So today begins another foray into another genre or type of thing that is reviewable, and hence shall be reviewed. I don't profess to be a food guru, but i would like to believe I can at least discern what is a good food and what is bad food. When i say good food i mean in terms of taste and not just cause it is a particular food I don't eat.
So if i do not eat it, don't expect it to ever be reviewed by me. For example I will never eat chicken rice and neither do I think I qualify to review it since I think it probably just tastes the same and is boring. Other food that I do not eat includes cockroaches, locust, human meat, and oysters because I seem to have some sensitivity to the raw taste that induces puking when i eat them.
Either way, my review is probably more tuned to whether you should consider trying this food at least once, or its not worth trying at all, or it is good for repeated patronage. Its more like an adventure kind of thing then whether the food is really good. That is cause I have not tasted all the dishes on the menu so you cannot expect my rating to be accurate in terms of the food taste if you eat something completely different. However, in terms of the eating experience, you could expect a more similar experience to what I have eaten and felt during my time there.
INTRODUCTION
So in a quaint little place called Suntec City, there has always been a bunch of shops at the top floor in the same tower as the one that has the Toys 'r' Us. I been there once a long time ago and remembered the good variety of shops, but was under the impression that it was all very expensive. Well, have you yourself walked there and taken a look? Probably the scary part would be the large Jap restaurant with a buffet priced at like SGD 44 bucks per person. But going further in, you would actually see pretty interesting shops.
So the first shop I decided to go to try for the very first time was this shop called Turkish Cuisine. It has a bright red signboard and should be the 2nd or 3rd shop from the Jap restaurant. I was actually trying to slide across to take a look at the menu of this swiss restaurant but one of the staff managed to convince me to go in and try and at first glance the price seemed pretty ok.
As far as Turkish Cuisine goes, i believe that it is pretty rare to find in Singapore with more people being familiar with the Turkish ice cream. Unfortunately, I also didn't manage to get a snap shot of their menu so perhaps that's something useful to add into my future reviews.
So below is the review proper, for now I cannot really come out with any more review criteria besides these four.
Food
Over here we will talk about things such as the taste, the presentation and even the uniqueness of the food. First of all, this place is pretty unique to me as they actually served something like this.
So this was actually minced lamb with some veggie on a pita like pizza. This is their version of the pizza. The bottom layer is actually something like the prata we can eat. The taste was also pretty good if you were to ask me and the portion is actually pretty sufficient.
The other dish we had was actually something pretty interesting too.
On the left side, the baked cheese like area was actually mashed potatoes. On the right side it was actually stewed beef. This one was called the King Kabab or something to that effect and it tasted very unique also. The beef was pretty tender and the stew sauce was pretty flavorful. The mash potato with cheese would serve to appease those who are more into western cheesy kind of food and is supposed to fill you up. Only grouse of this was that perhaps the portion was a bit too little and i felt that if i ate it all alone, I would probably not be all that full. That being said, at least it was served on a claypot which was a nice unique touch.
The boss also told us to try some kinda cake but in the end we decided to skip that. According to him however, he said that many of his patrons liked it and it does seem to be one of a kind in Singapore. So if ever you are visiting his shop, perhaps you could try the cake too. Its the Kunefe in the picture below.
Atmosphere
In terms of atmosphere, those shops at the top are pretty squeezed for space to be honest. But there was actually quite a fair bit of space when we ate there for a weekend dinner and I sat inside the shop itself. There was turkish music on loop and it sounded pretty interesting actually. Besides that, the boss actually came and asked us about the food which i felt was a pretty good touch.
The rest of the staff were normal filipino staff that was ever ready and attentive to serve. They might be a bit assertive in recommending food but overall they were pretty nice
Price
So this was the amount that we spent for the food that evening,
So if you expand it and take a look, there is no service charge and the price that was reflected on the menu was the price you would be paying. So its pretty clear that this is probably not a place you will eat at everytime, but nonetheless its a interesting place to try if you are looking for a special weekend meal and you want to try something different. Note that I didn't buy drinks but water is provided for free.
Accessibility
I decided to add this portion because I was wondering, if people were thinking of eating here then i guess to some extent how difficult it is to get to the place should be somewhat important still. Being in the central area which is in Suntec city, I would say that it is a pretty easy place to get to complete with parking. Of course those might not come cheap but at least you can plan this together with your grocery shopping.
Overall
Food : 4 (Its unique and the taste is pretty good, of course there can be improvements)
Atmosphere : 3.5 (Music that suits the setting, and the boss himself was friendly and forthcoming)
Price : 3 (Pricey, probably the level of a more extravagant meal, but its still not daylight robbery)
Accessibility : 4 (Near the mrt, can drive, just might be bit crowded)
Overall : 3.6 (Overall, this is the kind of place that you could consider on that special occasion just to try something different. When you go with this kind of mindset, you will be able to enjoy the meal and the experience. In short, this is a place that you should try at least once :) )
Please comment if any :) especially if you have ways to improve on ratings.
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