All reader reviews by weng
Rasa Sayang
We went to this restaurant , not expecting wonderful food because of the previous reviews. Must confess we were pleasantly surprised. Their Teh Tarik (pulled ceylon tea) was nice, their chendol (green flour jelly sticks with coconut milk, ice shavings and genuine gula melaka - brown palm sugar) is one of the nicest in London. Their wat tan hor - flat rice noodle sticks fried with cornflour and eggs with seafood was nice and the rice noodle sticks were nicely burnt on some to give it the hot wok flavour found in the Penang hawker variety. The otak, aroasted fish paste wrapped in banana leave was ok though a bit salty for my liking, but this is one of the few restaurants in London that still serve this dish. I would return to try their other dishes. Some but not all of their dishes are nice - I suppose it is knowing what to order.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Overall rating 
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 5 | Value for money 5
Wong Kei
When a favourite restaurant of mine has a marked lowering of its cooking standards, I tend to revisit it a few times in the hope that it was a temporary glitch. Maybe an off day for the cook, or he has gone on holiday . Sometimes they leave and the management hires a new chef. I recently went back to Wong Kei and found that their noodles are back to their old high standards of the 70s and 80s. Their wontons are nice and there were quite a number, with plenty of vegetables and a very nice soup. I strongly recommend their wonton mee. And it came with a large pot of free tea. For £3.20 this is really value for money. They have been repainted recently, and the service was good.
Monday, October 05, 2009
Overall rating 
Food 8 | Service 7 | Atmosphere 6 | Value for money 10
Royal China (Putney)
A very nice restaurant for chinese cooking. The Birds nest made of yam with prawns, mushrooms in the centre was nice. Their porridge was very good and they were very helpful when I asked for this as a takeaway. Service was good and the atmosphere was excellent.
Thursday, October 01, 2009
Overall rating
Food 9 | Service 9 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 7
54
I have always loved Malay and Indonesian curries. So the curry fish and curry prawns were nice with really large tasty prawns and did not disappoint. The assam laksa was more the Malay version with Bunga Kantan, mint, etc. and not typical Ayer Itam Assam Laksa. It probably could be improved with more fish in the soup and more pineapples. But the prawn paste for this dish was nice. Probably only Kopi Tiam's Assam Laksa was better in the London area (of those I have tried in London).. The roti jala was an unusual find in London - O.K.- but a more spicy curry may have done the trick, and a thinner flour paste may be more like Penang's Hamidah Roti Jala. The Chocolate fondant was excellent - I could not get enough of it!! The sago red (and green) bean ice cream dessert was nowhere as good as the chocolate fondant and I thought I could taste a durian flavour in the ice cream . At 50% discount off the Ala Carte Menu price, it was value for money. All in all a very nice Malaysian restaurant for Malay food, but Sedap pips it for the top spot.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Overall rating
Food 8 | Service 8 | Atmosphere 8 | Value for money 9
Opening today in Clapham - Adam Byatt's Bistro Union. 
