Eating At Alice's

Still a little miffed that yesterday wasn't the perfect gloriously sunny day that I thought it'd be - the air was hot but was not accompanied by constant sunshine, only pockets of it. You can tell the from this photo...

...cloudy despite the sweltering heat. Bah.

Makan @ Alice's ("makan" is "eat" in Malay) in the suburb of Thornleigh across the bridge was our lunch destination yesterday.

Probably not a good idea to be eating greasy and spicy Malaysian food on such a sweaty day but hey, we do it everyday back in Singapore so why not, we thought. Adds authenticity. Haha. Besides, we've been told so much about Alice's by many for so long and we haven't been.

An icy cold Chendol to start. The best that I've had in Sydney! The palm sugar syrup makes this drink/dessert and they were very generous with it.

The boyfriend's order of Hainanese Chicken Rice. They didn't do too well with this - the chilli sauce is the most important element here and it wasn't right.

My Char Kway Teow.

We got there too late for the blackboard special - Har Mee (prawn noodle soup). Was deciding between the Laksa (a must-have, according to those who have raved about Alice's) and the Char Kway Teow. The latter won because of the heat.

The fried rice noodles were alright. Didn't rock my world. I like them done a different style - slightly wetter (but not soggy), sweeter and darker.

Pals from Singapore will understand what I mean when I say this is a breakfast-style Char Kway Teow (dry like the Char Bee Hoon), not the lunch or dinner version.

Will we be going back to Alice's? Only if the lovely lady from the vintage furniture store nearby calls us if/when she finds us our dream armchairs. Maybe it's not fair to pass judgement based only on the two things that we've tried but it's a long drive out for food that might not be good again the next time. Apologies to people who highly recommended it. We really wanted to like it.

Makan @ Alice's
262/264 Pennant Hills Rd
Thornleigh
NSW 2120
Phone: (02) 9484 8288