i actually thougt this supposed to be a lao zi hao but i was disappointed with this tasting. Ordered the char siew seo bak combination. I was served a few slices of fairly fatty seo bak and char siew. Did not really appeal to me, just a litle overwhelm but the fatty meat. i had assume that if nothing was mentioned, usually lean portion would be given. but this case i found what i served was a little over. Will not come back again

quiet place to have lunch, not crowded as its not a good location. The way to go about here is to order at the stall front then pay at the counter whee you will be asked for your drinks order as well. They seem to offer a good selection of nasi padang dishes. i chose the fried chicken which was nice and not too oily. Also had fried egg and green beans. And ordered teh bing. It works out to be $8 actually but i'm not complaining ,the food is pretty good and do remember to ask for the sambal chilli which is a must . The oher plus point is you can just park beside the stall while looking out for fatimah. They seem to have one outlet in malaysia as well.

Finally had the chance to try the waffle. Ice cream flavor I chose pistachio and chocolate orange. The waffle is nice, a bit expensive though. Did not really like the chocolate orange flavor though. Should hv stick to earl grey. Waffle will be served in 2 pieces. It's made on the spot so its served warm. You help yourself to the plain water inside the cafe itself. My bill was $10.80.

Anyway there are two tables outside the cafe with one of the table expandable to fit more people if needed. Smokers will like it.

They seem to hv shifted all operations to the corner bigger unit. New signages are also seen, shouting out more of the steam fish offering. It's a change for the better actually as the place is now brighter and more seats under shelter. There is also a nice basin for hand washing.

But all this came with a price. The mee sua no longer comes in 2 sizes but 3 now. $5, $7 and $10. I was still under the impression of the old pricing of $5 and $6 so I ordered the large one and was slapped with the $10 bowl bill. Compared to my friend's small bowl $5 we certainly did not feel it justifies twice the price.

Anyway we shared a plate of sambal potato leaf $9. Suggest to order two $5 bowl instead if u want more.

But like I say u love and hate them, the herbal soup base is one of the best to have especially on a rainy day. Together with the red cut chilli padi, it's damn good

Parking is always a challenge in this region but its free parking after 5pm though. We parked near the indian provision shops area and walked down instead. This coffeeshop interior has been given new reinforcement in the form of steel support beams etc, probably with the concern of caving in due to the site works just nearby?

Anyway to the food, there were 5 of us and qty ordered below was just nice.

we ordered the large crispy vermicelli $18, one baby cabbage with fried hay bee shrimps $10, one steamed kampung chicken with wolf-berry $14 and one thai style pig trotter $22. The chao ta bee hoon came looking like Korean pancake actually with some green scallion, beanspouts and fored pork lard on top. It taste good, i like this style better that the toa payoh bai meefen, its slightly moist not not overly wet. The fried mini shrimps for the vege were bigger than normal, it went went with the nai bai chye. The wolfberry chicken reminds me of home-cooked style dish, i like the sauce though i find it a little too oiy, also it seems like this dish is a pre frozen one then heated up upon demand. The pig trotter was good not fatty, the only fatty part felt more like collagen. The skin is mostly crispy and dipped in the thai style chilli, it rivals that of german pork knuckle.