Eating Out: Petaling Street Revisted (Afternoon Tea Special) [600 Station St, Box Hill]

Hungry after a day of orientation at uni K仔 and I decided to head down to Box Hill to try out the afternoon tea specials at Petaling Street. Twice we did this.
There are 10 dishes to choose from, all of which are $6.80. YES $6.80!!!!!!!!!!! May I add that includes Teh Tarik hot/cold OR a can of soft drink. But do go for the Teh Tarik, very frothy but sweet.

On the first visit we shared a Hainanese Chicken Rice. No picture because we were just too hungry to care. The skin was very springy. Only issue was the soya sauce underneath was quite salty. There was about 5 decent sized pieces of chicken.

The second time we went we both ordered separate dishes, at $6.80 why not?

Traditional Malaysian Roast Chicken with Rice

Likes: 

Whole maryland =] with super crispy skin

Moist chicken (I don't get how it can be so moist if the chicken is roasted, really raises suspicions.)

Chicken rice was quite chickeny

Dislikes:

Skin was extremely salty, like they dipped it in salt. 

Char Koay Teow
Likes:
Very generous serving.
Everything was there (crispy pork lard, fish cake, prawns, chinese sausage, egg, beansprouts, garlic chives and COCKLES)
Just right for chilliness (not for K仔, he added a massive dollop of sambal onto his share)
Dislikes:
Cockles tasted like the sea, sooooo fishy.

By the end we were both completely stuffed. Although this is their "afternoon tea" set we had it for lunch. I wonder how anyone could eat the much for afternoon tea.

Food: 8.5/10 The chicken dishes were average but the char kway teow was the best I've had all year.
Service/Environment:  8/10 Clean. Alright service, English is obviously not the waiter/waitresses first language but it is better than a lot of places in Box Hill.
Value: 9.5/10 Exceptional value. To get a 10 the dishes would have to be perfect, close but definitely not perfect.
Accessibility: Train, tram and bus.

Verdict? Wonder if I can try out all 10 dishes offered. 3 down 7 to go. Ipoh Hor fun sounds good, as does Petaling Street Style Short Rice Noodle in Claypot.

Eating Out: Wong's Lucky Bar 旺旺幸运吧 Revisted [921 Whitehorse Road Box Hill, 3128]

Going to try a new format for reviews. I'm pretty sure you're sick of my rambling and my horrible writing style.

Came here for lunch a few weeks ago. It's starting to become one of my favourite places in Box Hill.

Hainanese Chicken Rice $7.50 (I think)

Likes: Comes with everything it should in a decent sized serving. 

The price.

Dislikes: They raised the price in 2011 from $6.90.

Chicken part of the Chicken Rice

This is what I come here for.

Likes: Boneless

That they actually submerged into icy water straight after to make the springy skin.

The soy sauce which isn't too salty.

The garlicky chilli sauce.

The special something in the spring onion sauce. Chicken Powder?

Dislikes: People pinching my chicken because it's good.

Wong's Laksa King $8.80

Likes: Tonnes of chicken and toppings.

Dislikes: Broth, not enough spices in it.

Combination Crispy Fried Noodle $8.90

Likes: Super Crispy Noodles which are NOT burnt.

Variety of toppings

Dislikes: Hard to pull apart and share.

Stir Fried Clams $14something

Not on the menu and some waiters do not know that they have this dish.

Likes: It's hot.

The youtiao (chinese donut) bits in the bottom to soak up the sauce.

Dislikes: Serving portion given price.

Not fresh. 

Some shells did not have any meat in them.

Food: 8/10 Average chinese food. Decent chicken rice.

Service/Environment: 7/10 Cramped and not the cleanest place around. Staff aren't very cheery.

Value: 8.5/10 Chicken rice excellent value. Clams definitely overpriced. Everything else is reasonable.

Accessibility: 9/10 Train, tram and bus. Extremely convenient. Only problem is you might miss it, not a super obvious place. 

Verdict? Read previous post on this place. If I want chicken rice, I will come here for my fix.

The cafe part joined to the restaurant is also part of the restaurant. The milk tea with pearls there is only $3 compared to $3.50 at Bubble Cup. The cup is slightly smaller here I think but seriously all that milk tea isn't good for you anyways. Also a little sweeter with a hint of coffee and stronger tea flavour (for some reason) than Bubble Cup.