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2013-04-23
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I visited Food Republic on a late Sunday afternoon because I had a carrot cake craving. I was surprised to note that the carrot cake was not sold at the hokkien mee/char kway teow stall but instead the BBQ chicken wings stall. Firstly, the person at the stall took an extremely long time to take my order, and even after taking my order she took AGES with it. People who had ordered after me had already gotten their orders -to make things so much worser, she was rude to the customers, grunting a "p
Disgusted by their service and their utter lack of courtesy (she basically rudely (yet again) grunted "$4" to me during payment), I was hoping that their carrot cake would make up for it. I was wrong.
It was filling enough though, for a portion of $4 albeit the thickness! A special mention would go to their chilli -it has a hint of lime juice in it, with a bit of garlic. Apart from the fact that it was seasoned enough, and had plenty of egg (which was nice, honestly), the whole carrot cake is not only nothing special, but also nothing above mediocre. In my opinion, carrot cake has to be garnished with spring onion -but this had no such thing.Ambience wise I've always loved this Food Republic, the ceilings are high and its spacious enough for you not to feel hopelessly claustrophobic during the peak dining hours. It also has an extensive selection of stalls to choose from, and the prices are pretty reasonable for a food court in town ranging from $4.50 to as high as slightly shy of $10. For this BBQ Chicken Wings stall, i would definitely wish to see better service. It's a real pity though, because I wouldn't go back for the carrot cake -but while queuing, I discovered the chicken wings that they were selling @ $3.30 for 3 (min. order). It looked tasty and smelled delicious -maybe I would have been better off having a go at the chicken.
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