Zoul's Corner

Used to be one of my favourites for a nasi ayam penyet fix. It always had a long queue, but when I went yesterday during lunch time, there was no queue at all. I ordered the nasi ayam penyet and, to my disappointment, the chicken was overly fried to the point it had no juice left. The soup tasted like nothing but salt and ajinomoto. I also remember their nasi goreng used to be freshly fried by a short, friendly Malay abang — it was superb. Now it’s pre-cooked and tastes bland. Seriously, the owner needs to look into this stall; I understand he/she may be busy with other branches, but don’t let the staff ruin the shop’s reputation. I went again today and, unsurprisingly, there was no queue. But that’s it — no more Zouls for me.

Service from staff was rude just because she was alone and had grab orders to attend too as well. That aside, the food was disappointing. Fried rice was super blend and chicken wasnt fresh.

I’ve been a regular to eat the nasi goreng ayam penyet in Zoul corner West Coast and the quality is always consistent compared to other branches, hence I don’t mind travelling from Tampines to West Coast if I miss the food. From recent visit, I’ve concluded that though the food is still great especially the ayam penyet and the chilli, the service ranks as the worst that I’ve ever experienced in hawker centre setting. Firstly , when I order Ayam penyet fried rice , they reject me saying no fried rice . This contradicts what I saw in the kitchen which is a large wok of fried rice and they are packing them for online order. If you’re busy with online order, please close the shop and focus on your online order and don’t treat the physical customer rudely. When I ask for extra chilli, she gave me extra half a teaspoon of chilli. When I came back later to ask for chilli , she agreed for me to take the chilli myself but suddenly shouted “stop” as if I’m stealing the chilli without permission. No matter how good the food is , the bad service together with the constant black face of the server left a bad taste in my mouth which I will not want to taste again.

Picture shows tauhu and tempe for nasi ayam penyet but in reality theres only chicken, rice and 2 Cucumbers only. Seller was very rude also. Not recommended

Came by for lunch and joined queue, but the service was pretty fast. Ordered Nasi Ayam Belado @ $7.50. Came with a nice drum stick with green chilli sauce, a bowl of soup, a slice of cucumber and lettuce. Rice is fragrant and taste pretty good. Soup is good but a little salty for my liking. The green chilli sauce is definitely very tasty, not salty but I wish it could have been a little more spicy. The chicken is well marinated, outer is crispy but some parts does not taste as juicy as I would have thought. Will be back another time to check other dishes.