Yum Yum Thai (Sunset Way)

I first visited this place back when it first started in about late 2007? I was blown away by the yummy food, esp their Red Curry Prawns and Tom Yum Soup which was really tasty and full of flavour. I went back there in mid 2008 and was not disappointed again.. They have quite a variety of items on their menu to choose from and prices are OK. Service was also good and prompt, perhaps due to the fact that there isnt much crowd at that time.

I went back yesterday as I was craving for the prawns again. Was surprised to see that they're offering an Ala Carte Dinner Buffet at $15.90 , so decided to try it out. Menu Variety was considered ok, we ordered 5-6 dishes to try and ordered drinks - Chinese Tea & Cranberry Juice. Here comes the bad experience, first the waitress served us the wrong Tea, she gave us Thai Ice Tea instead of CHINESE tea and assumed we were the one who mis-pronouced the drink. And then the first 2 dishes - Tom Yum Soup and Fried Tofu with sweet chili sauce took 10minutes to arrive, and the next dish, Phad Thai took a whole 15 more mins to arrive. All these time while the dishes of other tables keep coming out and being served. We checked with the "boss" on the status of their food and was shocked to hear "oh, it's like that, it's buffet so u have to wait..." and when we checked if we can add in some more orders, he told us better dont, later you can't finish and you'll waste the food..." We were speechless..

We couldnt bear to order any other food, in fear that we're not sure when will the next dish arrives. Total bill came up to about $40 and we have to pay 10% service charge where clearly, we didn't seem to have receive any service at all. It's a pity as the food were clearly not bad, just that the service needs a whole lot more improvement.