I rated this One Star, but I meant One NEGATIVE star!!
I eat to the occasion, hence I am not picky when it is to fill my tummy but I've eaten a good restaurants as well.
Yesterday I was running late and only had time to grab a quick bite. Went down to the food court at Atrium-on-the-Bay and ordered their $5.99 special - General Tao Chicken on Fried Rice and a can of pop.
Portion was huge (much more than I normally eat) but the quality was horrible. The fried rice was simply soy sauce tinted rice without any flavours (as I have said, I am not picky ... so the mushy texture and the lack of "fried"ness was something I fully expect in a food court). But one has to draw the line with flavours ... there were none other than the faint hint of soy sauce.
The chicken bits were tiny shreded bits heavily battered and deep fried. I suspect they just hewn away at some leftover chicken from the day before, battered it thick and fried it. The meat was dry, chewy and fibrous with no taste. The sauce was a dark sweet-ish sauce (General Tao sauce is normally sweet and spicy with a hint of sourness and has lots of ginger and onion flavours). Again I wasn't going to be picky at a food court, but if the chicken does not taste like chicken and the sauce is not General Tao's why call it that? One has to draw the line somewhere.
The only think authentic was the $5.99 can of Coke ... I ate about 1/3 of my meal and I threw out the rest. This is the first time in my life where I threw out food (I grew up with my grandma, who survived WW2 and we were taught that on some occassions you just eat to fill your tummy ... and I cannot even do so in this case).
Bottom line, just avoid.