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TCK 1920 Hakkakaya, One Utama |
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Wednesday, 16 February 2005 |
One Utama is a good option to go for dinner nowadays. Over 100 eateries and food kiosks to choose from. You can almost always try something new with every visit. So this day, we decided we would take a trip back in time to 1920, to tck 1920 hakkakaya in fact.
Hmm, what's this thing about 1920 anyway. There's a Caffe 1920 in One Utama as well. Good food originated in 1920?
Anyway tck had it's original store in Pudu and has since gone more upmarket with this establishment in One Utama's Promenade section. (LG 228)
This is a halal restaurant and they serve a variety of Malaysian favourites like nasi lemak, roti bakar (bread toasted on charcoal fire) and half boiled eggs, some Chinese favourites like curry laksa and some western favourites like pasta, steak & lamb chop. So you could say it caters for a wide variety of taste buds.
Before having dinner there with the family, I had been there for tea one day. Their toast bread looked interesting as they use brown bread rather than white bread, which made it different, so I thought I would give that a try. My half boiled eggs came before the roti bakar and by the time the bread came, my eggs were cold. So you can say that I was not too pleased with that.
But still I thought I would give this place one more try by having dinner there.
That night we decided to try a mix of chinese, malaysian and western.
My wife had the Hakka Loh See Fun with TCK special recipe minced meat & abalone slices (RM10.90)
She found it too dry and the taugeh (mung bean sprouts) looked pathetic. Chinatown Old Seng Kee definitely does this better.
Mother had the Pasar Baru Chicken Chop (RM14.50)
She kind of liked this. The chicken chop had a pepperry tang to it which made it quite palatable to the taste. I would say this dish is a winner.
My daughter had the Fettucine Carbanora (RM16.50)
It came with turkey bacon, an egg yolk & parmesan cheese in a cream sauce. The sauce was actually quite good and you could taste the mushroom in the sauce but I find the portion a bit too small. It's enough for a child but not quite to fill an adult. At RM16.50, I think that isn't value for money. I say - go to Marche over at the Curve and you'll get a better deal.
My children's nanny had the Special Pineapple & Salted Fish Curry with Steamed Rice (RM9.90)
The curry was indeed very lemak (lots of coconut milk in it giving a real thick texture) & quite full flavour. However be warned, the salted fish is so well mixed into the curry that you should not expect to find any chunks of fish in the curry. Not a dish for those who want to see chunks of meat in their curry.
And I had a good old fashioned T-Bone Steak (RM29.90)
It was actually not bad but they apparenty do it only well done. After having sampled David Kam's steak (David, if you are reading this - you have spoilt me - nothing seems to compare what you do anymore) all else is somewhat lacking.
The serving plate was a bit too small and the cutlery a bit too blunt, making it hard work to cut through the meat. All this made it difficult to enjoy the dish.
I noticed the lady in the next table having the curry laksa (which is a
chef's recommendation) and asked her what she thought about it. She
said it was a bit too oily and really not that great.
With drinks, all this came up to RM109.45 and credit cards are not accepted. There are some winners here (like the Chicken Chop,
the Sarsi Leong Fun which was quite an interesting blend of fizziness and smoothness and the friendly & attentive waiters) but the total experience left us all underwhelmed. For the same amount, we would have a dinner we could have truly enjoyed at Oriental Cravings.
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