I found the food at Swatow to be kind of... forgettable. Not bad, but not extraordinary.
My burly manfriend had a shrimp wonton noodle soup with barbeque pork, which was very good.
Unfortunately, and I don't know if it was just a case of picking the 'wrong thing'... I was not as lucky. I ordered the 'char cheong noodles' (I assume this is to resemble 'jar cheung mian'- the Northern Chinese noodle dish). When I ordered, I was asked a couple of times by the waiter if I was 'sure' I wanted this particular dish. Nope, just pulling your leg! I'm never sure what to make of it when I'm asked this in a Chinese restaurant. 'Chances are, it's going to be
a) really good. 'How-could-I-be-missing-out-on-this!?' kind of good.
or
b) what... the hell is this?
The char cheong noodles were a striking 'b'.
Bright red...? Kind of sweet...? Is that meat...? So many questions.
I would go back, but I would be considerably more wary of what I ordered.