Welkom (2de keer)

Welkom (David Simonstraat)

The Snoodies went for a repeat performance at Welkom Chinese restaurant last night, and again it was delicious.  Very very nice.  We had some guest Snoodies with us as well – Tim and Sue from Tucson and they declared that the food was better than any Chinese food they’d had in the US (including P.F. Chang’s).

Last night we started with a nice bowl of Corn Soup with Chicken.  The bowl was a bit large since we had quite some food coming yet, but who cares.

We ordered the Hong Kong Tjauwmin with Seafood – it was scrumptious.  A mound of veggies and seafood in sauce arrives on top of crispy noodles – the trick is to use the forks provided and mix it all nicely together, making sure the noodles are nicely soaked with sauce, so that every bite includes a veggie, noodle and sauce.
The next was an order of Stuffed Eggplant – not sure what the stuffing consisted off…. it had a mild flavor, so probably not pork, most likely tofu.  Regardless, the eggplant had been stuffed, sliced in big pieces and quickly fried in some nice sauce – it was melt in your mouth good.  Two of the Snoodies are eggplant fans, while the third is not – but in this case, all of the Snoodies were eggplant fans.
Our next dish was Beef Hot Plate – a nice stir fry of beef, bell peppers, and onions.  The sauce is poured on the hot plate next to the table making a nice sizzling sound – the smoke was less pleasant.  On a side note, apparently several guests ordered hot plate last night, because the restaurant quickly became filled with a food scented haze…. 

The Pièce de résistance of the night though, was a whole Sweet and Sour Fried fish.  The fish had been de-scaled, cleaned, head removed, then the top portion was cut off, all the bones removed, after which the remaining meat was cut into cubes still attached to the skin on the bottom.  The meat portion was then dredged in flour and fried and covered with sweet and sour sauce (full of chunks of pineapple, onions, and peppers).  It was delicious and beautiful to see – you were able to simply take spoon and fork and break of chunks of tender tasty fried fish from the whole.

All this for a mere 35 SRDs a person (which includes a juice, bottles of water, and hot tea for everyone).

Score:
Ambiance – 3 (the acoustics while still bad were somewhat muffled by the food scented haze….  J )
Food presentation – 5 (the fish looked exquisite)
Flavor – 5
Customer service – 4


Overall score: 4.75

Final words: I think that Welkom will remain a favorite for good Chinese food.