The Steamed Pork Ribs with Bittergourd and Fried Springrolls were possibly the only 2 dishes we enjoyed… because after these, everything went downhill. The fishballs tasted like they came from a long-frozen pack from the supermarket. That little pot of Curry Pigskin + Fishballs took the prize for “Most Tasteless Dish” of the day. More sloppiness – just look at that plate of Braised Chicken Feet. Yes, the pots of food, some half-filled, were presented in that manner – they looked like leftovers from some event the day before? Isn’t it appalling? So I took a walk to check out some huge pots of food laid out at one end of the restaurant… and this was what I found… The Chee Cheong Fun was served without the requisite sambal – we actually had to request for that! The Steamed Fishballs were… forgettable.Īfter the 1st 4 dishes, service slowed down.
I would say none made a big impact on me – the Cha-siu Pau and Woh Tip (fried dumpling) were just OK. After about 15 minutes’ wait, these appeared on our table…Īs we were ravenous, those plates were emptied quickly. We quickly marked the dim-sum items of our choice (selections were pretty limited actually) and waited for our food. The breast meat strips were tasteless & hard – possibly stripped from leftover chicken? Once seated, we were served this plate of appetizer… strips of cold chicken breast meat slathered with mayonnaise, sitting on some limp shreds of cucumber. Not only “grand”, but “palace” somemore! So isn’t it only natural that its customers should have some expectations from such a restaurant? Located on the 6th Floor of Pavilion (I heard that floor is reserved for the “higher end” outlets), we headed to this restaurant one late Sunday morning, looking forward to fill our tummies with some dim-sum.Īs it was still pretty early, the place wasn’t busy – maybe about 6-7 tables were occupied. More so when a restaurant brands itself as “grand”… as in the Grand Palace at Pavilion. However, if it’s a combination of several factors, then I feel I should express my frustrations. At most, I avoid going back to that place again. Usually if it’s just one of these, well…. The not-so-pleasant factors could be bad food, been made to wait too long for service, bad attitude from the staff, unreasonable prices, dirty premise etc etc. Like what I’ve always been taught: if you have nothing good to say, then don’t say anything. Most times when I encountered a bad dining experience, be it at a roadside stall or in a 5-star establishment, I seldom blog about it. That’s life, isn’t it? You get some good and definitely some bad as well. It’s true that not every one of our dining experiences always turned out good.
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