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2012-07-16
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Here's the receipt/price list for all those who wanna know how much the different chunks of meat cost, because you cannot get the price on the menu. Isn't it strange? They only have pictures and words in the menu but no price. It made my family quite embarrassed to ask how much each dish cost, so we decided to order blindly and simply enjoy our midnight supper. We spent a total of $27.40 for 3 people. We ordered a bowl of pig's trotter, which cost $6.00 for just a few chunks of delicious meat. W
Here's the receipt/price list for all those who wanna know how much the different chunks of meat cost, because you cannot get the price on the menu. Isn't it strange? They only have pictures and words in the menu but no price. It made my family quite embarrassed to ask how much each dish cost, so we decided to order blindly and simply enjoy our midnight supper. We spent a total of $27.40 for 3 people.
We ordered a bowl of pig's trotter, which cost $6.00 for just a few chunks of delicious meat. When you bite them through with your teeth, the sauce spurts out in your mouth and there is no sign of foul smell. The tender meat do get stuck in-between your teeth though, but you would surely forget your dining etiquette when you come dine in with such delicious pig trotters! Remember to bring your toothpick because they don't provide any like that. Oh yes, they have a box of free tissue as well so it's very taiwan-style, and being a person who loves to use a lot of tissue, I really made sure that I used a good portion of them!
I have no idea which is the spare ribs soup and the pork ribs soup. The spare ribs cost $1 more than the pork ribs, but both taste as scrumptious. I wish the waitress would introduce us the dishes though, but the sad thing is that there is no garlic in the bak kut teh. We love garlic! The spare ribs soup ($7.00) had more meat than the pork ribs soup ($6.00), i guess that's the difference in pricing. One in particular had tougher meat while the other had more fats. If you could identify which is which, please do leave a comment below!
I was very extremely pleased with the service there, because my family (of 3) had only ordered 2 bak kut teh and 2 rice, but they automatically gave us an extra bowl of soup and an empty bowl without charge. They were quick to refill our bowls and came quickly everytime we asked for their service! I guess it's because the shop was quite empty at the point of time (we went about 1a.m).
I simply love their dough fritters there, it's so much better and tastier compared to their branch at Old Havelock Road. It soaks up the soup of the bak kut teh (Rou Gu Cha) much easier and there is a spongy feeling as you chew on these dough fritters. It cost only $2 for a large plate of dough sticks, enough to fill 3 people.
This plate of salted vegetables ($3) may not look appetizing, but we all gobbled down in a second! With a mixture of crunchiness and sogginess, it goes well with the rice and is a perfect combination if you add in a bit of pork. I think it is really worth it considering for having it at only $3, but sadly there's only one clove of garlic, which our family had to share amongst the three of us.
The portion of rice was quite huge, we were quite filled or maybe it's because we are eating it late at night. Each bowl of rice costs $0.50 and they're the average normal rice you get outside, and I felt they could improve the texture of it to be similar of that from Taiwan's, so that it can go well with the bak kut teh soup.
We were told to pay when the food arrived, but because of the little people we had that day, they only collected payment from us after we've finished eating. I really enjoyed myself there and there were a lot of loyal customers going back, and I saw for myself how the waitress actually memorized the common orders from customers who frequented their shop! I was impressed and would definitely visit this place again someday.Post
