Decided to order food from Char for a Sunday dinner with the family as this has been on my to-try list for quite some time. It’s renowned for its char siu and roast meats. With the many positive reviews in the past, I had high expectations for the food.
Unfortunately, the overall experience was lackluster with more misses
than hits. The pumpkin and eggplant strips $10.30 was a deep fried
dish tossed in floss. Food that has pork/chicken floss hardly goes wrong
but we found many empty fried batter shells without any pumpkin/eggplant.
The XO Sambal carrot cake ($11.20) was mushy and wet but the
garlic toast spring chicken ($13.80) fared even worst. It was
extremely dry without any garlic aroma or flavor. The meat was stale and
bland except if you dip it into the plum salt condiment. Looks more like
plum salt chicken if you ask me.
The only two passable dishes were the stir fry beef hor fun and
the double roast $39 (char siu and roast meat). The char siu was
nicely caramelized without being too sweet. The meat was also tender
with just the right amount of fats. The roasted meat wasn’t very crispy
but at least it was not overly salty like most elsewhere.
Given the standards of the food, it is unlikely that we will dine-in
at the restaurant in future.
Char Restaurants
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