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Heritage Taste
Food and Beverage - 7.5
Ambience / Setting - 6.5
Value - 6.5
Service - 7
Will you return to this place? Definitely
I spent about S$15 per person

Review Date: 31 Dec 2007
176 Orchard Road, #B2-105/107 Centrepoint, Singapore
Good food but could be better

I have to admit, this place was better than it looked.
Even though the "presentation" looked like a typical Zhi Char store... almost none...
*To be fair... for some of the dishes only.

F&B
Well, the thing is... the expectation is usually set by the pictures from the menu.
But like what I mentioned earlier... this place is one of the places where the food did not exactly look anything like the one in the picture.
BUT......
The Food tastes better than it looks, I must say.

Hokkien Noodles a simple dish... but if you notice, most of the place that cooks it... leaves a very "noodily" / "Ghee" taste. This is especially true from Hokkien Noodles... dunno why... But anyway, this place managed to get rid of that taste.

The Chicken Curry rice, go for it if you like it spicy. Many places make it spicy to cover up the lack of the real "curry taste" but this was not true with this place. Pour it over the rice and it tastes quite heavenly if you like it "spicy"
*But I did wished their rice was more well cooked... slightly "lumpy" / sticky... Not exactly they kinda rice that goes very well with curry.

The drinks that was served was the home made "cooling" drinks / 凉茶. Super with the food.

The side dishes.
One of the better PieTees that I had. Even better than the ones my wife make.
The Spring Roll was alittle too... soggy... but yummy none the less.
The Wu Tau Ko was great too...

Overall,
Not exactly like the one that my granny used to make... (that's their "motto" anyway) Coz my granny is a super cook... but quite close / closer than many other stores out there.

Ambience
Not too bad but the place is kinda small, so cannot really sit alot of people. But one thing that was quite irritating was the smoke from the kitchen could be "smelled" from the sitting area (was not too bad though). Coz the cooker hood they were using were not of those industrial type, was the home kitchen type. The ventilation of this "new" wing of Centerpoint need work.

Value
Most of the people I was with ordered the set menu which was quite a good value.
1 drink, 1 side dish & 1 main course.
Damage? Aprox 15-18 / pax

Service
Most of the staff if not all are from PRC.
Their service was rather impressive I must say.

 
Must Tries: The set linches
 
I also recommend this place for
Type of meal:Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Healthy Eating, Hi Tea
Occasion:Large Groups/Gathering, Children/Family, Romance/First Dates, Business Breakfast, Boys Night Out, Girls Night Out
Atmosphere:Quiet/Peaceful, Hidden Find
 
 
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PieTee
COmpare the pict on the Menu
Hokkien Noodles
Chicken Curry
Sorry about the Spring Roll
 

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