Monday, November 1, 2010

Good Ol' Happy Days

A few weekends ago, we decided to go try something new for dinner.
We ended up in The Good Ol' Happy Days Bistro & Cafe in Taipan, Subang.
From outside it looks really nice....like it came right out of 1970s movie.
Well, it's suppose to look like it came right out of a 1970s TV sitcom anyways....called "Happy Days"!
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They had the whole look....
Black and white checkered floor tiles, vinyl red plastic seats, a jukebox belting out old songs, pictures and memorabilia from that era decorating the walls and even their menu carried names of old-time singers eg. Jambalaya Hank William's Mushroom Soup, Nat King Cole Double Barrel Lamb Rack, James Brown Texan Ribeye....you get the gist.
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They definitely got the whole American diner atmosphere going on and I felt myself singing One o'clock, two o'clock, three o'clock ROCK!...
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The only thing missing were waitress on rollerskates!
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There was a HUGE mannequin of Fonzy, the main character of Happy Days, near where they sat us and when my little 2 year old coward saw it, she started crying and clinging on to me for dear life. So we had to shift tables.
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Honestly, it was quite scary looking la and if I were a kid, I'd cry too.
But I took a picture of Fonzy and whenever Renee gets naughty at home, I will show her the picture and say "Behave yourself or Big Man will come catch you!".
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So far, it works like a charm.
I just hope Renee doesn't get too smart too soon to realize that there is no such thing as Big Man.
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Anyways, I don't know if it's because we went at the wrong time or it was just our luck but most of the food that we wanted to order was either "Finished" or "Out of Stock".
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So we ended up with not much of a choice and had to order whatever that was available. Maybe that kind of ruined our whole mood and we weren't feeling quite so 'happy' anymore.
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I can't even remember what I ordered.
SK had the lamb rack which wasn't really good (cos according to the waitress, it was the last one), I had some steak burger or something and Renee had Fish N Chips.
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Nothing worth shouting about.
And let's just put it this way. It cost about Fridays/Chilis price but the portion that comes is like a kid's meal size. Yah. Imagine how tiny Renee's kid's meal was when our adult's portion was so small already.
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In my opinion, the food is not worth the money.
But if you want to go for beers with friends and sit around listening to music from an era long ago but not forgotten, then it is a nice place to go to.
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Well, I would go back for drinks anyways....not for the food.
The place makes me feel that much closer to Elvis.
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