Mike L.
Yelp
Being that it was my first time checking out the food court at Resorts World, just about every counter we passed by looked so enticing. Ramen, dumplings, pho, fish & chips, burgers...quite genuinely, there was no shortage of things I wanted to try. However, as soon as I saw Googgle Man's, pinched into a corner towards one of the ends, I immediately knew I was coming here. For one, in the spirit of how Famous Foods is fashioned after the hawker centers and night markets in Singapore and Southeast Asia, it felt appropriate to hit up the Malaysian food vendor. Secondly, but even more importantly, the food just looked too good to resist!
Now, if you're prone to suffer from bouts of decision paralysis, Googgle Man's is the place for you. With just two options on their menu - their namesake Char Kuey Teow and Hokkien Noodles - it shouldn't take long to figure out if you want one, the other, or neither (or both, if you're ambitious). That being said, even if they had 10 times the number of dishes to choose from, I was dead set on getting their CHAR KUEY TEOW. The fact that it's their namesake dish was already a pretty compelling reason, but really, it was mainly because it just looked so good in the photos on Yelp!
Even before our order was ready, I was already salivating just watching it get cooked in the giant wok as flames flared out from the burner underneath. As soon as it came out, I was almost immediately ready to dive in. Somewhat surprisingly, this dish was actually loaded with a good amount of shrimp, crispy bits of pork/pork fat, and Chinese sausage. So much so, in fact, that I actually wish there had been less of the crispy bits and more of the noodles for a better balance. In terms of taste, though, this was great! The dish was well seasoned, not super oily, the shrimp were cooked well, and the noodles had a really nice bite to them. Plus, the overall portion size was pretty fair for the money, especially for The Strip.
Given how I still have literally everything else in the Famous Foods food court to try, I'll likely opt to check out something new instead of coming back the next time I'm here, but it's not reflective of how I feel about Googgle Man's. Sure, I'm basing it purely on the only dish I've tried here, but I'd like to think that's it's actually based on half of the menu that I've managed to try in just one visit!
FOUR AND A HALF STARS rounded down.