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2012-10-24
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I was around the vicinity with my friend when we happened to walk past Steam Sia restaurant and stopped for awhile to take a look. The first thing that caught our attention was the old and antique display items found at the front of the restaurant. What intrigued us further was when we entered to take a peek, we were pleasantly surprised to find that the restaurant was nicely decorated with various antique items that certainly belonged to our parents era. Here's a photo of some of the antique de
Here's a photo of some of the antique decorations:
Another photo showing their collections of classic cameras:
Impressed by the efforts the restaurant spent in decorating their interior and also slightly famished from our long shopping day, we decided to give it a try and have our dinner there. As we looked through their menu, we realised that they served chinese food, western food, starters, salads and dessert. Although some of the food looks really tempting to order, we decided to order 2 sets of Nasi Goreng Istimewa as it was one of the slightly more affordable dish as we do not want to spend too much at a new restaurant until we had ascertain how's the taste of their cooking was like. 1 set of Nasi Goreng Istimewa cost $8.90 and consist of prawn, chicken wing, achar and rice.Here's how it looks like:
When the food was served to us, our first impression was that the serving size seem little, considering that it cost us $8.90 per set. However when I savored my first taste of the rice, what strike me was the strong and yummy fragrance of fried rice that smelled and tasted heavenly. I am not sure if the leaf at the bottom of the plate helps to bring out the fragrance of the fried rice or it is merely a decoration item. I must admit that all my negative feelings that arose from the initial impression of the small serving portion instantly dissipated as I happily tucked into my meal and forgive the restaurant for giving such a small portion to us. To me, if the food taste great although the serving portion is little, I am still able to accept it. I rather eat food that tasted great but in small portions that food that tasted mediocre but in huge portions.The chicken wing, sitting innocuously at a corner of my plate, seem so "normal". But I was deeply wrong when I sank my teeth and took my first bite at my chicken wing. I am unsure how to describe the taste as it is an intricate mixture of some herb taste with some saltiness with some other taste that I could not recognized at that moment. But all in all, I certainly liked how the chicken wing was cooked.
For the achar, it tasted normal. Besides, I am not a strong fan of achar. The 2 sambal prawns tasted normal too, nothing special about it.
As for the ambiance of the restaurant, other than the nicely decorated vintage items, it could have been better if the restaurant can play some vintage music, to add to the mood.
Would I visit this restaurant to eat for a second time? Maybe yes, maybe no. For yes, it would be because the item we ordered tasted great, so we assumed the rest of the food available in their menu should taste equally as great too. As for no, it would be attributed to their small serving portion. Both my friend and I still felt hungry after we finished our meal but we decided not to order another dish, fearing that the portion size will be small again. Instead, we opted to fill our stomach at another eatery nearby.
For the prices that they charged for normal food like curry chicken, Assam fish, fish and chips, salmon etc, if they increase the serving portion size by a little bit, I will certainly return on another day to try out their other dishes found in the menu. But given the small portion served, this will be a likely factor we will consider if we are looking to have a filling meal. But if we are looking to have a yummy meal that tasted great, this would definitely be one of the places that I will recommend to my friends, if their goal is to enjoy tasting great yummy food.
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