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2012-03-09
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This is an old instituition that has been around for more than 70 years. It used to be 1 corner shop house behind Raffles Hotel. It was famous for their Western food at the original shop. The western pork chop and chicken chop were yummy, but when they reopen at their current location, I think they sold western food for a short period until the old chef retired.The current location is 2 shops house, with twice the sitting capacity. Over the years the owner had upgraded to include air con. it
The current location is 2 shops house, with twice the sitting capacity. Over the years the owner had upgraded to include air con. it sells the usual Hainanese dishes as well as chicken rice. The chicken rice taste is ok but not the best. Most of the dishes in the menu is tasty and prices is cheaper than most zhi char places.
I like the Hainanese Chay Chye (Mixed Veg) which has cabbage, black fungus,beancurd stick & fish maw. The different texture mixed with the tasty dried prawn sauce goes well with steaming white rice.
Sliced Pork with Ginger is one of my favourite pork dish. I like that the tender slice pork is well coated with dark soya sauce and fried with thin shreds of ginger. I prefer this than their Hainanese Pork Chop which is tomatoe based with potatoe.
Sis saw on the menu that they sell Dry Fried Mee Sua and we decided to order this as a replacement of white rice. This is the 1st time we are trying this dish at this shop. The fried Mee Sau was yummy and not soggy as this type of noodle is not easy to fried. Is has pieces of slice chickens, egg & bean sprouts. The frying style is like HK noodle.Another family favourite is the Prawn roll which we did not order this time, because on the previous visit the standard dropped and it was too starchy.
Overall the food is decent with some really tasty dishes and some miss. You also get to eat Hainanese favourite at coffeeshop prices. If you are a local coffee drinker, you must try their coffee. They also serve not too sour lime juice. Service is fast and you do not have to wait long for the dishes to be served.
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