Just had Char Siew Rice at Yat Lok for lunch and confidentially had similar a couple of days ago at Roast Paradise which form my basis for comparison.
Let me start with saying that both are delicious and more than satisfying.
Both are new relatively players in the area with Roast Paradise operation previously at their famous Old Airport Road Hawker Centre store and Yat Lok (having multiple branches) taking over another old roast meat store.
Roast Paradise
531 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
- Char Siew was charred nicely, very tasty and tender
- Pricey at $4 per packet/plate for a starting price
- Long Queue, short hours, open at 11am and close at 4pm
- Best time to go before 12pm to avoid the queue
- Often sold out by 2pm
- Have Hor fun to go with Char Siew, something different
- Roast meat is not bad as well
- Do check if ordering the combo as had been shortchanged before that when I ordered Char Siew/Roast Meat rice, they gave me only Roast Meat, probably mixed up due to long crowd
- Just added Roast Chicken to their menu as well
| Yat Lok Roast Delights
532 Ang Mo Kio Ave 10
- Char Siew was nice and fatty, tasty and tender
- Standard price at $3 per packet/plate, adding other meat was another $0.50 only
- Almost no waiting time.
- While there appears to be quite a few orders, the staff was fast and efficient
- Good variety of food, they sell Roast meat, Roast duck, Roast Chicken and Soy Sauce Chicken as well for the meat variety
- Have Wanton and Shrimp dumpling soup completing the menu list for a full fledged roast meat store as expected
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Conclusion: While Roast Paradise is undoubtedly the more famous and popular store, the slightly better quality does not make up for the long waiting time and higher price. I will not especially patronise Roast Paradise and will probably go to Yat Lok for my Roast meat cravings should I need to next time.
No photos as too ad-hoc a post, will make up for it with the next post.
