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Kim Moh Beef Noodle & Authentic Asian Cuisine
Food and Beverage - 5
Ambience / Setting - 0.5
Value - 6.8
Service - 5
Will you return to this place? Not Sure
I spent about S$29 per person

Review Date: 05 Sep 2008
5000F Marine Parade Road, #01-22 Laguna Park, Singapore
The dissenting review

I have never thought of trying a place like this, in the middle of a "privatized" HUDC estate. When looking for this place don't be afraid just turn into the estate carpark and tell the guard you want to go to the restaurant. Parking is $1 for all day but really there is no where else to go after your meal so you don't need "whole day".

The place seems to be converted from a defunct western bar/pub or something in that line. Remnants of the old renovations still found in obvious spots. Tables are dinky but they cover it with table cloth and to prevent table cloth from getting dirty (and need to change) they cover the table cloth with the plastic sheets that you typically see wrapped on a "sonka" (funeral) table... yeah that white sheet... Can't say I am too enamored with this ambience. They have a "wedding" package too...just hope they don't wrap your $278 to $498 per table with the same plastic sheets...digress I did.

Ok So ambience is crap so what right? These old school places are all about food right? Ordered:

Fish Maw Soup (super highly recommended as a very good dish) $20 for a small order that will fill 3 larger than average rice bowl. This is not exactly soup, more like a starchy concoction of fish maw and assorted ingredients. Fisrt impression is - "nothing special" granted they give you a lot of fish maw. Finished the whole lot and still felt lacking in some ways perhaps too much starch and too little stock resulting in it lacking flavors. That being said, it is pretty decent value considering how much stuff they dump in it.

"Flambe" Pork Ribs (also a chef recommendation) $13 came wrapped in an aluminum foil, the pork wasn't throughly marinated such that some pieces have more flavor than others but overall meat falls off easily but not especially juicy or succulent... Again, I find this dish/sauce lacking in flavors as well, which would be fine if the pork itself is flavorful but it is not to be. Portions are good as well for $13.

Braised Beancurd Claypot $10 - needed some tofu. Ordinary dish typically of any tze char.

Sambal Potato Leave (another recommended dish) $8 - ok it is sweet potato leaves...what was I thinking...decent but normal i guess.

Peanuts $2 nice portion I say...value for money!

Chinese Tea $1 per person

Napkins $0.30 per piece cannot eat but not good value for money... I remembered it should be like $0.20 at some more upscale chinese place.

Rice $0.80 per bowl...ok lor typical...cannot complain about rice...=P

Service no charge so can't expect anything more than them taking your orders and serving it to you. One thing though...few tables on week nights can dine in peace.

 
Must Tries: to order less at this place portions large....
 
I also recommend this place for
Occasion:Large Groups/Gathering, Children/Family
Atmosphere:Quiet/Peaceful
 
 
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picky gourmet
on Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant (Raffles City): The perfect 10???
cane greedy, right..set up an account just to "justify" yourself. dude I know my beers and I have been to oktoberfest so I am not that clueless. dunkel typically serves at a cool "celler temperature" of 8-12 degrees but that is in the West where it is much less humid and temperatures are as cool outside during "much" of the year, and during oktoberfest. We are in SINGAPORE. When you start serving 8-12 degrees beer in an open air environment (read: no aircon) 3pm in the afternoon when the sun is scorching, people perspiring like a tap - your beer turns to room temperature in no time and that is plain nasty. So next time you try to justify yourself/establishment study the environment as well. Don't wholesale take your western concept and dump it in Singapore where, culture and climatic conditions are way different. "Authenticity" is only as good as it is practical and appropriate for the locale. By the way cold would typically define as 4-7 degrees and just to name a some, Kristalweizen, Koelsch, Pilsner, Hefeweizen, Weisse are all served at cold. So don't tell me "german" beer generally not served cold. It DEPENDS on the type of beer. Don't mislead people by generalizing by country (german).

cane greedy
on Brotzeit German Bier Bar & Restaurant (Raffles City): The perfect 10???
Dark beer is usually warmer Also german ber is generally not served cold

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