Miranda: Mongkok

Thursday, November 8, 2012

Scallops with Broccoli

I posted the appetizers last week, was lazy to post the rest of the photos.:p So here's the second installment of our meal at Mongkok-Santana Grove.

The mixed vegetables tasted as it looks in this photo, just blah. The vegetables were fresh but the flavor was lost on this soupy dish.

In an effort to eat more veggies, we chose yang chow with vegetables. It was alright.

I was excited when I read scallops on the menu. It's been a while since I had scallops. But I didn't expect baby scallops---they were microscopic! I wondered if the scallops were harvested too early. The dish was also totally bland...the delicate flavor of scallops was wasted on this dish. Scallops probably taste better when baked with butter, or with cream sauce because this one didn't make the grade.

We left the restaurant unsatisfied, and mind you, our taste buds are not hard to please. It was one of those meals that you feel sad after paying---what a disappointment! :#

Linking to Food Trip Friday and Food Friday

Thursday, November 1, 2012

Appetizers @ Mongkok

I had a meeting near Santana Grove last week and decided to have an early dinner there before driving home. U haven't been to Santana Grove and decided to join me for dinner. Santana Grove is a cluster of restaurants and cafes along Sucat Road right beside Max's (if you're coming from SSHW) and ShopWise. I remember there was a Starbucks, also a Yellow Cab Pizza, Tapa King, Jollibee, Chowking, Serye, Behrouz, Ice Monsters, Mongkok, plus a few others.

We were walking towards Behrouz, a Persian restaurant, when U noticed Mongkok and asked if I have been there--I said, no. My craving for jellyfish salad a few days before suddenly kicked in as U pulled me towards Mongkok to check out the menu.

Mongkok serves jellyfish salad so we decided to eat here. We also shared a dimsum--tofu with shrimp puff, which was very good. I love the cold jellyfish salad with century egg---couldn't get enough of this stuff!:p