Rendezvous Restaurant Hock Lock Kee brings back memories

[True Believer]

As a boy, my parents introduced me to Nasi Padang in the early 1980s along Bras Basah Road on the site of the present day Hotel Rendezvous. The restaurant shifted to Raffles City in the 1990s, then to Hotel Rendezvous before returning to its current location at Central Mall in Robertson Quay in 2010. Like many such old school eateries, the quality has taken a nose dive while prices have climbed steeply, though I still patronise it from time to time. Please share your stories about Hock Lock Kee.

 

[True Believer]

This was my first impression of Hock Lock Kee as a toddler. There was an open air carpark to the left.

 

[syed putra]

What? Chinese nasi padang? The nerve!

 

[syed putra]

Sure got pork and lard one. So its not authentic.

 

[True Believer]

What? Chinese nasi padang? The nerve!

Malays also sell Hainanese Chicken Rice!

 

[True Believer]

Sure got pork and lard one. So its not authentic.

I have never detected any pork or lard in the nasi padang at Hock Lock Kee.

 

[True Believer]

The present day Rendezvous Restaurant is high on price, but low on spice.

 

[Boonsiong]

Sure got pork and lard one. So its not authentic.

Medan Chinese sells nasi Padang with pork

 

[syed putra]

I have never detected any pork or lard in the nasi padang at Hock Lock Kee.

Ok. So its authentic

 

[syed putra]

Medan Chinese sells nasi Padang with pork

Medan chinese are from later waves of immigrants more uncouth and brash unlike earlier wave which blended in and assimilate with locals.

 

[Boonsiong]

Medan chinese are from later waves of immigrants more uncouth and brash unlike earlier wave which blended in and assimilate with locals.

Many Malays migrated to Australia and I never see them assimilate and eating pork

 

[True Believer]

Medan chinese are from later waves of immigrants more uncouth and brash unlike earlier wave which blended in and assimilate with locals.

Sweeping generalisations are borne of ignorance.

 

[True Believer]

Many Malays migrated to Australia and I never see them assimilate and eating pork

My maid says that her husband, father and brothers hunt and consume wild boar meat back in Indonesia even though they are Muslims.

 

[superpower]

What? Chinese nasi padang? The nerve!

Rendezvous is a legend. Oldest nasi padang eatery in Singapore. Been frequenting that place since the early '70s. Founded by Indonesian Chinese. More authentic than the nasi padang served by Malays, who know nothing about bumbu rempah.

But sadly, standards started dropping 2 decades ago. Hardly go there these days.

 

[True Believer]

Rendezvous is a legend. Oldest nasi padang eatery in Singapore. Been frequenting that place since the early '70s. Founded by Indonesian Chinese. More authentic than the nasi padang served by Malays, who know nothing about bumbu rempah. But sadly, standards started dropping 2 decades ago. Hardly go there these days.

These days, Hock Lock Kee is high on price, but low on spice.

 

[True Believer]

Rendezvous is a legend. Oldest nasi padang eatery in Singapore. Been frequenting that place since the early '70s. Founded by Indonesian Chinese. More authentic than the nasi padang served by Malays, who know nothing about bumbu rempah. But sadly, standards started dropping 2 decades ago. Hardly go there these days.

More of our legends will disappear if we do not support them. Remember Lee Tong Kee Ipoh Hor Fun?

 

[True Believer]

The legend of Teck Kee Pau is no more with us.

 

[Kotekbengkok]

Totally bland, watered diwn version of what i used to know. Not worth the visit if not for the nostalgia. I tried recently after many years. Total disappointment. And super expensive. Just go eat makchik version at hawker centre is good enough .

 

[True Believer]

My lasting memory of Hock Lock Kee as a child were the western saloon style swing doors at the entrance and the glass display of the nasi padang dishes. Even though the standard has dropped significantly since those good old days, I return because it reminds me of those days when I ate with my parents as a little boy.

 

[SalahParking]

Mahathir favorite, always makan there when in town