Food :
Price : More expensive than Oldtown,expect to fork out an average of $10/$12 per dish.
Floor staff : Scared,insecure but helpful looking foreigners,helmed by a burly looking chinese guy at the counter(why the hell are they all so big these days?Are they testing or eating everything in the kitchen or what?)thank goodness balanced off with a confident and helpful Malay tudung girl on the frontline.
Service : Sincerely not stuck up nor cringingly fake(so hard to find in Penang)
- NEVER arrives like what it looks like in the menu
- Colour and presentation always completely different from what is promised in the pictures
- Quality control : much,much,much better than Oldtown.
- Menu gets its inspiration from central region Chinese New Village roadside hawker style therefore I am extremely sceptical when they attempt any northern region dishes.
- Coffee : can do only,not really thick,but no complaints
- Tea : looks like muddy longkang water,however tastes better than it looks,still not very great
- Ipoh Horfun : Who the heck chucks in one tablespoon of fried shallots,tons of spring onions with just a few strings of chives?
- Rendang chicken :Fragrance is there,chilli power is not bad,santan is done thai style creamy.However the recipe is neither Malay nor Nyonya but Chinese New Village.Meat has red,bruises in between.
- Nasi lemak : Chinese new village style
- Portion : ok,quite generous
Price : More expensive than Oldtown,expect to fork out an average of $10/$12 per dish.
Floor staff : Scared,insecure but helpful looking foreigners,helmed by a burly looking chinese guy at the counter(why the hell are they all so big these days?Are they testing or eating everything in the kitchen or what?)thank goodness balanced off with a confident and helpful Malay tudung girl on the frontline.
Service : Sincerely not stuck up nor cringingly fake(so hard to find in Penang)
