The winner takes it all (2)…

Well, sometime back, Stanleycarter suggested that I should go to this Everwin Kopitiam to try what they have to offer and write a review about the place and I did just that…

It was opened quite recently under a different ownership and name – Fantasy Food Court, but after a couple of months, it changed hands. Now, it has been taken over by the people of the Everwin Supermarket which is located in the same vicinity and seems to be doing roaring business since it opened. From the look of it, the kopitiam is also enjoying an equally favourable response.

One thing that caught my eye the instant I stepped into the place was this…

…and do not be deceived by the banner hanging outside that says, “Fast food RM2.00 only”. If you can read Mandarin, according to the flyer, that is for three types of vegetables only. For one meat and two types of vegetables, it’s RM2.50 and two types of meat and one veg, it’s RM3.00. That’s more or less that same as what they charge at other places. I had a look at the fare they had to offer and the things looked pretty nice. I wouldn’t know about the taste though.

For one thing, the place was hot! It used to be air-conditioned but under the new owners, they’ve opened up the walls on one side and they do not have any ceiling fans, just a few fans on the pillars by the side. It did not help one bit that they were playing some rather loud Chinese songs…and one English song that did nothing to save the day. It was something from Ling King Pak Linkin’ Park, “What I’ve done“. And the last straw was that service was extremely slow. You’ll have to wait for ages even for the drinks, what more the food! I think we had to sit there for a good half an hour before the drinks came and only after  another half an hour did the food arrive!!!

My missus had the kolo mee (RM3.00) which was not bad…

…except that it was nothing like kolo mee, and was more like some fairly nice kampua noodles camouflaged with minced meat, fish balls and stuff to make it look like kolo mee.

We also tried the char kway teow (fried flat white noodles) with clams (RM3.00)…

…which seemed to have strands of yellow noodles in it as well. It was okay but I wouldn’t go ooo and ahh over it, that’s for sure! I ordered the nasi lemak special (RM4.50) and I got this…

The rice wasn’t too bad, though not as good as Thomson Corner’s or Sri Menanti’s, but just look at the half-fried ikan bilis (anchovies)…or should I say, anchovy heads! The sambal tasted like adulterated chilli sauce…and there was supposed to be one fried fish in the so-called “special” but I did not get any. Sigh! I was too mood-spoilt by then, so I just ate…and left!!!

The ultra-diluted kopi-o-peng kau (thick iced black coffee) was RM1.40 a glass, RM1.20 elsewhere and the kampua noodles were priced at RM2.50, RM2.20 at other places. Looking at the prices alone, I certainly would not consider this place a winner and taking everything into consideration, I must say that it is far, very very far from being one!