Nowadays, there are a lot of group buying deals companies in the market. All of them are selling all sorts of deals ranging from F&B to travel to merchandise and so on.
I am one of the “kiasu” fellow purchasing this deals.
However, I am really conscious with the company who offers the deal. What to
do. Got conned before by this damn Street deal in purchasing a travel voucher to
Phuket from this f**king Singapore agency Travelsmoove that went bankruptcy when
we are about to redeem the voucher. Total damages up to RM2000 for 4 people.
The great thing is when we confronted Street deal , they said they are not responsible with whatever rubbish they place in their website even the details given by their clients is fake or the company they advertise for is a scammer. Even greater, the so called president/judge for our Tribunal Pengguna (fyi, I did lodge a complaint with Tribunal Pengguna Malaysia) told me , “ why do you choose to purchase online when everybody knows in online, you confirm will get scammed . They are not wrong but you as the consumer should be responsible with your careless. You should be like me, Never purchase anything online“. In my brain, I was thinking: “Err, Mr.President, we are paying your salary to fight for the consumer justice and yet you are telling me this bullshit. You are doing a SUPERB job! Bravo
After this incident, I never purchase anything from Street
deal anymore. (fyi, there is also a blog entry to make aware of the terms and
conditions they set in their website. HERE)
However, on this one fine day, I came across this great (at that very moment) deals in Groupon which is Dim Sum Buffet and double boiled whole abalone offered by Ah Yat Abalone forum.
Hooray! Ah Yat abalone le! Sorry la. Being a bit of a
Kampung Girl and not coming from a wealthy family, Ah Yat Abalone is consider a
luxury for me.
So, I immediately purchase this deal for myself and my friend.
We went to redeem this deal immediately on the next day!.
Super Kiasee already after the bad experience.
Went there with super excited mood and “tamjiak (greedy)” as well
Reached there.
A bit disappointed with the interior of the restaurant. Not as grand as imagined. Even the hygiene level for this branch is not well kept. You can see a number of flies doing their picnic routine. My friend even saw a fly swimming in her cup of tea.
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| Photo Credit : Groupon Malaysia |
Although we went with the voucher, they will still charge us
with the tea RM2.50/pax and also peanuts RM3 as tea is not included in the deals.
First, we are served
with the whole abalone double boiled soup!
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| Double Boiled Whole "Mini" Abalone |
The appearance is not as attractive and appetizing as per
illustrated but it’s OK as there is always a fine words below the advertisement
stating “All images are for illustration purpose only” so we do not expect the
abalone to be as big as our palm with the price we paid.
Luckily, the soup does not disappoint us. The taste is really flavorful. We finished the whole damn soup!
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| The Power of a Great Photographer: Double Boiled Whole Abalone as per illustrated |
Luckily, the soup does not disappoint us. The taste is really flavorful. We finished the whole damn soup!
Regretted!
Quarter of the tummy is filled with water and yet there is
still 40 varieties of Dim Sum for us to pick.
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| The Buffet Menu |
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| 流砂包 with Chocolate flavor Bun. Weird |
But, recommended their Prawn Dumpling (蝦餃), Fried Raddish Cake (炒蘿蔔糕) - with shredded dried scallop as the topping), BBQ pork (叉燒), mini egg tart (蛋撻) and Crispy Roasted Pork. However, Crispy Roasted Pork not recommended for people who seldom consume meat as the lard smell is slightly strong but for people who love lard like ME, then you will love it as the skin is super crispy!
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| Clockwise: Fried Fish Cake, Deep fried Bean Curd wih Prawn, Fried Raddish Cake, Steamed Chicken Claw with Special Sauce, Crispy Roasted Pork and Prawn Dumpling |
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| Clockwise: Baked No.1 Forum Bun with BBQ Pork filling, BBQ Pork, Century Egg with Pork Porridge, Siew Mai, Steamed Bun with custard and salted egg and Mini Egg Tarts |
The other selection is just fine, nothing to be “hooha”.
The normal price for the dim sum is slightly expensive
ranging from RM9.80 to RM20 plus for the higher range dim sum such as Shark Fin
Dumpling and also their Bird Nest Tart.
Might re-visit the outlet if there is 50% promotion on the dim sum but if on normal price, Ah Yat will not be in my dining list for the dim sum la. Dare not comment on the dinner/lunch set as I still do not have the chance to lay my hands on them.
But, thumb up for their service as they
assigned a staff to specially cater for our needs and the staff is really
alert. Whenever we start looking around, he would come to our table
immediately. Most of the staff there are foreigners.
This outlet can be easily find as this building is just directly opposite of Wisma Hong Leong in Jalan Sultan Ismail.
Ah Yat Abalone Forum Restaurant (Non Halal)
