Kinshen's Reviews
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Anyways, i settled for a Nasi Kuning at the Indonesian BBQ stall, it looks the most pleasant, in fact it looks quite appealing. It costs me $3.50 for plate of yellow rice, curry chicken drumstick, achar and keropok. Quite value for money i would say, given the fact that the serving of the rice is quite sufficient and the portion of the chicken is quite big. Also the yellow rice is being drizzled over curry. Perhaps due to the fact after a swim, i am super duper hungry, i sat down, and immediately whacked on the rice, the yellow rice has this fragrant smell, a faint smell of herbs, think they use basmati rice, the ones used for the briyanis. The curry sauce on the rice is just great, i can actually do without the chicken, because the curry is just spicy yet the gravy is not too thick, and although its over the rice, you can still taste the original taste of the yellow rice, which if i am not wrong takes a long time to prepare. Next i come to the chicken, other than the fact that the portion is huge, the chicken is a dissapointment, firstly the chicken is not fresh, when you bite, the meat is tough and rough, and you will know its not fresh, because fresh chicken meats are supposed to be tender and springy. The achar is not bad, its makes you wanna eat more rice, in a sense it whets the appetitie. Its sour and spicy and crunchy. And the keropok is just the typical keropok, not much hoo-haa about it.
Overall, i am quite impressed with the rice and achar, and given the fact that its a food court, with air-conditioned dining environment, i am quite pleased. The only improvement would be the chicken.
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First things first, like the previous review said, the concept about the paying is very confusing, first we were asked to seat, than after ordering, we were told to pay at the cashier, its like wth, can't you tell you us to order first at the door, saving us the trouble of having to walk up and down, and also the drinks are self-service, in a way. You order the drinks, you pay the money, and you take it yourself. This is one big minus point, i mean to attract customers, the cafe must present itself in a way that it's customer-oriented, for example, they should just let you pay your bill at the counter after the meal, and not before the meal, its not as if we would run away without paying, also the drinks should be served, and not self-service. If like that, might as well i go to coffeshops or hawker centres.
Next comes to the food, as i had already eaten that evening, i just ordered a zha jiang mian, i know its weird to order that in a hongkong cafe, but that's the cheapest noodle in the menu, and i think it costs about 8bucks or 6bucks, can't really remember. Anyway i also ordered a glass of milk tea, so of course the milk tea was here first, since we took it ourselves, the milk tea is just average, just the typical milk tea, except i find that the tea is somewhat has a bitter taste, i know teas have bitter taste, but normal teas have a fragrant dry slight biter taste, but this is not to my liking. Next comes the noodle, oh my god, the serving can only be described in one word : pathectic, its either they are trying to save on costs or they are encouraging the customers not to eat so much, but either way its really horrible. I could easily finish the noodles in the least 3mouhfuls the most 4-5.
and the noodles are not that fantastic as well, the plating of the dish is nice, big white plate, noodles in the centre. I mean even a child knows that by doing that, the food will look visually appealing, but that the taste is otherwise. The noodle is not that springy, and the sauce is too thick, not enough of vinegar in the marination of the meat. Its not the original zha jiang mian.
So overall, convenient place, the food can be improved on, ambience is average, price a little too steep for that kind of food standard.
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14 Dec 2007 at 11:50 am
i am not sure leh, i think i paid about 12dollars for everything.
15 Dec 2007 at 4:10 pm
For the appetizer, i had this foie gras and shredded confit duck salad, the foie gras is just sinfully greatly sinful, if there's such a description. the foie gras is pan fried and the duck is wrapped in sort of a "popiah" skin that is crisp and with the salad, is just amazing. the foie gras basically just melts in your mouth, and you will yearn for another bite once you tried it.
For my soup i had this shark cartilage soup with lobster meat
its this clear soup
with shark cartilage boiled for six hours, with fresh bamboo fungus,
golden mushrooms and cilantro and also lobster meat of course.
the taste is quite peppery, and its like those
very thick broth with a punch of chinese herbs, and is very soothing. the shark cartilage is very tender, the only
regret i would say is that the golden mushroom does not really go well with the soup.
but the lobster meat is tender and you can taste the sweetness of the lobster itself
overall, the soup was nice.
for my main course, i had this rack of lamb
suprisingly, this lamb does not have any foul smell.
the lamb is tender to the cut, and is quite juicy.
very nice herb sauce, goes well with the lamb
the lamb is marinated till well, unlike some other
places where you still can smell the foul smell of
the lamb itself.
overall, great dining ambience, great place, great food
great company.
:)
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10 Dec 2007 at 2:24 pm
think about 300 for three people
10 Dec 2007 at 9:19 pm
Thats rather expensive..
11 Dec 2007 at 10:08 am
Firstly, the sound system is fairly okay, i mean most karaokae outlets have about the same systems, and its passable, but the remote control is not working properly, as in its faulty at times.
Next, i find that the staffs there are not well-trained enough, in a sense when i asked a question, they have to ask two more persons to get back to me, this clearly shows to me the lack of technical expertise they possess, not trying to say that i am finding fault with them, but rather i believe as a service staff you should always equip yourself with the relevant knowledge you should have. I just asked a simple question " Is there any discount for K-Box members " and it took the service staff a whole 30minutes to get back to me.
I also think i sort of got "cheated" in a sense of our money, each person cost about 25bucks, when we went during the happy hour period, and it is supposed to cost only
16bucks ( including GST and other charges ) i think the person thought we were not students, when i specifically said i wanted the student package.
well i just sent a feedback letter to them, and i am still waiting for their reply.
but the good point is the songs are updated, you can find new tracks already on the list. and the sofas are quite comfortable actually.
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11 Dec 2007 at 8:43 am
wow yes i hate it when people are not clear of what they're doing at work.
11 Dec 2007 at 11:06 am
i'm not sure whether can change, but i just got to know that the peanuts are free flow, so in a way like they are cheating us.
19 Dec 2007 at 1:56 am
first thing about this currypuff is it's very fragrant, and it smells great. The next thing is the filling is generous and the spicyness of the filling is there although i personally would prefer a added punch of spicyness in it. The crust of the puff is crispy and when you bite on the puff, you can taste the fluffiness of the puff, this goes to show how much effort they put into making the good puff pastry. The thing to improve on i think would be is to increase the size of the fillings, as the fillings are mostly minced, and you can't really taste the difference between eating the chicken or potato, although it blends really well. But i would still prefer being able to see what i am eating. Overall, a good currypuff, if not for the long quee, i would be a regular there.
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08 Dec 2007 at 9:05 am
wa sounds like it's worth a try but it's so FAR AWAY and it has a LONG Q!! iya........... haha.
10 Dec 2007 at 12:39 am
haha! you live in the east side? haha! if i'm not wrong there's one at bukit batok selling good currypuffs too :)
10 Dec 2007 at 12:47 am