My auntie went to the KK Women's Hospital to visit her friend who had been admitted for a surgery. He went to the Kopitiam foodcourt to have his lunch. He patronised the famous Lai Wah stall and ordered dry meepok bakchoemee. $4!!!
The old uncle dished out the meepok and very quickly my auntie was served. It was horrible. The mee was soaky and over-cooked.The gravy was tasteless with no vinegar at all. The meat was miserably tiny with no liver at all. The whole dish was just a washed out! The soup was horrid!
What sort of standard is this??? My auntie was so furious. She went to the stall and returned the bowl of mee .." telling the uncle, you can have it!!!!"
Luckily, the stall uncle did not challenge her. Otherwise, there will be a big brawl!!!!
Do you think food at foodcourt has gone down the drain??? I think so!!!
The worst fallen standards are my favourite Indian and Malay food. Do you agree?
I don't know why you complain. You act like you eating at a food court/hawker centre for the first time. Eating in singapore is caveat emptor. I follow a few rules when I go and eat in a hawker centre:
1) Ignore the reputations of "name brand" stalls, or supposedly famous stalls. Sometimes, they are so busy they cut corners or they are so popular they charge more or give less for the same price. either way, may not be a good experience.
2) Instead, judge the stall on the quality they are cooking that day. I usually walk around first, especially if its a large hawker centre. looking for a table and also checking out how it smells and looks when they are cooking it. Large hawker centres can have more than one stall selling the same food, and I look at the quality of their food. For example, there might be 3 chicken rice stalls, but which one has the better looking chicken, more variety, etc. There might be oyster omelette stalls, which one smells better?
3) Look at which stall is the busier stall.
4) Look at what the other patrons are ordering in the food court/hawker centre. If more diners are eating around one particular stall, why that stall, maybe change your dining option to that food. If the food they are eating looks good, and they are enjoying it, see where is the stall they ordered from.
5) Look at who is cooking the food. If its a middle age auntie or uncle from Singapore, than it should be fine. If its an PRC woman cooking it, its not going to be good. U even mention ordering wanton mee from an Indian, well if you are that stupid to eat at this kind of store, than u deserve to taste shit.
I always follow these rules, and it may seem like a lot of work, but after a while, it becomes automatic.