This time the eating places are in West Coast Plaza. Unable to travel far due to work. Therefore, have to eat somewhere near with my friend Hoong Shing. Actually, we do not really know what to eat. Since there are two newly opened restaurant, we decided to try both!
Destination 1 is Tian Wang (Heavenly Prosperity) - Nice name huh? ^_^. When you first step in, they give you a cosy feeling. At the same time surrounded by the ancient China restaurant architectural design. Love it very much. The typical me, cant resist to snap a few pics of the restaurant and of course myself hehehehehe.... This is how the inner restaurant looks like. It will be even more perfect if the waitress wear the old ancient China costume. But somehow it's hard, I know~
However, the way they serve the food is a bit slow. So while waiting, I asked Hoong Shing to snap my pics hahahhaa.. too narcissist I think .. Hehehehehe =P.
Ahh... o-cha~I like the ambience of this restaurant. It's a good place for photoshoot. Hmm.. wondering if we could ever do that Hahahhahaha...
Finally, the dishes that we ordered are finally here. First, is the minced meat with brinjal. The food is nice. Not too salty, not too spicy. But just a little bit sweet. The fragrance is not too strong too. The gravy is still boiling when it is served. Delicious!
Second dish is the Bamboo Shoot Spare Ribs. This is superb and is a must try if you ever dine in this restaurant. The taste of the food will linger in your mouth and the way they cook it wasnt too oily. Rated 4 stars. Lacking of one star is because it was a little bit too salty. But the combination of vinegar give a very refreshing feeling for this meal. Nice ^o^
Hope to try their dim sum next time. Yeah, this restaurant serve dim sum from 11am till 5pm. Judging from the menu, it looks not too bad and price wise is reasonable too. Hmm...next try out will be Tian Wang's Dim Sum.
Destination 2 is the Traditional Vietnamese Cuisine located at the same floor. The ambience is normal and I guess this restaurant is run by a family-type of restaurant. However, I like the design as it doesnt look too crowded although it is packed with people. Pricing wise is not too expensive too. Affordable! Especially for students who are always looking for cheap and nice food plus good ambience. Hehehehe
Same with Tian Wang we ordered two dishes. First on the list is the egg noodle. Well, it looks like similar to "Bak Chok Mee" in Singapore or Malaysia. However, the taste is far far far much better.
Before, I continue with the taste. Let me tell you a two PhD students joke. Well two dishes came at once. So I thought that the sauce (which actually is the sauce for second dish) is to mix with the noodles. After we poured in and mix, I somehow sense something is wrong. I asked Hoong Shing "What are we going to eat with for the second dish?" and I laugh till my stomach burst. Well, I guess both of us are too into our research to the extent we are experimenting our food. Sauce is still needed for the second dish. So I braved myself and ask the waiter for another sauce for the second dish. The waiter hesitated and told us that he had already given us. I make an excuse saying we accidentally pour it away and he was filled with question marks. I think he must be wondering where has the sauce gone. Hahahhahahahaha. Very funny. I guess we really got PHD (permanent head damage)!!
Okok back to the egg noodle. The noodle taste real good. Totally different from the wontan noodles or bak chok mee noodles that we have taken. Taste much more fresher and chewy. I love it a lot. The meat is really very tender and juicy. I guess that's a very nice vietnamese food that I have had besides Pho Hoa beef noodles. Will try out their beef noodles next time. Hehehehe...
Last dish of the day is the rice roll with minced pork and mushrooms. And see the orange sauce, that's the sauce where we accidentally poured it onto our noodles. Very good indeed!!! The rice roll is very good. No oily, greasy or meaty feeling. You will definitely ask for more! I do hope to go there and taste more dishes from this restaurant too. But of course with my eating kakis or else food doesnt taste good with no company to enjoy. Find me if you are interested buddies!!
Even Mr. Wong who doesnt have good impression on Vietnamese food also said that this totally changed his point of view on Vietnamese food. Cool, heh! Hehehehhe...
