Triple Dribble (right). Passion fruit, white guava and dragon fruit. It tasted fruity (obviously), a little bit sweet and sour. Fresh and refeshing, better served cold.
18-hours cooked pork belly. Vietnamese baguette, pork belly slices, pickled carrots & jicama, cucumber, mayo, coriander and sliced chili served with fried wonton skins.
The main highlight was the baguette, mayo and pork. The baguette was super crunchy. The mayo tasted like a creamy mayo with slightly spicy kick. The pork was superb. Super tender and melting in my mouth
It's drier than the first time I ate it, so I asked for extra sauce. It tasted like normal tofu. But, from my experiences I do learn that texture matters just as much as flavor. This tofu had superb texture. This time, silky would be understatement. Super soft and clean. To cover the bland taste, you definitely need the sauce. That's why I asked for more. It's sticky, sweet and very oniony. If I had to choose between this and their famous Samsui Chicken, I'd choose this without any doubt. I can get that kind of chicken somewhere else, but that silky tofu, nowhere.
The chicken itself was good but not that special. The thing that made this bowl tasted superb was the butter. Salty and had rich flavor. With every bite, the rich butter flavor filled my mouth. I also tasted the smokey grilled flavor because they flame-torched the butter on top of the chicken. I did add kimchi to enhance the flavor to the next level. Sour and refreshing. Definitely recommend this one.
Pho with australian sliced beef, Brisket and meatballs. I chose this one so i could taste all the toppings. The broth was rich and salty. The noddle was good, clear and bit chewy. Meatballs and brisket tasted so so but the sliced beef was a completely different story. Super tender, super soft, not chewy at all, and had natural sweetness to it. If you happen to come here, order the Pho Bo Tai (Pho with australian slice beef) and you're all good. The Lime Lemongrass had super strong ginger taste, I ain't gonna recommend it unless you're ginger holic. The Goi Cuon Tom (springroll) was good. Check my feed, I've already posted it. Compared to most vietnamese restaurant, this one is cheaper.
Too much mint leave, reduce that and you're all set.
Shrimp summer roll served with peanut sauce. Huge sweet shrimp, lots vermicelli, mint leaves, carrot and juicy tuber/jicama (bangkoang). It tasted good, fresh, sweet, and earthy. The fermented peanut sauce, it really amplified the flavor, gave it a much more umami kick. I tried their goi cuon tom, bahn mi and pho. Everything were ridiculously good.
It's a complete meal. Fried pork, pork satay, lawar and obviously super crispy pork skin served with sambal matah.
If you know me then you know that I don't eat pork satay unless they use the belly part instead of meat part. Surprisingly, this one tasted good though, tender and kinda fatty. The lawar was so so, nothing special. The fried pork was a little off for my taste, I think they used too much batter to coat it up. The star of the meal was undoubtedly the crispy pork skin. Super crunchy and the flavor was bold. Sadly they only gave 2 small pieces of that goodness.
Now it's time to be honest. The sambal matah ruined everything! For me it's not edible. Come on, I can eat spicy food but not this one. Even the coconut oil from that sambal matah was too hot. I didn't finish my rice thanks to the leaked oil. I think it'd be much wiser to serve the sambal matah in a small plate rather than putting it on top of the rice. Well, it's my case. Sorry but the sambal matah turn me down.
Once again, I tell you all this, we all have different spicy tolerances level and preferences. You don't have to agree with me, don't judge this place based on my review. Try it yourself.
Before I tried it, I did ask lot of people bout this dish and most of them said it's overpriced. Ignoring their warning, I ordered one. Like I always told ya, trust nobody but your tongue. Yup, to sum it up, I'm such an ask-hole 😈
It's one of the tastiest things I've ever had. The coating was thin and crisp but the beef was almost raw. How could they do that, amazing perfect texture. They served it with a hot flaming kind of pan, so you can "cook" the katsu as you please. If you have balls to eat raw food, I'd suggest you NOT to use that. It's insanely good. The texture of the steak was so light, yet the flavors were so fragrant.
1 more thing. They also served it with 4 kinds of sauce : tonkatsu, garlic, soyu and sesame dressing. I'm not quite sure why they put three of them into 1 plate and separate the sesame dressing alone. Maybe the sesame one is for salad? Am I right? If I'm right then I'm gonna say "screw the rules!". Infused with the smooth creamy sesame-y taste made the already heavenly good katsu into the next level.
It's an unique interesting dish, where else you gonna find chicken rice in a glass like this. You know, sometimes when you eat salted egg kind of dish, you barely taste the salted egg, but not this one my friend. They really coat the chicken with the salted egg sauce. Strong taste of salted egg and it did kick the back of your tongue, in a good way though. It's definitely value for money.
Good Place to Chill, but the coffee just meh. Wish they'll improve it soon.
Everything with truffle oil hype me up. Strong aroma of truffle paired with crunchy french fries. The tartar sauce was also good. A bit creamy and mayonnaise-y. Huge portion too, perfect for sharing.