Actually, we wanted to try out the steamboat buffet supposedly at the Crystal Jade at Holland Village. There's actually 2 Crystal Jade there, and the one with the steamboat buffet is at the La Mian Xiao Long Bao, and not at this. However, when we were there around 8+, was told the place was already full, so we decided to head to this place which is just beside.

There's was a short queue when we were there, but it did not take quite long when we got a table. However, after we got our seat, we have problem getting the waitress attention that we had to self service to get our own menu from the counter instead.

Ordered their crispy chicken (half at $6.80), assorted mushroom with vegetables and gluten ($12.50) and a sichuan hot and sour soup ($7.20). Total bill inclusive of rice and tea came up to $36.60.

Though the service isn't that great here, but the food did not take that long to be served though. The mushroom vege was pretty nice, and portion was decent too. The crispy chicken is abit disappointing. The chicken itself was crispy and hot, however,the crumbs where actually cold and seems to have been fried and left there for a long time. If the crumbs were actually hot and crispy, it would be pretty good. The spicy and sour soup was ok, but portion seems a bit small for $7.20 though. Seems like a portion for just a single person. Compare to half a chicken at only $6.80, the price for the soup seems to be a bit off though.

Overall, the food is average, though the chicken was kind of disappointing, and price is just average. Service here could definitely be improved.

Originally we planned to go to this place yesterday. But when we were there only then we remembered this place is closed on Tuesday.

When we were there today, the inside was full (actually there was 1 table available, but it was reserved). As we did not feel like waiting, we took the seats outside. And not before long, the 3 tables outside were also full.

The waitress showed us to the table and brought us the menu. She then asked if it was our first time here. If we were, she will ask the "chef" to recommend. Well, so when the chef came, it was't really that helpful in the recommendations, other than saying the curry fish head and curry chicken is recommended.

So as ya can see from the photos, we ordered a small curry fish head, a ngoah hiang and a vege. Total bill inclusive of drinks is $36. There's no additional service charge or GST.

Though the place was full house, it did not take too long before our food were served. I personally enjoyed the curry fish head. Loved to eat my rice with the curry. The fish head is only half a side, with lots of lady fingers and egg plant. Overall, I think the curry here is pretty good. Even when we first entered the restaurant, we were immediately invited by the smell of the curry spices! However, the next 2 dishes weren't that great. I find the ngoah hiang a bit too oily, while the vege is a bit soggy, which is not my likely. If not for these 2 disappointing dishes, I would have given the curry fish head probably a 3.5 or even a 4 star alone.

Price wise, this place is not too expensive given the location, and hopefully i will get the chance to go back to try out the curry chicken one of these days :)

Decided to try out the pig's organ soup here for lunch yesterday ($3.30, rice another 50 cents).

Taste is average.

Came here for dinner last night. For those who have not visited cineleisure food court for quite a while, the food court there been taken over by Kou Fu and been renovated and area is now more brightly lit. I ordered a Penne Buongustaio ($6.50) which came with chicken and mushroom in creme sauce.

Price wise is quite ok compared to most of the places selling pasta at coffee shops and hawker centre. However, though the plate seems big, the portion is actually not that big. Food wise, I find the sauce a bit too thick, and the penne was not well cocked, as I prefer my pasta to be on the softer side.

Decided to come here for our dinner today. Ordered a crazy chick ($8.90) while my friend ordered the grilled chicken ($7.90). We also ordered a cheesy garlic bread ($5.90) to share. Total bill including 2 can drinks ($2 each) came up to $28.60. There's no service charge, just GST.

Even though there were not that many people when we were there, the food took awhile before they were served, but good thing the food served here was hot. My fried chicken was not too bad, but really nothing exceptional or special. Tried a little of my friend's grilled chicken, taste was also average.

Overall, the food here is decent, and given the location here, the price is not too bad. So unless I'm around the area, I probably won't consider coming all the way here just for this though.

Read about this place from a few blogs recently, and happen one of our friends suggested checking out this place when we had our dinner at Mellben last week, so decided to pop by today since there seems to be some hype growing at this place.

When we came here at 6+, the place was pretty quiet, with only a few tables occupied. Not sure if it was due to the rain, or we were early, but even when we left, the place wasn't that full as well.

Service seems to be absent from this laid back coffee shop. We've to go to the stall to make our orders (though most zi char will have someone come to ya table to take your orders), and same goes for the drinks. When I was at the drink stall, one of them seems to be even taking a nap there, while another 3 person sitting at a table beside (I believe are helpers) just sit there and give me a blank look.

