I've been to this restaurant many times. Standard of service from bad to worse. Depends on your luck, you may get the good chef. Sometimes, it doesn't even taste like Penang food. Today may be the last time I'll ever try again. Just don't know how to get rid of the Groupon voucher bought :(

Expectations contributes a lot to opinion about food. So visiting a Gurney Drive cafe, a day after the Groupon offer (15min queue) in the heartland near other good hawker food really skewed my opinion.

Here's the run down on the food (prices are estimated including taxes):

Laksa $7 - I like the sour tang and the use of udon like thick noodles that makes eating easier, but I wish there was a more generous portion of the mackeral fish flakes.

Fried Kway Teow $8 - quite good... but I kept thinking I can get a similar dish at the coffee shop 20m away... Ok, this one's the penang version, different

Generally I felt the quality of ingredients and execution could be better to warrant the premium over hawker prices, but if I visit Gurney Dr in another setting, I may have a different opinion

I felt thirsty after eating, due to the MSG? or the generous use of prawn paste?

Visited on a Sunday lunch. Ample seats available. Ordered prawn noodles and a cup of coffee. The service was quite efficient, and the food arrived shortly. They even gave an extra plate to place the prawn shells. How thoughtful. But perhaps, the chef could've just de-shelled the prawns or at least remove just the mid-part shells of the prawns so that it's easier to eat?

Anyway, took a sip of the coffee and was immediately hit by the strong milk taste. The prawn noodles was quite a big bowl with 2 medium sized prawns in it. By default, it's a mix of meehoon and mee. The soup was tasty, but doesn't impress. The spice level was quite mild, and the soup temperature was not hot enough. The pork was quite tough as well.

Other things on the menu looked more promising, such as the belachan chicken wings and the ampla drink.

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