i’m always up for hawker food, and was craving it last sunday. so we trekked out to nudels n wraps (264 blackburn road, glen waverley 03 9886 7699) for lunch. k’s mum said that this place served the best char kuay teow she’d had for a while, so i was keen to see what the fuss was about.
we rang ahead and the person who answered informed us that the place would be closing at 2.30pm so we hightailed it out there to get our order in before it closed. we arrived just after two and immediately ordered the char kuay teow and k’s typical singapore fried noodles. it was only after we had ordered that i noticed the specials board, proudly proclaiming a nasi lemak dish with curry kapitan, sambal squid and the normal trimmings. INSTANT food envy. and my dish hadn’t even arrived yet!
we were starving so we went ahead and ordered a side serve of roti and curry which was pretty good (nothing in comparison to what you get back in kl, of course)
my char kuay teow came shortly after…
first gripe – no lap cheong (chinese sausage)! there is absolutely no way you can call a char kuay teow great if there’s no lap cheong, doesn’t matter how good it tastes. second gripe – i asked for it to be extra spicy, but i didn’t even have to take a sip of water. third gripe – i went up to the counter to ask for some pickled green chillis, and the polite aunty who was working had no problem giving me some. to be precise, 4 small slices.
boo.
k’s singaporean fried noodles looked a bit bland…
so i didn’t bother trying any. mind you, i might have if i had been given more green chillis!
while this trip was a bit of a disappointment i do think i need to go back and try some of their other offerings. perhaps we were just unlucky with these two, they do have a wide range of traditional hawker food on offer – curry laksa, assam laksa, har mee, rojak and so on – so i don’t think i should condemn them to my not-worth-the-trip list just yet.
Hi,
I came across your little blog last night, and you seem to like steak, and since you haven’t blogged about this one place yet I reckon you should give it a try! It’s located in the middle of nowhere in Footscray (you’ll need to drive), and run by one of the ex-chefs from the Botanical.
There are about 8 types of aged steaks to choose from, and the sizes are fairly large, while reasonably priced. I’d have them over Squires Loft anyday
The Station Hotel
59 Napier St
Footscray, VIC 3011
(03) 9687 2913
ooh thanks, i should definitely look into it!
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