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| - I visited Congee Queen on Christmas for dinner, which was unplanned since the restaurant we did originally plan to eat at decided to close early for Christmas.
Surprisingly we entered to a completely filled up restaurant, along with a 20 minute waiting line. We had no choice but to wait, which gave us a chance to browse their menu. Good thing they had quite a few vegetarian dishes, for my vegetarian mom and brother.
It was freezing cold outside so the sound of hot congee seemed really appetizing.
We finally got a table but the service was seriously lacking, which I wasn't too mad about as it was so busy. We had to literally walk up to the server and ask him for the tea that they seemed to give everyone else except us.
Since we were starving, we started off with a tofu and vegetable stir fry just to share as an appetizer. Then for mains I changed my mind and went for the 1/2 soy sauce chicken with rice, my dad got the small chicken congee, mum got the pad thai (odd choice, but whatever) and brother got the large (!!!) mushroom congee.
The food was served pretty quickly, starting off with the tofu stir fry which when arrived left us speechless based on the serving size! It was gigantic!! It was delicious though.
Then came my 1/2 chicken. This was when we realized that all the dishes are meant to be shared because the 1/2 chicken wasn't a Nando's sized 1/2 chicken which I can demolish, but rather seemed twice the size. My dad's congee was a perfect size for one but my brother realized that he made a huge mistake when his congee arrived, since the large can definitely feed 3 people. Same for the pad thai.
For the taste, my chicken and pad thai were alright...a bit bland, so we had to add a fair amount of soy sauce on top.
The congee, however, was completely bland. It had to be dowsed in hot sauce and soy sauce for it to have any flavour.
Based on the portion size and price, it was definitely worth it. But I think if you are into foods with a lot of flavour and some heat, then Cantonese style Chinese food may not be your thing.
Overall, this was a great restaurant. The only reason for my 3 stars was due to personal taste preferences.
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