Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Xuan Xin Steamboat @ Gurney Plaza (CLOSED DOWN)

How come they succeeded in Tanjong Tokong I really cannot see why,
except for the reason that they always turn away walk in diners,
by way of kindly 'informing' them that they have to book like months before arrival.
What bullshit.

But now as it is they have obviously miserably fallen flat on their face,7 floors up here.
There's no way for them to pretend,no darkened windows so everyone can see how many people come in and out of here.
No jockey,no excuse of lack of parking space for them to jack up the hype.
No booking ledger for any kind of show whatsoever.
Zilch.

Formerly occupied by The Cape,that no msg award winning chef hocus pocus place,
the current owner wasted no time in snapping up this prime lot,to offer us what they are best known for....steamboat.

BUT how do they honestly expect us to take them seriously when
  1. the fishballs smell like the insides of a scaly underwear
  2. emperor noodles turns your tiny steamboat into a bubble bathtub
  3. fried fish meat contracts erectile dysfunction once out of the boiler
  4. minced pork,looks like a blob of disintegrated,hammered swine floating to cloud,muck and screw up the surface of your hot pot jacuzzi
  5. grilled satay is hopeless....tough as thrice microwaved squid tentacles marinated in rice wine .YUCK.
  6. the soup bases do not compliment the dips,the dips assassinate the soup,till it goes into ICU inside you
  7. they charge you 80 sen for a plastic glass of plain water which is why I call it pain water
  8. luckily I didn't go a la carte or else sure CLT already
Half full,not satisfying.
All of which they still dare to tax you an additional 10 plus 6 for.
I tell you,the tax is the real killa.
The deciding factor which makes you never want to step foot in here again for another meal.

For freshness and value,it's better to head downstairs or downtown to any other steamboat place but this.