Mongkok

For my father in law's birthday dinner last April 15, we opted to go to Mall of Asia on a Sunday. And as expected, the place was teeming with people. We walked around and decided to enter the first restaurant we would find with available seats. Lucky for Mongkok, it was the nearest one around.

We ordered our usual favorites.... a pansit since it was a birthday dinner, fried rice, a seafood dish, a meat dish and a vegetable dish.

The dimsum cart was just nearby so we gave it a try too.

Their chicken feet dimsum was alright; not the best but just alright; the siomai was good, neither was it the best, but at least good. But the shrimp dumplings didn't quite make it to my good-enough criteria. The wrapping was too rubbery and stale that I felt like it had been in the cart for quite sometime.

Their Yang Chow was a bit on the salty side.

I liked their Fish with Tausi Sauce. A little sweet.

This is their Sauteed Mixed Vegatables. It was good. The veggies were not overdone with just the right bite in them.

The Pancit Canton (Chow Mein) didn't impress me. It lacked flavor and kick, to me at least.

We don't usually order Pata Tim but that night, we were adventurous enough to try. Unfortunately, it didn't wow me. The size of the pata was big enough for the four of us but more than half of it was left untouched. Something about the flavor just wasn't right. A little bland, I think.

I have tried Mongkok in Rockwell and I liked it there. Of course my order then was different from what we ordered tonight, so I don't really know if it was our food choices or the branch that didn't fare very well with me. Will I give Mongkok another try? Maybe at Rockwell.... Or maybe not.