Song
Que
Date of Visit: 26th
September 2013
Ambience
1 word – GREEN! I don’t mean
environmentally friendly, I mean colour décor!
The whole restaurant is bright green, from the counter outside the
kitchen and bar area to the front door and the walls. I think the colour of the t-shirts of the
servers were also green? I can’t remember
now but it was insanely OTT.
I wouldn’t say it’s a really
small restaurant but it appeared very cramp as the tables were all joined up to
save space and the walkways between each set of tables were narrow.
Don’t expect much of an
atmosphere here – it really isn’t designed for a great ambience but does the
food make up for it?
Food
Between two of us, we shared a
few starters and a main. We had a prawn
and papaya salad, grilled quail, prawn paste wrapped around sugar cane, prawn
cupcakes and a chargrilled pork and Vietnamese spring roll vermicelli
dish. I’m disappointed to say that
nothing stood out for me. The quail was
nice but naturally I am comparing it to the quail I tried at Mien Tay and I
remember it to be tastier there. The
prawn cupcakes were different but even now, I’m not entirely sure what it
was. The base was slight doughy and each
one was topped with a tiny shrimp. I
mean it was ok but not what I would call “tasty”. The chargrilled pork with the vermicelli was
dry and almost tasteless. Perhaps me having
a cold at the time affected my sense of taste a little but the food was a
disappointment to my friend too.
Service
The service was fair – we had no
issues with ordering the food and everything came quickly but it was towards
the end of the meal that we felt a little rushed since there was a queue of
people at the door. I had almost forgot
to order a take-away but as we asked for the bill, I remembered. They asked us to pay for the bill at the
counter (probably wanting us to vacate the table earlier) but we told them we
were not prepared to stand whilst waiting for the take-away. In the end, we got our take-away in a matter
of minutes. Was the speed of delivery
impacted by us hogging a table? Quite
possibly.. either way, the staff at no point was rude to us. However, they could be a little more
helpful. For example, I asked if they
had lemon grass pork with vermicelli or rice and the answer was no but they had
chargrilled pork with vermicelli instead… but they clearly had lemon grass pork
with other items on their menu. My point
is they could have suggested it was fine to substitute one for another.
Summary
Overall, I felt the food was very
average but it seemed to be popular amongst the locals. The menu was extensive so arguably some of
the other dishes may have been better but there are too many other options
around the area before I’d be tempted to give this place another try.
Song Que was recommended to me
but frankly, it wouldn’t be one of my recommendations. However, I am now determined to try out the
other restaurants along the Pho Mile (especially since I may not be working in
the City for long) to find a really good one so we don’t have to trek all the
way to Blackheath area for Mama Pho/East Café for a nice Viet meal.
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