The wife woke me @ 1030am on a Sunday morning whilst I was barely recovering from the previous night's soccer shenanigans held at a friend's cozy apartment. She was craving for some prata so I told her to go look up the internet for some recommendations on where to eat good prata. I didn't feel like Jalan Kayu Thasevi - too far lah. After sifting through some search results, we decided on Prata Cafe as it was within reasonable proximity to our abode.
As it turned out, Prata Cafe just happened to be one of those places where I've travelled past on numerous occasions but never really bothered to give it a try. Sitting just a stone's throw away from the Botanical Gardens on what used to be the old Eusoff College, Prata Cafe reportedly serves the "best kambing soup" and other local indian muslim fare according to some local foodie forums.
Ok so expectations were running a little high based on the existing reviews. The parking is kinda "illegal" along Evans Road so being the quintessential Singaporean motorist, we parked at a "good spot" where we could watch the car with hawk eyed dillegence in case the little white lambs on scooters were circling about.
This place has got both indoor and outdoor seating. They even sell the daily papers which were conveniently placed on a rack next to the main entrance. The menu contained the usual indian muslim fare of mee hoon goreng, prata, nasi lemak, briyani etc along with the standard teh tarik, teh halia and a myriad of milo concoctions.
I was eager to try the soup kambing but was told that it wouldn't be available till sometime in the afternoon. We ended up ordering 2 plain pratas, 1 egg prata and 1 mutton roti john. The pratas arrived 7 minutes after we placed our order and came on a silver plate with 3 compartments in which one contained the curry.
The plain pratas were quite disappointing. Firstly, it wasn't piping hot, crispy and fragrant. In fact, it looked like it had been sitting around for abit before arriving at our table! I was hungry anyway so I had to take a couple of bites. Left it to the crows after 2 mouthfuls.
The egg prata on the contrary was fresh. At least this one looked like a proper well fried prata and tasted quite alright on it's own. The curry is a tad salty with no chunks of meat/vege in sight. The cheese prata was also freshly made but did not have enough cheese filling to warrant a decent thumbs up.
The roti john looked the part when it first arrived. Crispy on the outside with a decent egg and mutton batter and 1/2 cm chunks of onions. Oh and it had a good squeeze of mayo in figures of 8 on the top. Strangely, there wasn't the customary sweet chilli sauce in sight. I guess it tasted alright - not great but yeah... OK. So we worked our way to the other end of the loaf and found that the batter was only applied to 3/4s of the roti john! 5 uncoated pieces of bread mate.. geeze.
We were left thoroughly unsatisfied and disappointed. I mean bro you gotta get the basics right!!!!!!
Verdict
Food - 5/10 *the egg prata saved it from a sub 5 rating*
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