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Being strategically located at Taka is a definite bonus, and it attracts curious stares from those who incidentally walk past. Its pinkish and fun ambience is a stark contrast to KFC next door. Chef Pang is the name here and thus the desserts.
All Day Breakfast category - 2Egg breakfast - American Favourite ($7.50) - this has bacon, 2 eggs cooked any style and your choice of english muffin or white toast. I had mine sunny side up and picked english muffin. The eggs were not underdone which I appreciated, the bacon a little too fatty for me, and the muffin quite nice but I suspect over toasted as it was a tad too crunchy for me. Overall it was nice and definitely comfort food but maybe some will baulk at paying this price.
Latte ($5) - Average and the foam was carelessly done, not consistent with my 1st experience although that time, my latte was more of a capp.
Hot iron waffle ($8) - Humongous with a big scoop of ice cream on it. The waffle is actually quite good even when its no longer warm, plus the caramel walnut ice cream is good too although it can be less sweet.
Whoopie Pie ($2.15) - a specialty here, and I think for a good reason. I actually dont know what is the outer bit made but its similar to gingerbread without the ginger taste; the inside is marshmallow fluff. Nice: the traditional chocolate one, the PB&J, and the salty caramel. Not nice: lemon meringue which tasted chemical-ish.
Service is generally okay with its young team but sometimes small things are forgotten like serviettes and some cutleries which are supposed to be in the cutlery bucket on each table. The small seating also means that waiting time can take some time if you're in the queue.
I havent tried the cakes yet but I may for my return visit.
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14 Aug 2011 at 8:28 pm
The order system is a DIY system where the menu is categorized under 4 different order sheets. You tick the items and indicate the quantity you want and pass it to the staff to process.
But I realized the problem is then sometime you lose track of the items ordered and you dont know even if they dont arrive. Like my pizza which took 2hours before it finally was plonked onto my table. And be prepared to wait as the food takes its own sweet time to arrive even when the place is only half full. It seemed like they wait for a few orders of the same thing to come in and cook it in batches.
The food was not so bad for me. What I had:
- Sashimi
- chawamushi
- endamame
- one mouth crab (tiny deep fried crabs)
- tempura
- garlic fried rice
- spaghetti
- grilled mushrooms, ginko nuts, lady fingers
- jap fish cake
- grilled chicken
- miso soup
- chilled soba
- chicken pieces in wasabi mayo
Amongst many. All were not too bad for me, and with the $33 per pax for dinner, it is quite a good deal for me. Plus they have this amazing Yuzu sake at $40 per bottle - terribly addictive when very chilled. They also serve their food in teeny weeny portions, good for small eaters.
I'd probably return but not in the near future as their menu pretty much remains the same. Plus slow service annoys me too. Lets see.
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I did expect hard selling as $10 is really too cheap but its still annoying to have to sit through it.
We were ushered into a room to wait, and strangely enough, they did things in tiny steps eg. bring us forms, bring us water, collect forms etc all with waiting in between. This wasted half hour of our time, from the supposedly 2.5 total time needed.
Then I was ushered to another room separate from my friend because the room 'only has one scanner and will save time' - but was made to wait again.
2 consultants then came into the room. They did the same scanner to face thingy and started saying oh your skin is dehydrated etc, blackheads etc. They launched almost immediately into their sales talk - since I'm already here why dont i upgrade to a better treamtment. When I said I have no money, they replied that its not expensive, even students can afford it (are they insulting me??!).
They then changed tactic to asking if I want to combine my 2 treatments into one better one, no need to top up any cash (my $10 voucher entitled me to 2x sessions). And they never did explain what's the difference between the 'normal' and the 'better' one. So I said no, I'd like to keep it to 2 sessions.
I think the lady got a bit fed up and said something to the effect of "okay so you obviously just want to come for the $10 promotion right". Why else would I be there, so silly.
I was then ushered to begin my treatment to a big room with partitioned curtains similar to those at hospitals. The air con was freezing and they ask you to change into the facial sort of robe that exposes your shoulders and up. Be prepared to freeze for the rest of the treatment.
