Renovated Wong Kok Char Chan Teng, IOI Mall Puchong

Wong Kok is a favourite for me and my son. I called it a Weastern (W represents Western) joint esp. with items served with lots of cheese and the hot plates with large servings of meat. Over the years, I have eaten there on many occasions.

Since moving away from Puchong I missed this Hong Kong inspired food alot. So over one afternoon I went alone for a fix after an appointment in Puchong. They have done a major renovation and gone a bit upmarket with new furnishings and furniture.

They must have been doing well with reserves or took bank borrowings confident of recouping their investments fast. No business owners would like to do a major renovation in their existing premise unless they are confident of the future.

I took a lunch set at RM10.90. There is a bowl of rice porridge with roast pork and seaweed. It comes with a bowl of cream soup and hot/cold milk tea. I like the milk tea here as it is 'kaw' and a tinge bitter as western tea should be.
I was enjoying my newspaper while eating and forgot about my cream soup. So I signalled the staff. Not once but thrice with eye contact. They thought I was asking for the bill and tried to ignore me indirectly telling me to go to the cashier's counter.

Finally, I got my cream soup.

This is the kind of service I commonly get from mamak shops and also kopitiams namely Old Town and Kluang. They just want me to go to the cashier's counter. I wonder if this is their modus operandi or just plain bad service!