Ambush

This is another tip off from fellow member Felix Teh, who had recommended me the 2 bak kut teh at Sultan Gate previously. Located at B2 inside Takashimaya Shopping Centre, where the lifts are, it was not packed when we were there for dinner, but compare to the rest of the eatery around that area, it seems to have the most people though. I guess it is a slow weekday evening, cos even taka was not that crowded when we were there.

As this was supposedly slightly better than the Pasta Cafe, which is at the other side of Ngee Ann City, I ordered the slipper lobster (crayfish) pasta ($13.80) and top up $3.90 for a soup (clam chowder) and garlic bread, while my colleague ordered a chicken bake rice ($10.80) and top up $4.50 for a dessert (brownie) and drink. We also ordered an extra cheese stick ($4.50) to share.

My slipper lobster pasta came with tomato sauce, and came with 3 halves of crayfish. Sauce wise, I would prefer the one at Pasta Cafe, which is a cross btw creme and tomato sauce. Portion wise, Pasta Cafe seems bigger too. Pasta Cafe came with more clayfish, at $17.90, but there's service charge, which Ambush do not charge. So price wise. I would say both are comparable. The clam chowder soup was not bad (dun give you are drinking can campbell soup) and the garlic bread is pretty good. Normally, the garlic bread we usually get is hard toasted ones, while this one is actually soft, and it was quite a big slice too. Tried my colleagues's bake rice, which is not bad, and the fried chicken (chicken karage) is pretty tender too. The cheese sticks was also pretty good, but we were felt abit "cheated" when the picture at the stall seems to be much larger than what we actually got. hahahaaha... Finally the dessert, even though the brownie was supposedly warmed up, but it was not really that warm we wanted it to be, but is still pretty good, and I love chocolates anyway :).

Overall, I think the food here is all pretty good, though I would expect the price to be slightly cheaper than Pasta Cafe, which turns out more or less the same.

So if you are in Taka the next time, do give both a try and let me know which ya prefer :)