Sunday, December 14, 2008 3:55 PM
when it comes to dining at a restaurant, i can be quite picky towards the food which was being served to me. ytd, my dad & i had came across this advertisement about the dishes sold at $5.20 each (didn't rem the signboard name as i was looking at the pictures of the food only), so we decided to head down to kovan to try it out. it's located somewhere near the station, with the BIG banner hanging from the outside.
there were SEVERAL PROBLEMS during the ordering.. AND i find the waiter's attitude absolutely DISGUSTING. i don't know why the boss of the restaurant had hired a handful of workers that (i think) was around my age. is it because the wages were much more cheaper? so maybe that's why u hired them cos they're looking for a holiday job?let me talk about the waiter FIRST. i already can't stand when his hair WAS SO BLOODY LONG. i know some may say "it's his own hair, it's up to him to do whatever he likes". but after eating at restaurants on many occasions, i had never seen a waiter with such long hair. i guess it's basic knowledge of personal hygiene that he doesn't give a damn about it. just imagine (the hair length of) paul twohill when he first entered singapore idol. also, when he came to give us the utensils, he actually said this, "liang ge ren hor?". again, many would realise that this was not the usual standard of asking the consumers. i do mind (and alot) about the "hor" word that he used. obviously he DOESN'T KNOW the proper attitude of working in a restaurant. argh.next, i was telling my dad that.. we HAD TO EAT THE FOOD FIRST BEFORE THE RICE CAME. and mind you, the other area was closed (think it's open only at night). plus, there were around 4 waiters/waitresses. overall, the area available to dine was small. so how can the bloody rice arrive later than the dishes?now it comes to the food. we ordered shark fins soup with abalone (which i can't really taste the latter), braised sea cucumber w/ oyster sauce, cuttlefish w/ sambal sauce (not spicy, but a little too sweet) & sambal kangkong. and u know what? i actually can point out at least one not-so-good-to-eat reason for each dish. for the soup, i can't taste the "most important" ingredient which was supposed to be in it. for the sea cucumber, it was all okay.. except for the veggies. just like the cuttlefish. as for the cuttlefish, IT WAS THE WORST OF THE WORST. the sauce wasn't that appealing, and then the cuttlefish was both HARD TO BITE AND SWALLOW. for those who tried, GOOD LUCK TO YOU. a bad case of serious indigestion. lastly, it's the sambal kangkong. when it came, i asked my dad, " can u see the kangkong anot?". it was buried under the stems. i had never seen a plate of sambal kangkong with so much stems.. and little leaves.after the meal, i told my dad that it's going to be my first AND last time coming to the restaurant to eat. the only consolation was my can of green tea. as for the food.. the shark fins soup was not tasty enough.. but it's still okay. sambal kangkong was nice.. but way too much stems. didn't want to waste the dish of sea cucumbers, so i ate the remaining portions of it plus the mushrooms.i've got a picture to prove it (the leftovers from the meal). clockwise, from the top: braised sea cucmbers w/ oyster sauce, cuttlefish w/ sambal sauce & sambal kangkong.moral of the story: DON'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. (referring to the multiple advertisements).
