Restaurant review: Wok of Life
‘Wok of Life’ is a new Chinese restaurant that has come up in MBD, near BankMuscat. Yesterday being a weekend, we decided to check out the new kid on the block that commenced operations in mid-February.
The restaurant is quite spacious and the décor is elegant. We were told the hotel could seat up to 120 people. Being a Friday noon, there wasn’t much crowd, and we were lead to our table by the affable hotel staff.
We decided to give starters a miss, and zeroed in on four main course dishes – Cantonese chicken, Seasonal vegetables with broccoli in Chinese parsley sauce (Ah! how can a name be so complicated…), Singapore veg. noodles and Veg. fried rice.
Before our order arrived, we were given a complimentary round of kimchi (a South Korean delicacy akin to Indian pickles). Frankly, the kimchi tasted weird, nothing close to the one I had relished in an authentic Korean restaurant in Bangalore, a few years back.
The food arrived after 20 minutes, surprisingly late since there were only 10-15 customers at that point of time. The Singapore veg. noodles tasted good, and it went well with Cantonese chicken. Seasonal vegetables with broccoli in Chinese parsley sauce was quite different, and it had a unique flavour. I want to try this again. The fried rice was a bit oily, but ok. Finally, we had Chinese tea, which I guess is the easiest tea on this universe to prepare. Throw some herbs into hot water, and tea is done, bingo!
For four main course dishes and tea, our bill was RO10.5. I glanced through the menu, and there is a good variety in terms of soups, starters, and main course items. Starters cost around RO1.5 to RO 3, and main course items around RO2.5 to RO5. Fish and crab items costs anywhere between RO5 to RO9. The food and non-pretentious atmosphere did impress me. The whole restaurant is a non-smoking zone, much to my relief.
Rating:
Food: 4/5
Ambience: 4/5
Service: 4/5
8 Comments:
Awesome review Kishor, linked to it from the Omani Cuisine.
It looks good, might give it a visit.
bluechi
Thank you so much.
nightface
Value for money; worth a visit.
Saw the ad in Al-Isboah and had dinner with friends there last night. I thought it was surprisingly authentic and generally pretty good. It's certainly a good-looking room, and while the chicken-and-mushrooms was really dull, we also had good duck, beef, and kung pao chicken. Only downside: it felt like they use a lot of MSG - I have a mild allergy, and definitely felt it.
Still, a nice new addition to the local scene. If only it were licensed!
alexoverseas
Have to try out other specialties next time. I make it a point to avoid MSG when I eat Chinese cuisine. Psychological or otherwise, I get a cracking headache every time I eat food laced with MSG. They would make a killing if they had license.
We were there for lunch 2 days back, yes it was a littlle late 2.30pm,hence, We headed for the buffet, were surprised that in a few seconds the staff started cleaning up, yes, we were late, but then we did not know that the restaurant does not entertain late guests, if we had known we would not take the trouble. Mr. Nelson please take note.
richi
Customer service sucks in most eateries. Wok of Life has jacked up the prices big time, not that great anymore.
Dear Richi , let me thank u for bringing to our notice the incident.we apologise for falling short of customer service standard expected by you ,we feel that the said incident is unparodonable ,we have taken stock of the situation and I apologise on behalf of the entire staff at the wok of life and assure you the best of our services . hope to see you soon , feel free to call me on 96469646 for any assistance --Nelson(Wok of life )
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