Rest : Vong Wong
Meal : Dinner
Loc : Express Towers
A random desire for Chinese and the lack of tables at Moshe (its always the same story with them) meant we ended up at Vong Wong once again. The place honestly, has a lot of potential and im not sure they are realising all of it.
The menu has changed, the older menu was a Thai section & a Chinese section and was fairly expansive. Now they have a shortened menu where both the cuisines are mixed, very sensible.
The place itself is massive with a very large physical footprint, floor to ceiling windows and private dining space. Attractively done, it would hold its own with any modern restaurant.
They did a fairly good Blood Mary, no real complaints with this one.
With the menu change, the other thing that has changes is that the old wet, boiled peanuts have changed to regular salted peanuts. Weak, very WEAK.
The Tom Yum was good, tasty, sour but good.
The dumplings were sweetish, not my favouraite taste in the world from my dim sum. Additionally, there were no real dipping sauces, the table sauces were horrible.
Feeling a little adventurous we picked the season veg on a bed of lettuce. again the taste was on the sweetish side and it did seem like it belonged to Chinese or Thai, however it was a decent dish by itself.
The ho phun noodles were very different, thick, oily but good. Dry tasting dish by itself if you pick it without gravy. The Asparagus and mushrooms in Oyster sauce were not too bad, the sauce was okay and the asparagus is a favourite of mine, so no real complaints.
Overall, the food is just about average which is sad since the location is excellent and the ambiance good. All they need now is to put a serious effort into the cuisine itself.
Revamping the menu was the right choice and the food is not bad at all, however its not memorable or outstanding on any front either.
Food : 7/10
Service : 7/10
Damage : 1800 with a cocktail.
Vong Wong
Express Towers,
Nariman Point,
Tel : 22875633, 22875634
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2 comments:
sad to hear it's gone down. they certainly started with a bang though the menu was too unwieldly as you point out in your post. i have only been once and heard rave reviews from friends but not of late. you explain the reasons. thanks, gaurav, hope you are well!
Hi Lulu,
i have been good, thanks. I hope your family is doing well too.
You know i went to VW,after you reviewed it :)
they did start out strong but somehow lost their way along the road.
the menu changed but the food hasnt. its not that its bad its just so ordinary.
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