I have to be honest and say that the treatment was actually not bad although the therapist did not explain what was being put on my face. Midway through, they said a lady named Esther gave a complimentary upgrade for some collagen thingy and put it on half my face apparently for me to see the effect. After that the therapist asked again if I would like to combine the 2 treatments into 1 to enjoy a detox massage and a detox mask. So smart of them to ask when you are half naked, freezing, and couldnt see them because your eyes are covered with cotton pads. So I said yes, sigh, also to save myself the hassle of returning to endure the sales talk.
The therapist was abit impatient and callous towards the end of the treatment for some reason. When it finally ended and I could feel my toes again, they asked me to acknowledge the treatment and tried to persuade me to sign up for a package again, saying that is is a waste of my time to come without finding out what's the problem with my skin...with the package, they can treat the root of the problems etc. I said no, and they asked 'so why did you buy the voucher since you dont want to find out about your skin?'. -- "Because it was $10" was my reply.
Bottom line is, my skin did feel better after the treatment and all that but goodness it really took me from 4pm to 7pm to step out of the branch. $10 is a superb value for this experience in terms of the skin but the sales talk was just simply annoying.
And I later found out that the therapist that my friend had quoted her $2k for 10 sessions. They must really be mad.
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A queue had already formed before 5pm on a working Friday evening, probably because of the happy hour prices which makes their beer a rather good deal. Got an alfresco table for our group of 8pax but that turned out to be a miscalculation as the warm weather can make the alfresco sitting a tad uncomfortable.
Hefe Weissbier ($12.50 for 0.5litres) - their lightest beer brewed freshly. Super drinkable and good for ladies!
Onion Soup ($9.50) - Very good, with onion strips in it. Not too watery either.
Garden Salad ($9.50 for S) - Surprisingly fresh and crispy greens, carrots etc with a tangy dressing on the side.
Sausage platter ($32.50) - For 8 sausages, this comes across as a tad pricey for me even though I know they are more pricey then normal sausages. Nice sauerkraut and potato salad though, especially the onion strips on top of it.
Bacon Pizza ($16.50) - Rather big sized but crust was way too hard for me, almost biscuit-like.
Pork knuckle ($36) - Good! I reluctantly took a bite and realized why people have been saying it's nice. Perfectly roasted crunchy skin with the meat not having that sometimes overpowering pork smell. A bit dry though as no sauce is served with it.
Typical Bavarian pretzel ($3.50) - My personal favorite especially when its served warm.
Basket of selected German bread ($5.80) - Ordered a second basket as the bread was so good, even when cold.
Service was nothing to complain about. Have less pics this time as was busy chatting haha~
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They pride themselves on fresh German beer freshly brewed every day; I've tried the one in KL and it was good! Chanced upon this excellent promotion of SGD100nett per 2litre barrel inclusive of buffet dinner for 4pax (2nd barrel onwards SGD$8nett) and headed there on a Friday early evening with 3 friends.
It was rather empty when we reached at 6:30pm but the crowd started coming in at about 7pm, and most came for the promo. As expected, the buffet was really more like zi char (low cost) and consist of plain rice, char kway teow, fish, vegetables, roast meat / char siew and cut fruits. I had called to make a booking previously and asked what is offered at the buffet and the staff said items from their menu. Way off actually.
Starker Aromatic - The beer: still as good as I remembered! You have options of the Starker Lager or the Aromatic but I prefer the aromatic as its more fruity and much easier to drink. You get chilled mugs too, and they have a system of replacing your mugs with chilled ones sporadically so that's a bonus.
Prawn cakes and Chicken wings - I've tried these 2 bites in KL and I assume they should not be too different. The prawn crackers are really more like your Ngoh Hiang crackers, and the chicken wings were nice albeit a little oily.
The service here was nothing to complain about. A live band starts at 9pm daily too - not bad too! Although when I passed by the Holland Village branch previously, the staff were all sitting down and chatting inside and ignored me and my friend completely even though we stood there flipping the menu for a good 5mins. They saw us but obviously cannot be bothered.
BUT now that the barrel promotion is no longer valid, they definitely have to find some way to lower their ala carte price of $22 per pint. This is too expensive even for fresh beer, which explains why other places are more crowded I guess.
*Rating for 'value' is based on what I paid with the promotion which added up to about $$27 per person for dinner plus 2x 2litre barrel.
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