my home but most of them aren't all that great. Or they started really good but then probably due to high rent in the area, they either close down or just cut costs and quality decreases. So, one one hot summer evening, when I w
It's basically a very local restaurant that serves various Cantonese dishes. Menu is in Chinese only. There is no English. Layout is like a cha chan teng. Boyfriend wanted to eat what was recommended on social media so this is what we ordered.
Sweet and Sour Pork ($88). Portion size wasn't very big but this was actually pretty good. The coating was crispy and the amount of coating wasn't so thick that it felt like I was eating fried flour. The pork was moist and not dried out. The balance of sweet and sour was alright though a bit bordering more on the sweet side. There was a lot of maltose used so it was stringy and sticky when picked up with your chopsticks. Usually most places use pineapple (or some sort of canned fruit) but this place used pickled pearl onions. Boyfriend loved this and chewed on them happily.
Signature Fried Rice ($88). This was also recommended by social media and we noted it was mentioned on all the magazine clippings posted all over the walls. Personally, I didn't like it at all. It was not only unseasoned but oily. There was nothing but just rice, spring onions and egg. Nothing else. They also added bits of crunchy rice that you find at the bottom of pans. There was so much of it, it was crunchy bits in every mouthful. I know a lot of people love that crunchy bottom bits of rice but me? I dislike eating that part the most. So, eating this was not a lot of joy for me.
We ordered two glasses of ice lemon tea that had so much ice, I couldn't even poke at the lemons. For this, we paide $212. Honestly ... for this setting, it was a bit over priced. It's ok if you live in the area and too lazy to cook that night (as I saw everyone that ate here also lived in the area). But if you don't live here, it's really not worth your while to take that extra trip in.
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