I haven't tried their outlets in Singapore or Kay El but judging from what I have just had in Gurney Plaza, this is like a ciplak/celup Hui Lau Shan that will never measure up to the ones sold in HK. The mangoes taste diluted, flat, mushy, squashed.
It's like comparing thai durians to Balik Pulau ones. You get my drift ? One is royalty feted around the world, the other a commoner whom nobody gives a shit about .
Thai mangoes lack the robust, juicy sweetness and firm smoothness that slips across your tongue and gives you an eye opening revelation. The fact that they are put on top of pulut and have salty coconut milk poured on top for added flavour pretty much sums up how awfully bland they really taste.
What really bugs me is how come the franchise holder was allowed to substitute the mango species used in Hong Kong with Thai mangoes ? Due to cost?
What they use in HK can make you sprout wings and sing a song. What they give you here makes you shrug your shoulders and bury your head under a rock for wasting ringgits on a money making excuse for a franchise.
The result is a very weak, unflavourful cup of mush that tastes like a pale shadow of what made them famous in the first place. Something more creative and colourful than a Thai roadside fair.That's it. Something different to talk about. And that's about all.
Look I'm not going to waste more time typing. If you want to know what made them famous in the first place, you have to make The Trip to The Original birthplace for The Real taste of awesomeness that makes The Brand.
