Nik T.
Yelp
i put off writing this review just to see if i still feel as strongly as i did, about this place, after a cooling off period.
it's been more than a month now and i think it is safe to say i'm not clouded by any impulsive verbal diarrhoea.
firstly, finding this place is a challenge.
even for a former west sider junkie like me.
fortunately, i was cabbing it and even though the taxi driver knew of the road, he still brought me on a tour of the colourfully named roads, kuning(yellow), merah(red) before arriving at puteh(white).
if you are driving, your safest bet will be parking at clementi stadium.
limited parking in front of w39 is available and if you do like to take a risk at parking illegally, do have a word with marcus before you do so.
it was packed to the brim on an august saturday afternoon.
thankfully, we secured a reservation and were seated within.
decor was pleasant enough but i'm forever wary of style over substance.
staff were not the most experienced but they tried.
upon the recommendation of their staff and the fact the brunch menu exclaimed it as a local favourite! nasi lemak with roasted spice chicken leg, that was what i ordered.
when it arrived, the fleeting moments of it's decent looks gave way to an inner flaw that is hard to overlook.
salt or the lack thereof.
yes, most times people complain about their food being overly salty but today the oldest, most ubiquitous food seasoning was missing?
did someone forget about it?
but not only was the coconut rice lacking in salt, the coconut milk was way watered down resulting in a tastelessly bland, overly wet and not so lemak rice.
sure, you could ask for more of their homemade sambal but again that is mere window dressing.
nasi lemak rice has to be palatable enough for you to eat it on it's own.
next the chicken leg, best described as a powdery turmeric mess.
again, did salt go AWOL?
after just one bite, all you want is to wash it away with their decent coffee.
mind you, their nasi lemak is priced at $12.50, so the benchmark should be set so much the higher, no?
and guess what?
they interestingly use nicely poached eggs for most of their dishes.
but guess what, i'm not a fan of poached eggs!:(
give me oily fried eggs with runny yolks, anytime, for my nasi lemak, please!
seeing how i only recently scored me the maverick badge, here is a 2 star rating in hope you can score yours too!:)