Old Hong Kong Cafe
86 East Coast Road, Blk A Katong Village
Open 24 hours
Old Hong Kong Cafe seems like the perfect hangout: it is open 24 hours and it offers awfully cheap parking at $2.14 per entry after 6pm. With the sprouting of so many hong kong cafes, this one seems like a gem as the cafe is also spacious and bright.
We were ushered in promptly the moment we entered and the seemingly crowded cafe still had more to offer but what we didn't expect was that they stationed us near the area where the piping hot food are churning out from the kitchen. So there was quite a bit of movement and to put it bluntly, noise. Thus, the rather uncomfortable editors decided that we need to search for a better seat. Scanning the restaurant, we could see at least 2-3 other empty seats, we shifted immediately and were quite perplexed why they didn't offer us somewhere better.
To our relief the food was served fast but alas, we didn't expect 'utensils-poking' waitresses. The waitresses served our french toast and then placed the utensils on our toast...=_=
ok fine...forget it. Then they served my oven-toasted seafood rice with cheesy mushroom sauce and then poked the fork in.... =_= That was it for me....
Editor #2 ordered curry noodles with turnip and kailan. It was laden with MSG and it wasn't any good. After we finally managed to stuff the food down, the waiter appeared almost immediately and asked if he could clear the dishes. Seriously, what is the hurry chap?
My last agony is that the milk tea is beyond redemption. ALL Hong Kong cafe MUST have fantastic milk tea. The one we had has too much ice and the tea tasted suspiciously similar to some of those we find in any neighbourhood coffee shop.
Now, this is pure disappointment and I am sure this will be our first and last try though we still love the rustic Katong-East Coast area.
Visited on the 9 Nov 2007
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