Ok... doesn't sound like a very good start. Anyway, we ordered some of the recommended dishes like the deep fried pork knuckles, marmite pork ribs, pumpkin butter prawns, their famous toufu and the "four seasons" bean. Total 5 dishes, and 6 plate of rice, total damage was $62, which works out to around $10 per person.

The food here turns out to be pretty good. The dishes are unique compared to the typical zi char places. My personal favourite is the pumpkin butter prawns. I found the pumpkin sauce pretty good! The marmite pork ribs was tender and taste really nice as well, though I'm really hard pressed if there's really any marmite used for the dish, as I dun think I taste any marmite in the pork ribs though. The pork knuckles was good, especially the sauce. However, if the meat would be more juicy instead of dry would be better. It taste like roasted pork actually :). The rest like the toufu and beans were equally good.

Overall, we all found the food here pretty reasonably priced, and food definitely deserves a 3.5 star, though I would prefer the dishes to be piping hot when served though (could be due to the cooler weather due to the rain?). The lacking in service is made by up the pretty decent and reasonably priced food here.

So do check it out soon before too many people get to know about this and make this place really crowded next time :).

Happen to be around this area on Friday, and decided to have the prawn noodle here. I've been to another stall at Old Airport Road with the same name, so I assume this should be related. Difference is the prawn noodle here is only $3 , $4 and $5. It does not have bigger prawns $8, $10 like the one at Old Airport Road.

I ordered the $5 portion with thick bee hoon. Somehow, I find the prawn noodle here is not as good as the Old Airport Road though. The soup isn't as tasty I feel. Overall, would rate the prawn noodle here just average.

Located at the same row as Penang Kitchen, we were here on Wednesday for dinner. We were deciding between this or the Curry Wok, and my friend preferred Thai food, so we went for this. This turns out to be a wrong choice. I ordered a char kway teow ($7) and thai ice tea ($3), while my friend ordered a phat thai ($7). We also ordered a seafood tom yam soup ($9.50) to share. Total bill came up to $26.50.

My char kway teow was a bit rubbery. Not that tasty, but edible, since I'm not quite fussy about my food. Turns out my friend phat thai was even harder than mine. The tom yam soup was just average.

Overall, I find the food here is pricey, and it does not help that they food was not that good at all. I could have a better meal at Rong Guang BBQ with that money spent.

Been reading and hearing lots of rave reviews about this place, but this was my first time at this place and also my first time eating crab bee hoon. Read people have to wait like 2.5 hours before they can eat gives me a feeling like another Eng Seng (pepper crab).

When I was there, surprised the place is very well renovated and new with an open kitchen concept, where you can see the chef preparing the food! Something I've not seen before at any coffee shop at the void deck of a HDB. Looks like business must be really good here.

Surprising when we were there last night around 7+, we did not have to queue, but we do have to make our orders at the waiting / queue area before we were shown our seats. Interesting is that there are quite a few empty tables around, and wonder why they can't let the customers sit down first and then give their orders?

We order 3 crabs in total ($114), 2 for the bee hoon crab and one for the butter crab. We also ordered the mongolian pork ribs ($15) , one toufu ($8) and one vege ($8) and 10 man tou bun ($4). Total bill including GST and drinks (average $1.30) is $172.40, which works out to less than $29 per person, which was not too bad.

We did not have to wait very long before the food was served, though the crab hee hoon came last and came a little later than the rest.

Food wise, for the non crab dishes, they were pretty decent, though I won't come here if I just want to have a good zi char, and neither won't I want to wait just for zi char. The pork ribs is quite tender, but the sauce or gravvy was just average.

As for the crab, I would say I'm not very impressed actually. The butter crab was nice, but not that fantastic. The roe on the shell of the bee hoon crab was so hard, as if I was eating salted egg yolk biscuit... is so dry and hard. The soup for the crab bee hoon is sort of like fish head noodle, except you have the crab taste. The soup itself is pretty nice to drink, but somehow, I feel it does not really blend with the bee hoon and the crab was a bit tasteless in the bee hoon one.

Frankly, I'm actually not quite impress with the crabs here, though the price here I would say is quite reasonable, and definitely cheaper than places like no signboard, which seems to have gone "up market" with their pricing.

Well, I guess I'll leave it to my other friends who where there to leave their comments.

Ordered 2 chicken wings from this stall yesterday. Overall, the chicken wing here is decent, but I still prefer the one at Old Airport Road though, as I like my bbq chicken wings a bit more juicy :)