That’s Ling’s famous words when we were prowling around Causeway Point – a large shopping mall at the northern tip of Singapore – just now. We’d just stopped by a Singtel shop to buy a new handphone to replace her old one, and had dinner at the level 6 foodcourt. The food court’s one of the larger ones we’ve seen, although I don’t find its seating layout particularly pleasing. Still, since Ling has started this thing about dining in Singapore, here’s my offering:
Char Siew wanton noodles and “Korean” fried rice @ Causeway Point foodcourt
Ling’s dinner item was “Char Siew Wanton noodles (dry)”, which is a dish that I don’t fancy as a rule. It comprises sliced barbequed pork, wantons, selected vegetables mixed with noodles and a mixture of chilli and ketchup sauce. I had a few nibbles, and found that the ketchup taste overwhelmed the taste of chilli. Ling liked the noodles – they appeared to be well-strained and not “clumped” up together, as it often happens if the noodles were not properly boiled and drained before serving. Going at $3, Ling and I rate the dish:
- Food: 3 / 5
- Service: 3 / 5
- Value: 4 / 5
- Overall: 3.3 / 5 (So-so. Won’t win any contests.)
It’s good value for money admittedly: you just don’t find many foodcourt places selling these noodles at $3 anymore, even in Singapore.
My dinner was a plate of so-called “Korean Fried Rice”, but there wasn’t anything very much Korean about its preparation or taste. It basically tasted like a plate of fried rice that you can get anywhere else, albeit this one had a stronger taste of red (?) ground pepper, and it was served with a piece of deep fried chicken cutlet that had been chopped into strips. The plate cost $4, but even for that price, it’s not something I’ll want to try again. So:
- Food: 2.5 / 5
- Service: 3 / 5
- Value: 3 / 5
- Overall: 2.8 / 5 (Korean? What Korean?)
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