Kowloon HK Cafe

11th December, Friday

Fried rice with scallops and egg

I found this to be quite good! The portion was generous, with pieces of scallop, egg, and salted fish. And it wasn't too oily too.

V's verdict: 7.5/10

Din Tai Fung

26th August, Wednesday

The outlet at Junction 8, forever with people queuing outside. Reached there at 7pm and had to wait half an hour for a seat.

Steamed pork dumplings (小笼包)

Din Tai Fung's famous trademark dish. This is also the only dish that is consistently good across all its outlets. As usual, it was good; the skin was of the right thickness, the pork was tasty, and the soup inside was sweet.

V's verdict: 8/10


Stir-fried spinach with garlic (蒜炒菠菜)

A simple dish. A bit bland though.

V's verdict: 6.5/10


Fried rice with pork strips and egg

The outlet at Wisma was better. This was not bad, but not as good.

V's verdict: 7/10


Steamed chicken soup with noodles

Disappointing. The noodles was average, the soup was not bad, but the chicken had the defrosted taste! And the weird thing was that only some pieces had that taste. Bah!

V's verdict: 5/10


Soup with vegetable dumplings

The soup tasted strongly of vegetables - the filling inside the dumplings. A bit bland, but otherwise quite okay.

V's verdict: 6.5/10


Noodles with minced pork in bean sauce (炸酱面）

Another of their well known dishes. I found this average only, though.

V's verdict: 6/10


My conclusion? It wasn't worth the 30 minutes wait for a seat. Perhaps it's the image they project? By utilising a queue system and having people hang around outside the restaurant to wait, they give onlookers the impression that their food was fantastic. Well, the food was only okay. I wouldn't mind going again, but not if I have to queue for another half an hour.

Golden Shoe Food Centre

18th June, Thursday

(Now all the pictures I upload are center-aligned, even though I tried pressing left-align and right-align and whatever-align. -.- )

Fried rice with salted fish (Fried rice Cantonese Flavor)

This is on the third floor, stall number 03-20. The owner is a Chinaman who was quite friendly. After frying the rice, he asked if I wanted any chopped spring onion to go with it. I declined. The truth is, I was afraid that he will use his bare hands to take the spring onion.

Well, he thought that I didn't like spring onion (I love spring onion, actually), so he said he will add just a bit for me to try. And he started rambling about how healthy spring onion is, and once I should try and get used to it, etc etc. I could only nod helplessly and thought of how I am going to scrape away the spring onion later.

Fortunately, he simply tapped the side of the container and let some spring onion drop inside. Whew! A hygienic Chinaman!

Taste-wise, this was okay. Not enough salted fish though, in my opinion. $3.50 + $0.20

V's verdict: 6.5/10


Roast pork (Wing Garden Roasted Pork & Herbal Soup)

I asked if they sell $2 worth of roast pork, and the owner said the minimum is $4. I offered $3, and he agreed. And that's a lot of roast pork!

The meat was okay; I have had better ones. But their skin was deliciously crispy. Not bad!

V's verdict: 7.5/10

Golden Shoe Food Centre

20th May, Wednesday

Fried rice with salted fish (Poh Kee Kitchen, Noodles and Rice)



This is on the 3rd floor of Golden Shoe Food Centre. Okay, I love salted fish and I think that adding it to fried rice or beansprouts makes it taste fantastic! This dish was not bad, but not as good as I expected from fried rice with salted fish. So far, the best fried rice I have tasted was from Crab Party's (at Yio Chu Kang road, opposite Serangoon Stadium) sambal fried rice. This one is nowhere near their standard. $3.50

V's verdict: 6.5/10