the interior of the place...
a few of their pics displaying celebrity patronage...
the kitchen area....
when the boss saw me taking pics, he came along and presented us with their namecard saying.. " chi le hao chi, jiao peng you lai " (ie. after the meal if u think its good, ask ur friends to come)
I forgot to take a pic of their menu but i think their menu! Nothing sophisticated. Its a plastic folder with photos of all their dishes with clear words and price. Just like Wan Tou Shek Dim Sum's (if u've been there u probably koe wat im toking abt). I like these kinda menu.. they entice me with their menu and i can just flip and point!
Uncle sq and ah yee ordered a luohan longan drink...
was pretty nice and they have quite a substantial amount of longan inside!
we shared a small claypot rice.. pity the lady started mixing before i could take a pic. this is the claypot rice thats already mixed..
has got chinese sausage, chicken and salted egg. so far this is probably the 2nd place i've been with salted egg in their claypot rice. The first is the one at 119 aljunied crescent. The claypot rice was quite nice... u can feel traces of the mashed up salted egg around the rice. Not bad. Costs $5.
Ah yee ordered the fried pig intestine coz it writes zhao pai ie. speciality...
Doesnt quite look like big intestines.. tastes crunchy.. also not bad a dish.
the san wang beancurd....
a closer view...
san wang means egg, salted egg and preserved egg. This dish doesnt quite have much of a taste except its quite spicy. The preserved egg and salted egg's taste was kinda covered by the chilli. Also cant taste the tauhu. But it was not bad in terms of texture.
prawn fritters ($12)....
i rememebered this from D's blog. Reminds me of eating these when we were kids. Somehow the pics from D's blog made the prawn fritters look much bigger. Hmm.. come to think of it.. the prawns in the pic also looks much bigger den what it really is. Initially, ah yee was commenting she doesnt like these kinda prawns coz it usually has got alot of flour... but this one was not ... was alright a dish but probably not a dish that u absolutely gotta order.
the prawn paste chicken....
this item in ah yee's view was not nice. It didnt really have much of a taste.
the soup we ordered was missed out hence it was served much later. The lao mu ji soup..
the chicken .. being lao (old), was as expected not tender or juicy. haha.. soup wise, i thot it was pretty ok .. the herbal soup kinda taste. But ah yee and uncle sq both said its very gao and a bit bitter which i totally couldnt taste. im not sure if its coz my tongue was spiced up by that spicy beancurd and den frizzed out by the coke.
overall the meal was pretty alright. Reasonable pricing. A place where we'd probably bring our parents back to try. Besides, they have quite a comprehensive menu which we'll probably wana be back to try.
2 comments:
Hey hey,
Glad to see that you tried out this joint. Actually the better beancurd is the non-spicy version which has such a generous topping of crispy lard bits on top. I found the intestines only so-so and the batter abit too thick on the prawn fritters. The squid here is good though and on my last occasion, I had some steamed crabs in Chinese wine and ginger that were quite tasty too.
You're right hey, this place does seem like a joint that you'll bring your parents to or future parents-in-law haha.
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oh.. theres a non spicy version! haha.. i'll definitely try that in my next visit coz i generally prefer non spicy food. i'll also order those u recommended.
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