Restaurants

Delightful menu with many delicious south-east-asia food. We ordered papaya milk slush, but it wasn't available, so we had orange and carrot juice instead, but they're surprisingly sweet. For main course, we had mee goreng (fried noodle) and lor ark (sauteed duck). The noodle was average. The duck was covered with thick brown sauce which again was very sweet and it masked the taste of duck which itself was not bad. For desert, we were disappointed when we're told that they dont have 'bubur cacha' (sweet potato soup desert} on the night. Overall, it was an enjoyable time but the food taste was not as good as we expected from a restaurant that has won the 2007 cheap eat award. Value for money? Maybe not.

Delightful staff, great food and not expensive - a great find during a week's holiday in London. We ate there twice and will be back next year.

hmm? service was very slow, staff mood was very low, food ok-ish. I went with the recommendation from the time out guide, and the portions were very generous. However, my chicken was only warm and not that flavoursome (yes you get dips i know)...but i thought this was part of the charm, sometimes dishes are served warm or cold...who am i to argue. Well...the table opposite took the staff too task for the warmth of their food and i overheard them say that they'd been a few times and that this had been an issue . I am quite simple, if it happens once i don't go back...i won;t be going back!

I was really looking forward to this restaurant. Cheap, great food... Supposedly.
The first time I went, I ordered vietnamese spring roll, and Beef Vietnamese Pho. The spring roll was average, whilst vietnamese pho was bland. By the time I had finished eating my main course (I didn't start straight away, but had skipped lunch that day, and I'm NOT a quick eater) my friend's meal had still not arrived. When it did, his fried egg was not cooked (the white was still runny!)
I thought I would be positive, and look forward to the dessert. But the ABC dessert hard run out. As had the mango dessert. Infuriated, I left and satiated my hunger with McDonalds. How long can one get?
Despite the disappointing experience, I went back a 2nd time tonight. This time I opted for the Pai Tee to start with, which was disappointingly greasy/bland, but my friend's Ngoh Hiang was rather nice. This time, I opted for the Chicken & Pork Adobo, which I WOULD recommend. But the sauce for my friend's Braised Duck and Pork really killed it. This time round, once again they had no ABC, so I grimaced and waited for my friend to finish his yam dessert thing.
I'm not so much disappointed about the food. I was brought up in oriental culinary culture. But the STAFF and way the the restaurant is run bothers me the most. Perhaps they have forgotten there is such thing as customer service, now they have they much sought after Time Out title... We were asked if we were ready to order 4 times within 5 minutes today, and the restaurant wasn't even half full. And it wasn't getting any busier by the time we left..
Success has gone to their heads!

Top score for the Hainanese Chicken Rice, Nasi Lemak and Char Kway Teow!
Otak-otak starter looked like it came out of a packet so don't know what others see in it, but other than this fab restaurant deserves its Time Out Best Cheap Eats award!

Love the food (it's as authentic as you can get for ingaporean street fare - the mainstay of Singaporean food); love the service - the staff are friendly, knowledgeable and polite; love the ambience - not the a-typical ''Chinese restaurant'' kitsch surrounding and most of all - have I not mentioned the food enough ? The food is great - a must try, even if it means travelling across the moors for some good rib-sticking, honest to goodness food ! Kudos to the restauranteur - he should be thinking of opening chains all over the UK !