30 March, 2008
Formerly occupied by Palm Beach, the new management runs it in a style pretty close to Palm Beach. We're invited to dinner a couple of days ago. As this place is next to the West Coast football stadium one can hear the roar of the spectators as the game was on that night we had dinner there.
Food: Cold plate as a starter, fish maw soup with crab meat - this was pretty mediocre when compared to the Beng Thin fish maw soup, fairly thin soup with a few pieces of fish maw shreds and some crab chunks. Broccoli with scallops - this was tasty but the broccoli was overcooked. Yam basket with seafood and chicken meat - basket was good but chunks of food in it were not. Coffee pork-ribs - tasty but the coffee overwhelmed the pork, perhaps intentional. Steamed fish - soon hock (marble gobey) I think but fish was overcooked, the flesh was "loco" meaning like tapioca and not fresh. Noodles tasty and the dessert was a simple longan with jelly.
Ambience: Clean and bright, floor not stained with food like many other mediocre restaurants. Parking is easy.
Value: Reasonable
Service: I always take issue with China waitresses because they do not understand what we're requesting. Polite but blurr.
Overall a good dinner but not memorable.
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