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2014-09-05
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Being a big fan of Butao Ramen, which is nearby, this place is always packed when I look across the road. There are two branches on the same street and both branches usually have a line. This really rose my expectations for this; asa general rule, if there is a line for restaurants, more often than not, it's good (or cheap), especially in places like TST where that are restaurants everywhere.Having looked at the menu, I decided that things did look good, and the prices weren't cheap, but weren't
Having looked at the menu, I decided that things did look good, and the prices weren't cheap, but weren't over expensive either. I was seated at a table outside so I wasn't able to see the environment inside.
All day breakfast - 3 Choices
4/10
For the 3 choice breakfast, we choose cheese, (1) sausage and (1) hash brown. It sounds weird typing this as usually there should be an 's' after hash brown and sausage, but in this case there was only one (not saying that there should have been more, just sounds odd when reading). This came with 2 eggs and we chose to have 2 scrambled eggs. This is where points were lost as the eggs had no flavour at all to them. The hash brown was good, but that was about all. The sausage was very average and the bread also brought no surprises. It is my fault for not asking, but the "cheese" was slices of (fine) cheese, in a little black bowl - was expecting something different, but I guess it did go well with the flavour less eggs (the cheese tasted great). To me, it was a very average breakfast in which everything appeared to be brought; it wasn't expensive, but I felt like I could make this at home at a quarter of the price.Fish and Chips
5.5/10
This is hard to rate, it seemed like it was good, but for some reason we just didn't want to eat it. The thick cut chips were nice, but didn't taste like they were handout (from memory, the menu didn't state so). The fish itself tasted better than other fish but the batter was thick and was hard. The tartare sauce was decent, but again, there was something about it that didn't make it special.Food Quality: 3/5
As mentioned, most of the items did seem like you could easily make at home or buy from the supermarkets; but that said, the food quality did seem good.
Environment 3.5/5
I didn't go inside, but the general environment did seem like a cafe in London or Australia. Nothing special (which isn't always necessary) but still well set out and didn't feel cramped.
Service 3.5/5
Sitting outside usually leads to being forgotten, but in this case, the staff were generally good and were always happy to refill our water (when we got their attention). In busy places like this, the staff can often be quite rude, but that was not the case here.
I'm not sure if it was over expectations or picking the wrong menu choices, but both choices were very average and were nothing to make return, especially considering the line ups. I did hear people say that the Eggs Benedict was very nice there (after we had ordered) so maybe that as what brings people back. Don't get me wrong, it certainly isn't an awful place and the prices weren't ridiculous; but from the dishes I had ordered - there wasn't anything that I couldn't get anywhere else so I don't think it is worth lining up for.
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