When we entered, we were told to pick any seats we want (since it's almost empty and it's too late for dinner). After we were seated, hub and I started to look around. We were very captivated by the decos in the shop, antique clocks, fans, and of course anything that is VW, yes Volkswagon.
A couple of minutes after we were seated, no menu was brought to us. That was when I notice a more senior PH female server who gestured a younger local mal server to bring us the menus.
As I wasn't hungry, I was more into the drinks section. I was debating to get their mum-made barley or Stewart's Fountain Classic - Root Beer (product of USA since 1924 and they sell them in retail packs of 4 too). I was leaning more towards their mom-made barley and decided to order it.
Hub was kinda hungry and decided to go for their Signature Fresh Prawns, Fishmaw & Veg on bed of crispy noodles.
I was told that Mum had decided not to cook barley water that day, so i went for my 2nd choice, Root Beer. We then question the boy what was in the crispy noodle, how big is the portion, etc. He told us that there is Capiscum in the crispy noodle. Since me and hub are not fans of capiscum + I thought it might be a weird taste of having that with crispy noodle, we told the boy that we don't want that in our noodle.
After that we went busy taking pics of the place. Looking at the antique fans and clocks. Trying to spend our time while waiting for our food and drink.
My root beer came quickly, oh well, how long can it take, it's only a drink. I was disappointed with my 1st sip of root beer. It is diluted! Mug root beer taste much much better. :(
We continued to wait for a long time for the crispy noodle. After about 20 min, Hub decided to ask the young boy server. He said this is a special dish and requires more time to prepare. Ok, special, so we shall wait.
Hubby decided to walk into the kitchen to see what is going on (it's along the way to the bathroom). Hub saw that the chef is doing nothing and it seems like he was waiting for the fish maw to be thoroughly soak before cooking. This explains the long wait. Hmm this also shows that they were not prepared to cook this Signature dish on a Sunday evening, or maybe we are unlucky, they used up their soaked before hand fish maw.
Another 5min, 10min, oh finally, we see the dish being served. When I first saw the noodle, I went ??? 1stly, capiscums are there. Didn't we request it not to be added? Ok, fine, I dun want to be a difficult customer and do not want to wait for another 30 mins for a replacement. I'll eat them or remove them.
But wait, why doesn't the noodle golden in colour? What are those black specks on the noodles? Experience told me that those black specks are soot and the oil is dirty!!
I told hub about it and we decided to ask what had happened. Boss had stepped away at that point of time. When we spoke to another server, he brought hub to the kitchen and talked to the chef. This is wrong wrong, isn't it?
But hub talked to chef, chef says oil was burnt, therefore has dirt n blah blah blah. Hub was in the kitchen for quite awhile. Boss came back, talked to hub, apologizing, saying he was usually the one who cooked the signature dish (he din explain why he din cooked it tt nite), and that chef was not in good mood to cook that night, blah blah blah. He offered to cook us another plate, but we declined politely (we din want to have extras in the 2nd plate). We paid for that bland root beer and left. Unhappily. :( By the way, my throat got very irritated and scratchy after having a couple of mouths of the dirthy noodle. See how potent the dirty oil is. Imagine eating it and all these stay in our tummy.
IMHO, I think they should juz concentrate in their car renting biz. I had recently read from another blog about this place adnd blog owner also feels that they serve so-so food too.
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| Bland root beer that cost $3.50 |
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| Noodles without flash - $16 (good for 2-3 pax) see the black spots? |
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| Noodles with flash. See the veg & prawn & fish maw. |
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| Noodle with flash |
