i wish i were a food critic..

if i were a food critic..
i shall be merciless..
& put an end to food that's tasteless!

if only..

but that's not gonna stop me from writing my own little 'review' of a certain 'j@#k thai' at mar*na squ@re..
wasted almost $17 on a really bad dinner.
here's what we ordered :
2 pieces of thai pandan leaf chicken
2 spring rolls
1 bowl of tom yum noodles
1 hot coffee
1 hot tea

the spring roll was alright..no complaints for that
the coffee..i'm not sure but i didn't hear any complaints so that should be alright too
BUT
the rest...ohhh..the rest.. *sigh

let the criticism begin..

1) the chicken. it LOOKED pretty good. i should have known by the lack of any yummy aroma that it won't taste as good as it looked..
the meat was nice & soft but it was pretty much tasteless. i mean yess..there was a slight tinge of pandan but besides that..it was boring. not salty..not tasty..not even sweet despite the bits of corn in it!

Verdict - BAD! don't bother tryinG!

2) the tom yum. it came in a big bowl..looked ok..UNTIL YOU TASTE IT! erghh..it had to be one of the worst tom yum soups i've ever tasted. the first thing that hits you when you take a sip of the soup is SPICE! HOT! hot is good..but when it's THIS spicy..it overpowers any other flavours! after that..you taste the sourness..abit too much.
after your taste buds recover from that shock..you're left with well..nothing.
no flavour you can taste..just nothing.
it was a seafood soup so there was fish - tasteless, squid - i don't like..but most likely tasteless, prawn - crunchy but otherwise..you guessed it..tasteless & straw mushrooms - normal.
there was a very generous portion of noodles but they were a tad overcooked so it got abit soggy after awhile.

Verdict - very BAD! worse than the chicken..it was basically seafood & thin kway teow soaked in watered-down, overspiced & too sour water with a hint of seafood.

3) the tea. it was pretty strong..which is good coz alot of the food places here can't seem to get their tea right..BUT a pity someone went crazy with sugar -_-! it felt like there was at least 3 packets of sugar in that little cup!

Verdict - you can try. maybe i was just unlucky!

so we've come to the end of my little mis-adventure with food today..but i'll definitely be back with more! hopefully with some good reviews as well =)

til then..please do take time to savour food when you eat? even when you're in a rush..the only exception would be when the food is beyond bad! =P
if not..where's the joy in eating?