This minimally furbished restaurant simply lets their food do their talking. Nothing too fancy here, just "down to earth" food and I would rank it among the better tasting ones. The portions are also larger compared to other Thai restaurants, which is good if you are dining in groups.
I particularly like their mango salad which came in a mountain on one of those boat-shaped dishes. It was such a huge portion, it could be a meal in itself.
Their menu is a more or less the standard Thai fare with the likes of pineapple rice, pandan chicken, tom yam soup, phad thai, etc.
One thing that the management here really needs to improve on is the standard of service. My family had asked for recommendations from the wait staff but was given an answer that gave away their ignorance. It was embarrassing for the wait staff as an individual, and even more for the restaurant.
I thought this place would be a place with where you can find out more about Cosplay. I was expecting at least a small library of books about Cosplay, like costume making, make-up, props making, etc or some displays of costumes.
But all I get is a piano with a handful of magazines and waitresses dressed up in French maid outfits and being a little too friendly. With their projection screen showing a live EPL match and the almost all male patrons, I wonder if it should rebranded as a fetish cafe instead.
The place seriously needs to put more effort in developing its Cosplay identity.
In an attempt to capture the markets of Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai cuisine lovers' palettes, Bab Noodle serves all of them. The food is just ok, nothing that will make you go, "Wow". Or at least we didn't order those that might. My guess is that the restaurant is banking on variety rather than quality and quantity. Neither was the restaurant anything you would consider adventurous.
The girlfriend and I had ordered the Salmon Sauce Set and Tori Katsu Don and Unagi Set respectively. The portions were just right for the average meal. One thing I do like about their set meals is the side dish of kimchi which was quite good. I think it had been tweaked to suit the local taste bud.
I did wish they would put more rice or noodles in their set meals, since its menu had something like the staple food of Asia. But that probably was hunger at work.
One of the most embarrassing moments a restaurant/eatery/cafe can have is revealing that it does not have certain items on the menu.
I experienced it not once, but twice.
First, they didn't have the Hashima with Almond Tea during a Saturday morning. I thought it was just a one-off.
The following day, I went in the evening to try for that item again. No luck either. I thought maybe the hashima ran out of something, so I asked for the beef brisket noodle, thinking its ingredients weren't so hard to find and thus available.
"Sorry, we don't serve that either."
Disgusted, I walked out of the eatery.
Thus, my verdict: Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room is a pathetic excuse of an eatery/restaurant/cafe. Its food is OVERPRICED and it cannot deliver items listed on its menu. The management for this branch is lazy it does not deserve our patronage.
Please give this place a miss. You are better off ordering your Hongkong style noodles from Food Junction.
The sashimi is getting worse and worse and you don't always get what you see in the menu.
Just about everything that has the ikura has that ingredient replaced by cheap inferior ebikko.
You know that the Sakae brand is when you realise that a franchise in the heartland will choose not to provide equal service and quality compared to those branches in the city area.
Please go to other Japanese restaurant chains, like Suki Sushi just one level up, at least they don't do a switch-a-roo.
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This minimally furbished restaurant simply lets their food do their talking. Nothing too fancy here, just "down to earth" food and I would rank it among the better tasting ones. The portions are also larger compared to other Thai restaurants, which is good if you are dining in groups.
I particularly like their mango salad which came in a mountain on one of those boat-shaped dishes. It was such a huge portion, it could be a meal in itself.
Their menu is a more or less the standard Thai fare with the likes of pineapple rice, pandan chicken, tom yam soup, phad thai, etc.
One thing that the management here really needs to improve on is the standard of service. My family had asked for recommendations from the wait staff but was given an answer that gave away their ignorance. It was embarrassing for the wait staff as an individual, and even more for the restaurant.
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I thought this place would be a place with where you can find out more about Cosplay. I was expecting at least a small library of books about Cosplay, like costume making, make-up, props making, etc or some displays of costumes.
But all I get is a piano with a handful of magazines and waitresses dressed up in French maid outfits and being a little too friendly. With their projection screen showing a live EPL match and the almost all male patrons, I wonder if it should rebranded as a fetish cafe instead.
The place seriously needs to put more effort in developing its Cosplay identity.
Login to add your comment. Or, Register for an account now. It's free!Hm... Personally I feel that they are trying to emulate those maid cafes found in Japan... So I am not surprised.
29 Dec 2007 at 8:53 pm
In an attempt to capture the markets of Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Thai cuisine lovers' palettes, Bab Noodle serves all of them. The food is just ok, nothing that will make you go, "Wow". Or at least we didn't order those that might. My guess is that the restaurant is banking on variety rather than quality and quantity. Neither was the restaurant anything you would consider adventurous.
The girlfriend and I had ordered the Salmon Sauce Set and Tori Katsu Don and Unagi Set respectively. The portions were just right for the average meal. One thing I do like about their set meals is the side dish of kimchi which was quite good. I think it had been tweaked to suit the local taste bud.
I did wish they would put more rice or noodles in their set meals, since its menu had something like the staple food of Asia. But that probably was hunger at work.
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One of the most embarrassing moments a restaurant/eatery/cafe can have is revealing that it does not have certain items on the menu.
I experienced it not once, but twice.
First, they didn't have the Hashima with Almond Tea during a Saturday morning. I thought it was just a one-off.
The following day, I went in the evening to try for that item again. No luck either. I thought maybe the hashima ran out of something, so I asked for the beef brisket noodle, thinking its ingredients weren't so hard to find and thus available.
"Sorry, we don't serve that either."
Disgusted, I walked out of the eatery.
Thus, my verdict:
Wan Chai Hong Kong Tea Room is a pathetic excuse of an eatery/restaurant/cafe.
Its food is OVERPRICED and it cannot deliver items listed on its menu.
The management for this branch is lazy it does not deserve our patronage.
Please give this place a miss. You are better off ordering your Hongkong style noodles from Food Junction.
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The sashimi is getting worse and worse and you don't always get what you see in the menu.
Just about everything that has the ikura has that ingredient replaced by cheap inferior ebikko.
You know that the Sakae brand is when you realise that a franchise in the heartland will choose not to provide equal service and quality compared to those branches in the city area.
Please go to other Japanese restaurant chains, like Suki Sushi just one level up, at least they don't do a switch-a-roo.
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