January 17, 2007
Prima Taste Restaurant Food Review - Part 1
There was one time whereby I nearly gave up on Prima Taste Restaurant. J and I had ordered Roti Prata, Hainanese Chicken Rice and Crispy Baby Squids. It happened that a couple who arrived later sat behind us and they also ordered Hainanese Chicken Rice and Crispy Baby Squids.
While J and I were busy devouring the crispy and chewy Roti Prata, we saw the waitress serve Hainanese Chicken Rice and Crispy Baby Squids to that couple. We were like… How come like that? We came first right?
Never mind that. We waited for our turn and horror of horrors! The waitress came by and apologized that they have run out of Crispy Baby Squids! She then suggested we order Curry Chicken. Grrrr! First of all, we ordered first. Secondly, she committed the Crispy Baby Squids order to the other couple and served them before us. Then thirdly, she came back and said they ran out of squids and suggested a poultry dish knowing that we already ordered one! Grrrr!
In the end, J and I had one Roti Prata each, and just the Hainanese Chicken Rice.
Roti Prata: $2.95 each (expensive!!!)
Hainanese Chicken Rice: $8.95
The Roti Prata at Prima Taste Restaurant never failed us. In fact, after trying the Roti Prata at Penang Village and Layang Layang, we personally prefer the Prima Taste Roti Prata because it is crispy, yet chewy. The ones at Penang Village and Layang Layang were a tad too thin and crispy (they don’t give us our money’s worth of Prata!)
The Hainanese Chicken Rice was also one of their better dishes. The chicken is smooth and tender and the rice is not too oily. The chilli sauce, garlic sauce and thick sweet soy sauce all have the familiar taste of the sauces served with Hainanese Chicken Rice in hawker centers in Singapore.
On the whole, the food made up for that small incident at Prima Taste Restaurant. J even gave them a good tip. He’s such a dear.
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Prima Taste Restaurant Food Review - Part 2 of 2
Prima Taste Premixes - For The Homesick Singaporean
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January 17th, 2007 at 9:52 pm
I hate it when that happens. And it seems like it happens a lot to us. Yet another reason to eat at home (the kids are the main reason).
January 17th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
Have not tried the chicken rice before, but looks like it will be a while before I return to Prima here. It takes a while for cravings to come bac again after returning from SG….
January 18th, 2007 at 7:10 am
DF - I find that service in most Chinese restaurants and some Asian restaurants are not as good as the Western ones. I think these folks need to engage Ron Kaufman to UP Their Service!
Tiga! Haha ya.. just stock up on the Prima Taste Premixes for future emergency use eh! BTW, a friend made laksa using the Prima Taste Premix. It was all right. I think he boiled the noodles for too long. But the laksa gravy was not bad. The box even came with laksa leaves.
January 18th, 2007 at 8:23 am
yich, you attended Ron’s Up Their Service? haha.. he’s a funny man. we were laughing our heads off attending his session.
January 18th, 2007 at 1:21 pm
I like Ron and his presentation style. Got to know of him when I attended National Achiever’s Congress in 1998. (He was one of the presenters.) I am subscribed to his email newsletter. He gives pretty good advice on Customer Service.