Rayyan Yew Teng Hong
40 Pad Thai Thai Style Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Prawn = RM14.95 (Winner of Pad Thai World Championship) Cha Thai Yen Thai Iced Tea with Milk (No Sugar) = RM9.95 Service Charge Absorbed Service Charge 10% = RM2.15 SST Tax 6% = RM1.29 This place is renovated to have a Western Cowboy Wild West feel, but the food offerings lean towards Thai cuisines. A very weird, unusual combination. The staff are polite, friendly, and mostly keep to themselves. Ordering food is through a paper menu, and amusingly, the food is served by a robot. This seems unusually high-tech for a place that gives off more of an old-school Wild West cowboy vibe. I'm happy that all my ordered items were served simultaneously in 5 minutes. Cha Thai Yen Thai Iced Tea with Milk (No Sugar) = RM9.95 Served ice cold in a tall, thin glass. Even though it has no sugar, there is still a sweetness to it. I feel this level of sweetness is just about right. Nice milky, creamy taste with a hint of tea leaves. Not bad tasting and quite refreshing. Pad Thai Thai Style Stir-Fried Rice Noodle with Prawn = RM14.95 (Winner of Pad Thai World Championship) I ordered this because the menu proudly proclaimed it to be the winner of some Pad Thai World Championship. For a Pad Thai that is supposedly a winner of some World Championship, its presentation didn't look impressive. The way it's served looks no different from a regular Pad Thai from a typical food court. It does have a delicious fried, savory aroma. The condiment served on the side tasted like paprika flakes. Slightly bitingly spicy, and the spiciness will linger awhile. There are 3 deshelled, juicy, and bouncy prawns. The amount of *kway teow* isn't a lot, with a wet, sticky appearance and a thickish, *niam niam* bite texture. There is also an elevated taste of sweetness I tasted. Feels like a lot of sugar is added. There are some *taupok* which worked well to soak up any gravy. Overall, a very sweetish and sticky *niam niam* tasting version of Pad Thai. There is no *wok hei* present, although I'm not sure if "*wok hei*" is a concept that is recognized in Thai dishes or not. Although I've never eaten true authentic Pad Thai from Thailand, I've eaten Pad Thai before. I don't exactly like this rendition, but neither do I hate it. It's just different, I guess? As the meal went on, the double combo of the sweetness and *niam niam*-ness got more and more *jelak* for me, and it got to the point where I couldn't finish the dish. The Cha Thai Yen Milk Tea helped a lot to alleviate much of the *jelakness*. Conclusion and Closing Thoughts At RM9.95 (S$3.00) for the Cha Thai Yen Thai Milk Tea, I thought it felt a tad expensive but still barely reasonable for what it is. It does taste decent and refreshing for a Thai Milk Tea, although certainly not something I can drink regularly. At RM14.95 (S$4.60) for the Pad Thai, I just don't feel it's really worth the money. This is basically Singapore food court price. Admittedly, I have never eaten true authentic Thai Pad Thai, so I can't really verify if this is authentic or not. Even though the Pad Thai proclaims to win some Pad Thai World Championship, I feel it's a bit *anyhow dua kang lah*. Other than their self-proclamation, I cannot find any reference to any official Pad Thai World Championship anywhere on the Internet. The initial bite feel was okay, but the eventual *jelakness* got to me so badly that I couldn't finish the dish. So, World Champion or not, if I myself couldn't finish the dish, it really doesn't matter if it won or not. What I am confused about is how strange this whole eatery is. It's a Western Cowboy themed restaurant, but selling Thai cuisines and utilizing a high-tech robot to serve their dishes. It's like this restaurant can't decide what theme it wants to be. There's nothing particularly wrong about this place, but nothing particularly memorable for me either, other than its confusing theme and concept, that is. Thanks for reading. Come join my Facebook Food Blog: "A Solo Singaporean's Guide to JB Foods (And More!)" to view the full review with photos.