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2010-01-17
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Managed to secure a table for my family here tonight. Upon arriving, we quickly ordered the following: Fresh noodle rolls with lemongrass, poached sea bass, herbs and vinaigrette ($88): This arrived and immediately I was disappointed. There were 6 small rolls, and the 'wrap' i.e. the 'fresh noodle roll' was so thick it didn't taste good even with the 'vinaigrette' which was basically soysauce..... At first I also thought the wrong dish had come because I couldn't recognise the taste of any 'poa
Fresh noodle rolls with lemongrass, poached sea bass, herbs and vinaigrette ($88):
This arrived and immediately I was disappointed. There were 6 small rolls, and the 'wrap' i.e. the 'fresh noodle roll' was so thick it didn't taste good even with the 'vinaigrette' which was basically soysauce..... At first I also thought the wrong dish had come because I couldn't recognise the taste of any 'poached seabass' or 'lemongrass' but when i looked inside it, there it was....never order this!
Vietnamese Poached chicken Salad with coconut vegetables in dressing ($68)
This arrived next, and was very different to the menu name. It should be called "Poached chicken salad with green beans and bean sprouts in coconut dressing". The chicken was alright, although it should have been made of all white meat because the dark meat made it look 'unclean'. Also, the dressing was not very flavoured - just like plain coconut juice? The green beans and sprouts and mint leaves were tasty enough though. For $68 I would say this is much more worth it than the above tiny $20-worth dish. Also the peanuts and fried garlic on top gave it a nice crunch.
Hanoi Beef noodle soup with fragrant herbs and bean sprout ($68)
This took ages to arrive and we wondered why. We ordered the beef to be cooked thoroughly because we had elderly with us. Anyway, it was fine except I would've liked the broth to be less oily.
Roast game hen stuffed with tumeric rice and lemongrass in tamarind chilli yam sauce (half) ($78)
This was half a (small) hen stuffed with glutinous rice. The taste was alright, nothing special though, just good textures I suppose.
Tiger king prawn in green curry with veggies ($178) + side order of rice ($15 x 2)
This was easily the best dish of all. The green curry was slightly spicy and very coconutty - very tasty! But there were only three-halves of the prawn for $178, the bottom was all cauliflower, corn, cucumbers, thai eggplant etc.... And rice had to be separately ordered, which was even more expensive. Ã family member of mine mopped the sauce with a bowl of rice after!
Spicy Beef thick noodle (ho-fun) with baby spinach, Thai basil & roasted chilli garlic ($88)
This was also a good dish, with plenty of beef, however as it was called spicy, i would expect it to taste spicy - I could only see the chili, but couldn't taste the spice? I added some chilli myself and it tasted good. The sauce was also quite good.
Sauteed spinach with garlic ($48)
The spinach was cooked nicely with plenty of garlic.
Grilled winter veggies with chopped basil ($48)
This was rather disappointing. I expected vegetables to arrive with grill marks or something. But most were carrots and potatoes which had been fried with quite a bit of oil. There was some mushrooms and celery...but mostly potatoes --> when did potatoes become a vegetable? It barely has any fiber.
Service: this was pretty poor because i could only see 4 waiters trying to serve like...50 ppl? The restaurant was completely full on a Sunday...should't they have at least 10 waiters? The manager himself was working like a dog.
Setting: Although slightly crowded, I think it was acceptable given this is not a fine-dining restaurant and they do want to make most out of their little shop in elements.
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