Reviews

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  Good Malaysian food

  jon333 | Sep 13 2009

  Curry beef and borsch are both very good here. Conveniently located behind Times Square. Waiters are very friendly. Very flexible and helpful with integrating a la carte dishes into the set menu dishes.

  • How much did you spend?
    100
  • Food 7
  • Service 7
  • Ambiance 6
  • Price 3

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  Nam Ah Restaurant 南亞 1964

  jason.bonvivant | Sep 10 2009

  Someone told me recently that when one has a craving for certain types of food / cuisine, it means one lacked the certain nutrition that can be found from that particular food or cuisine. Your body somehow stimulated your brain to have certain food craving for your own good. I think it is true to a certain extend. The main concern I have is that I am always craving for various types of food and cuisines, sometimes the range can be quick extreme as in one moment I want Indian curry with Naan and then soon after I would crave for a salad followed by ice cream! Does it mean I am in a really bad shape in terms of a balance diet? In lack of various nutriments? humm ....
  
  After getting my haircut, I wandered around the Causeway Bay area in search for something quick for dinner. When I passed by the the Brunch and Supper Club, I really had the urge to go up for some egg Benedict but after recalling my previous visits here, I decided to continue my search. The mere thought of the egg Benedict reminded me of chicken and suddenly I had a craving for chicken. The first thing that came to my mind at that moment was Nam Ah Restaurant and its Hainan Chicken which they are famous for. It was a good time to give it try. The last time I visited was almost 2 years ago, also after my haircut session. Without spending much time on the menu, I ordered my craving item, chicken, Hainan Chicken Rice. The environment is causal and decor is fairly contemporary in a sense. It was bright and fairly cozy but a bit noisy even when it was only half full.
  
  (1) Hainan Chicken
  From the slightly chewy texture of the meat, it seemed to me it was of free range chicken but lack the strong chicken flavor I wanted. The same applies to the rice but it was soft and moist which was good. The sauce was a bit of a disappointment because the "ginger onion" lacked a lot of minced ginger!!! I heart this type of sauce and I can literally have a bowl of plain rice to go along with it. However, not the sauce here; not only did it lacked the amount of minced ginger, it had an excessive amount of oil and the green onion was chopped too big in my opinion. I remember cooking my own "ginger onion" sauce to go along with a simple steamed chicken back at university years when I was the so-called "chef" of the house. My housemates finished the whole chicken and all the sauce, I guess that was a sign of it being fairly decent right? or maybe they were just too hungry after waiting the whole evening for me to finish cooking. The soup that accompanied the set was alright, with "dried vegetables" and pig's kidney and live, fairly traditional in terms of ingredients but not of taste because it was rather light in flavor in my opinion. When the set was being served, it reminded me of my childhood days because the whole set was placed on a plastic tray with handles on the two sides like you find in some canteens or school cafeterias.
  
  I wish my Singapore trip can come sooner so I can enjoy some wonderful Hainan Chicken Rice there!!!!
  
  Likes:
  
  * Free Range Chicken (I assumed)
  * Causal and relax environment for a quick meal
  
  Dislikes:
  
  * "Ginger Onion" sauce - not enough minced ginger
  * not enough chicken flavor for the chicken
  
  Avg Spending: Below HKD 100 per person
  
  Original Blog: http://jason-bonvivant.blogspot.com/2009/09/nam-ah-restaurant-1964.html

  • How much did you spend?
    Below HKD 100 per person
  • Food 5
  • Service 5
  • Ambiance 4
  • Price 1

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  RAT!! Major hygiene concerns

  Jacqueline Chung | Apr 8 2009

  I recently went there late at night just before its last order, after having a sudden craving for their infamous hot cake and "red bean ice with ice cream". Half way through my meal, I noticed a huge RAT along one of the air con ducts just below the ceiling. The duct wasn't immediately above my head but there were tables right underneath those ducts - which means that the rat (or its droppings) could have easily fallen into someone's food, on someone's table or customers' heads!! When I informed the waiter, he didn't look surprised/shocked/disgusted. His reaction gave me a feeling that they were used to seeing those creatures around, it was just a matter of tracking them down. The rat was absolutely HUGE. This incident simply shows that this restaurant has major hygiene problems and, even though I used to visit this place every now and then, I am definitely NOT going back ever again.
  • Food 1
  • Service 1
  • Ambiance 1
  • Price 1