Sunday, December 12, 2010

James Foo Western,Fettes Park @ School/Special/Public Holidays,Sports Events

September  2011 Update :

Shocked members of the public have reported seeing an assortment of luxury vehicles compromising of an Alphard and a VW Passat parked outside their outlet before business hours.Because of this some feel that it is time they gave other western outlets a chance as James Foo n co have made more than a fortune.

Plus I pinched these customers feedback off their fb page.
The most shocking revelation is in regards to irrate residents who have to put up with haphazard and inconsiderate diners.They retaliated by puncturing car tyres.

The boss is a stubborn individual who never compromises his wallet,takes advantage of others,sponges off and bullies the weaker so long he can make another buck.This probably explains why the residents did this.To teach him a lesson.The feud is a longstanding one.You may be innocent but you represent their resentment towards his inconsiderate,stingy and selfish attitude.

You have been warned.

Pinny Low Xin Pin (1st Sept)
HORRIBLE SERVICE! Had to wait for ONE hour for a pathetic plate of holland pork. Never coming back again. Menu might look affordable but you get MUCH LESS for what you pay for. Seriously, eating at a roadside hawker is so much better. Wait FIVE minutes, pay RM5 for awesome to the max food. Kthxbai.

Su Reen ( 15th Aug)
DISAPPOINTED...!!! After a change of new outlet, everything's not improved but worse... Was waiting for staffs to join table for us, we waved for service, but the staffs looked & IGNORE us. The food is TERRIBLE... Tasteless mushroom soup, shrinked "mini" bun, non-crispy chips, & most of all, the grilled lamb is served uncooked...!! Blood coming out from the meat & it's medium rare, lamb chop shouldn't be served this way... It's a very disappointing dining experience, after all those years of loyal visits. Price increased, food portion shrinked. No quality control, and the worse part, lousy service.
Maybe new outlet, earned alot d, that's y service & attitude not the same as the old outlet. The food really shrinks alot, not worth the value.
Hardy Low : The new outlet is just a new building beside the old Fatty Low place. My advice, not worth going. Not that i'm trying to sabotage, but, alot of my friends agrees bout my complain as well...


Kuan Huay (25th June)
I like tis page is for a purpose..im a fan of james foo stuffish...bt today u all hv atcualy disapointed me...i was having my dinner wit my family over dere jx nw..i noe ur business is growing bt dont jx ignore da services provided...a rude manner when we dun even finish eating bt dere is an employee bringin new customer over to our table n jx place them dere n get da order..r u trying to chase us away???a vry bad attitude ur employees have!!!no more second visit frm anyone of us anymore...aft complainin to da manager we jx get an unsincere sorry..we look like a beggar on da corner of da table rushin to finish up our dinner!!!!
I did review all ur wall seem like u all r having long term service prob..n havent been cure..speechless...all da best..ya 1 more ting last time u all use to hv a uncle serving..he is gud..da best ever service provided
Jia Lin Tye (25th June)
yes i agree. everytime i went thr the supervisor's and employee attitudes are fucking bad like they are having menstruation. :( a crap service!

Raymond Ooi (24th June)
I've just dine in there 2 days back n i found the food needs more improvement especially the mushroom soup that doesn't taste like mushroom soup and the tar-tar sauce taste really bitter plus also check the doness of ur chicken coz mine is only about 70% done. Please reduce the usage of msg as well. Overall the worth is there

WinGz Lim (5th June)
the service was awful, especially the ppl queuing, was seriouslly affecting mood of ppl having meal there.... and another thing, i saw waiter sending the bill to the desk besides me, and when i asked for bill, the waiter tell me very impolitely: go pay at the counter. Not to mention the foods,u guys failed even in controlling queue.

Suzanne Kang (1st June)
Hi, everyone if you having meal @ James Foo, don't park your vehicle at Residential area, our car tyre all puncture last night!!! 4 cars tyre puncture...hope James Foo got their own car park for customer!!



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This fella is one that can make Yut Kee in KL bite the dust.He sells Hainanese style western food which outsiders like angmos won't touch with a ten foot pole but which us malaysians so love to death.His grills and batters are great,so too his sauces and limited edition(cos he only makes like five bowls or so at one time can you believe it?) potato salad.The salmon is not bad but I think his pork dishes are better.
He's one of the few that can actually tackle lamb well,plus he also serves a Malaysian homemade style version of the all day breakfast set (complete with bacon)at approximately 3 times less the price of Starbucks and Segafredo.I don't really like his steaks though but still can eat lah.However,his soups are a horrible,almost tasteless flour filled affair.
Of late,the portions of the various dishes seems to be decreasing in size while increasing in price.

Starting off small in the then Seahorse Foodcourt in Tanjong Tokong,he accumulated a following before relocating to Fettes Park.Since they were a roaring success there,he got ambitious and opened up another outlet at the Chinese Swimming Club,but maybe cos the fengshui there not so good,that outlet has never enjoyed the crowds like the one at Fettes.
Before shifting from the corner lot open space next to Fatty Loh, at the most you had to wait during mother's day or christmas was 45 mins.
They now have 2 shoplots but didn't think of increasing the kitchen space nor the amount of cooks,which still remains at the grand total of 2.
The bearded cook,finds any spare time to checkout leng luis or fiddle with his phone while the rounder capped one at the back(not a cook) pounds and dusts meats like a Viking.One of the female order takers looks like a chinese painting of a concubine,while another looks like popeyes girlfriend and the last looks like Awie's (the Malay singer)wife a bit.Both(with the exception of awie's wife lookalike) have no sense of humour and remain stone faced most times.
Sometime back,they pasted up a "waitress wanted" sign and some smart alec who tried to pick up miss concubine scribbled the word "sexy"on a piece of paper.He attempted to humour her by forming the word"sexy waitress wanted" as he giggled.I saw her give him the Cliff face.
Of their 2 male waiters,the older one is more cheeky while the young one already caught the rock face disease.The matron,when she makes her appearance looks like she really,really needs a good long holiday as with the head chef.
This weekend,because of Starwalk and the Dragon Boat Race,for 2days in a row,the waiting time was 1 and a half hours.Yeah,really.
Anyone that walks in with a smile,cannot smile anymore after this.They will look like they are about to be admitted into the ICU for starvation.Babies will bawl,aunties will frown,botox will fall out of faces onto the table and dating couples might split after this harrowing experience.

So what to do and just how do you while your time away?You may do the following...

1.order a giant cup of juice
2.stare at the wall or outstare other diners or each other
3.bring your monopoly set.
4.bring a big bag of kuaci/ kacang
5.buy the evening newspapers from the savvy vendor that pops in
6.bring a knitting set
7.play psp
8.take turns jogging up and down fettes park to E&O properties down tanjung bungah and back
9.choose one sucker to sit at the table,to represent your family while the rest of you go home to Sungai Ara and bring back items 3,4,6 and 7.

Halfway through the above activity,if you spot the waitress heading your way armed with a menu under her armpit,then you are doomed.She's probably gonna tell you that they've run out of pork/chicken/even fries for goodness sakes.
In this case,make sure you provide your sucker rep with a phone to inform one of yall.The reason why she is at your table is to get the green light from you to omit those items,replace them with whatever she tells you or change your order.
When your meal appears it feels like so tiny cos you still hungry after that.By the time you go home everyone will ask for a plate of maggi mee each.