[CLOSED] MOA Tiki New Zealand Bar & Grill (CHIJMES)

I liked these significantly more than the seafood platter. When they came, they were hot and crispy but slowly became soggy and limp as I sipped my wine and enjoyed the good conversation. So probably not the best choice for a bar snack.

But they tasted quite good as far as sweet potato fries go, despite a niggling feeling that they were frozen, packeted and refried sweet potato fries rather than being cut fresh. Still incredibly sweet and well-flavored, with a huge portion. Like a really generous mountain of fries, and very addictive.

I literally ate and drank 3000 calories in a single night. But regretted none of it :)

7.5/10

Okay first things first...it is not appetizing at all when the plate comes and the entire thing is the same color. Granted, its a delicious deep fried golden brown, but still.

They ran out of slipper lobster and had to replace it by adding some other elements, which was a pity. There is calamari, battered shrimp, battered fish, and fries (am I detecting a pattern here). Also a very miserable-looking salad covered with thousand island dressing (which is also tragically an orangey brown color).

The individual elements were good, don't get me wrong. The fish was piping hot and perfectly cooked. Calamari was delightfully crispy and still quite chewy. Prawns were bouncy and crunchy (such nice prawns were definitely wasted by deep frying them). And fries...its hard to screw up fries.

Its just that as a whole, this $30 platter left me feeling bloated, a big lump of oil and just in general a feeling that it wasn't value for money. Also much to be desired in terms of presentation.

7/10

The pictures might not really great, it looks dry and bland, but let me tell you that IT'S REALLY GOOD!

Pizza queen margarita ($16): it's crispy and juicy. The cheese is just right with great sauce, the dough have it's crispy and doughy part and soooo good

I come for the Sunday and Monday special menu with $25.80 for any 2 main dish, we order lamb chop and grilled pork loin

Lamb chop ($25.8 for 2): I can taste the lamb and I don't really like it but the moment I mixed it with the sauce it tastes greatt

Grilled pork loin ($25.8 for 2): this is the winner for me! It's tender and the spice mixed in is perfect! It tastes amazing and served with some fruit puree so I could get a bit of variations of it, I don't taste any fat in it but it's sooo soft and not too dry as oposed to meat with no fat at all (?) anywayy I RECOMMEND THIS!

All the main dish served with big chuncks of brocolli and carrot and mashed potatoes, size is big so the price is worth it. The food doesn't come as fast but the service is quite great (maune because there's only 2 tables to serve) and there's a service charge in the bill. But overall deffinitely wants to comes again!

The pictures might not really great, it looks dry and bland, but let me tell you that IT'S REALLY GOOD!

Pizza queen margarita ($16): it's crispy and juicy. The cheese is just right with great sauce, the dough have it's crispy and doughy part and soooo good

I come for the Sunday and Monday special menu with $25.80 for any 2 main dish, we order lamb chop and grilled pork loin

Lamb chop ($25.8 for 2): I can taste the lamb and I don't really like it but the moment I mixed it with the sauce it tastes greatt

Grilled pork loin ($25.8 for 2): this is the winner for me! It's tender and the spice mixed in is perfect! It tastes amazing and served with some fruit puree so I could get a bit of variations of it, I don't taste any fat in it but it's sooo soft and not too dry as oposed to meat with no fat at all (?) anywayy I RECOMMEND THIS!

All the main dish served with big chuncks of brocolli and carrot and mashed potatoes, size is big so the price is worth it. The food doesn't come as fast but the service is quite great (maune because there's only 2 tables to serve) and there's a service charge in the bill. But overall deffinitely wants to comes again!

The pictures might not really great, it looks dry and bland, but let me tell you that IT'S REALLY GOOD!

Pizza queen margarita ($16): it's crispy and juicy. The cheese is just right with great sauce, the dough have it's crispy and doughy part and soooo good

I come for the Sunday and Monday special menu with $25.80 for any 2 main dish, we order lamb chop and grilled pork loin

Lamb chop ($25.8 for 2): I can taste the lamb and I don't really like it but the moment I mixed it with the sauce it tastes greatt

Grilled pork loin ($25.8 for 2): this is the winner for me! It's tender and the spice mixed in is perfect! It tastes amazing and served with some fruit puree so I could get a bit of variations of it, I don't taste any fat in it but it's sooo soft and not too dry as oposed to meat with no fat at all (?) anywayy I RECOMMEND THIS!

All the main dish served with big chuncks of brocolli and carrot and mashed potatoes, size is big so the price is worth it. The food doesn't come as fast but the service is quite great (maune because there's only 2 tables to serve) and there's a service charge in the bill. But overall deffinitely wants to comes again!

A decent dish, their signature. Finished everything.

Fries were ok but got tasteless after a while. Felt like instant fries?