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2013-09-06
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My friend was going to give me a treat today. Since we were at AMK Hub, I suggested to try this place as the food display outside the restaurant looked quite good. Also, my friend has wanted to try this place as well since she says it's usually crowded during peak hours with a lot of people queuing up. We were here for late lunch, so we got a seat easily.Do not be fooled by the plastic replicas of the food dishes shown on display. What we had were nothing like those. Well, of course there is alw
Do not be fooled by the plastic replicas of the food dishes shown on display. What we had were nothing like those. Well, of course there is always a disclaimer somewhere that what is shown might not be representative of your actual food....which is so true. Another thing to add... I thought the place sells udon but from the menu, it seems to be mostly a hodge-podge of other japanese and asian meals. There were hardly any udon dishes available, sadly.
Out of everything we had, the gyoza was the best item. It was crispy and the filling quite tasty. Unfortunately, there is absolutely no dip to go with it. We asked the waitress whether there's any Mayo or vinegar for dipping the gyozas in and she just said "No" unapologetically. In fact, she seemed a bit puzzled by our question. Oh well, most other places selling gyozas will have dipping sauces! (vinegar usually)
- GyozaArghhh this is a very horrible dish. With the name of the dish (butter clams), we did not expect this watery rendition. In fact, there's no butter taste! The clams were rubbery and the soup (if you can still call it that) was bitter. Maybe they put too much wine or something in it?? Anyway, it was hardly palatable. My poor friend had a really hard time trying to finish it.
- Butter clamsThe Penang assam noodles tasted ordinary. It was a bit too much on the sweet side. By the end of the meal, you actually get this feeling that the soup base might have been made from canned sardines sauces...
- Penang Assam noodlesThe chili soft shell crab was not too bad. The crab was quite crispy and tasty. The sauce could be spicier though. It had a bit more ketchup than I would have liked. Although generally it still went well with the crab. The noodles were a bit soggy though - you can tell from a bit of water left at the bottom of the dish that the chef did not remove the water from the noodles properly. Most likely done by someone who doesn't bother how the noodles are cooked.
- Chili soft shell crab noodlesSpeaking about the chef, I saw her cooking noodles and yakking away on the phone at the same time. Service from the wait staff was poor too. The waiter practically shoved the dishes beneath us.
We left the restaurant feeling totally unsatisfied. Highly recommended NOT to try this place.
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