Address: 378 East Coast Road, Singapore 428985
Tel: +65 64403808

It has been observed that many Hong Kong-style eateries have been sprouting up in Singapore. Not that I am the least bit surprised since it has been clear during the various food crazes (think: portugese egg-tart, breadtalk, rotiboy) which had occurred in previous years that our countrymen obviously recognise a good concept when they see one, and will see no qualms about copying it. We may not be known for creativity but well, at least quite a sizeable pool of us are opportunistic.

Anyway, I have been wanting (but somehow forgot) to try one of these eateries for a long time now, and arrangements were finally made with my best pal.

Despite the cafe being tucked at a quiet corner of east coast road, it was rather packed when we got there. First impression? It was loud and noisy with lots of activity, not unlike the eateries in Hong Kong everyone should be familiar with. Clearly, that place is not suitable for those prone to headaches or have a soft voice (since you wouldnt be heard). My best pal and I definitely had no problems communicating, especially with our choral training. In fact, I reckon we were one of the loudest tables there and when best pal burst into laughter, she could well have been THE LOUDEST in the entire cafe (i.e. until one of the partners from my firm and his companions turned up on the same night!)!

After strutinising the colourful place-mat menu which has pictures of every dish available at the cafe, we finally decided to order the spicy fried chicken instant noodle (S$5.80) and toast with peanut butter and condensed milk (S$3.00) for sharing.

Both dishes tasted decent but nothing spectacular, although best pal did comment that the toast could have been nicer if it was spread with more peanut butter. As for me, I still think that the indo-mee instant noodles my brother always cooks for supper is still better.

For drinks, we had the water chestnut drink (S$2.50) and mango king (S$5.50), which were refreshing enough. The latter was mango juice topped with an ice-cream.

Well, notwithstanding the mediocre food, it was really great to be able to catch-up, reminisce about school days and burst into hysterical giggles in air-conditioned comfort without being told that we were too loud (very usual for us) or that the place was closing (the cafe opens til 5.30 am daily) , and because of that, this is a rather good hang-out place.