Nemesis's Reviews
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So after we settled down, we decided to order the dishes. They were Cereal Prawns, Tofu in a claypot mixed with seafood, Duck, Deep fried Soon Hock, Scallops fried with Yam and Hong Kong Style Noodles. Writing this review makes me hungry again!!!! Bring me the food!! Haha...(",)
The 1st dish was promptly served within 10-15 minutes and the delivery of the remaining dishes also were quite swift. I was quite amazed as given the crowd there then, I would have expected the service to be a bit slow.
Coming to the food, the taste was quite good. The prawns were fresh and the cereal was nice as well. The claypot tofu was smooth and the gravy thick and yummy. The deep fried Soon Hock was fresh and nt very oily. As for the duck, it was presented in two styles : Bejing Style,which was wrapping the crispy skin with the egg wrap and slices of the meat stir fried.
Though Jumbo is famous for its crabs, I did not order that as my family members ain't really fans of crabs. But still, i must say that the food was really good though the price may be slightly high. ( the bill was slightly over $200)
So if you do not mind the price and like to try this restaurant out, I would recommend you go on a weekday or make a reservation prior to going on a weekend.
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Especially if they are freshly fried, the taste is just so shiok!!! And the best thing is that the wings ain't that oily, which is good.
In addition, sometimes I would like to order one serving of the popiah. I like eating theirs cos' the skin will not break when you use your chopsticks to pick it up, and that will kee the ingredients in place. I have eaten popiah from pther places, whereby the skin breaks easily and ingredients just fall out.
Once in a while, I would also takeaway the popiah for my parents when I happened to pop by. So do go eat their popiah an dorder that extra chicken wing!!! You will not regret!!!
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The decor of the restaurant was quite unique and abit on the 复古 style. The buffet spread consisted of 52 items including Mini Buddha Jump Over The Wall aka 迷你佛跳墙(Limited to one serving per person), which was indeed nice and very tasty.
There was also the Live Prawns (Limited to 100g per person) (which was quite little in my opinion) with a choice of being cooked in 3 different ways, namely poached, deep fry with almond flakes and fry with marmite sauce. We opted for the first two styles and the dishes were quite nice.
Also available was Salmon Sashimi, Grilled Teriyaki Salmon Fish Head, Beijing Roasted Duck, Sliced Pork Trotter with Jelly Fish, Crispy Soft Shell Crab with Salted Pepper, Sautéed Scallops with Celery in X.O Sauce and many many more..
As for desserts, there were the usual Chilled Sago Cream with Honey Dew,Herbal Jelly Served with Honey, Red Bean Pan Cake, Ice Cream Puff and a couple more.
Of course, we didn't order all 52 items. But those That I have mentioned above we have tried all of them and all were really tasty. The desserts were not too sweet which was good for people who cannot take sweet stuff.
As for the prices, its quite reasonable as well. The prices and opening hours are as follows:
Monday to Sunday
Adult @ S$33.80
Child (Below 10 yrs) @ S$23.80
最少四位 Minimum Four Persons
• Lunch : 11.30 am to 2.00 pm
• Dinner : 6:30 pm - 10:00 pm
However, do note that the prices are subject to change on the eves of and on Public Holidays as well as on special occassions like Father's Day.
Overall, I would say that the food is great and the ambience is nice. But perhaps going there without a car may be slightly inconvenient. One way to go there is of course by taxi or you can take bus 31, 197, 16 and alight at the bus stop opposite Parkway Parade Shopping Centre and walk there, which is only about 10 mins away.
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When I am there, I always like to go for the Quarter Chicken, coupled with mashed potato (I like the gravy!!), the Macroni and Cheese and either corn nibblets or the muffins. But sometimes the muffins may be slightly off standard, too sweet for my liking. So I guess it depends on luck. haha.
Neverthless, I think the size of the serving is value for money. However, one thing bad is that perhaps a queue can be formed up quite easily since everything is self-service. So when I see that a queue is forming up, I would turn back cos' I noe that to get a table may not be that easy during those peak hours.
And I must say that after the renovation is done, it does seem to be more spacious and more trendy in a way. Will find one day to try out this revamped Kenny Rogers
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And the reason why this place was known as the Thieves' Market was that in the beginning most of the goods sold here were acquired through illegitimate means. The name also had a double meaning as the items purchased here were considered a great steal. Probably because of the abundant choice of goods, the thieves market was colloquially referred to as Robinson petang, meaning "evening Robinson", a cheeky reference to the large Robinson Departmental Store, except this market catered to the poor man.
In the past, alot of shops were selling things like second hand audio systems, video players, cassette tape players, cassette tapes, those big black music discs ( I think its called 黑胶带）that were played on a gramaphone, etc. There were also a lot of people selling clothes, "masak" (toys), shoes, housewares such as bamboo poles and stuff.
But then in the mid 1980's or early 1990's, all the shophouses had been demolished and the shop owners had to either wind up their businesses or continue peddling their goods by the roadside, which is what we see nowadays.
And nowadays, the variety of goods had also changed quite a fair bit. While some things like the big black music discs still can be found, you can also find people selling those rings having huge gemstones or jade, for the uncles. There are also ppl selling old notes and coins, second hand bicycles (which are still in good condition), handphones (no contract but nt really that cheap either thou u can bargain over here), old clothes, CDs and VCDs of those old shows and songs (be it Chinese,English or other lanaguages).
Not forgetting also are keyboards, printers, home use phones, clothings, fans and the fans' blades,etc.
Of course now, I think most of the items sold here wouldnt be stolen goods, but rather discarded by people whom have deemed them to be useless and have been refurbished by the peddlers here and resold them for a small sum of money.
This place is a favourite sight of interest for tourists and you can always see tourists riding on trishaws coming from the Rocher Centre and taking a tour veryday, though they dnt normally go into the lanes cos' its simply too crowded.
So even though I have already shifted house, I still go back and walk around whenever I am popping by Sim Lim Sq, just to reminisce the old times, where a part of history still is evident. And I can see some familiar faces whom have been there for the past one to two decades.
So do go down and take a look. Who knows you can get a good bargain there for something that you have been searching high and low for? But if you are planning to go on a Saturday or Sunday, do note that the crowd can be quite packed. Especially on Sundays, where there will also a mini food bazzar for the Indian community nearby.
And to end off your trip there, you can just take another 5-10 mins walk to Blk 27 for the famous laksa. (",)
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