It has a french name but Le Charme serves modern Asian cuisine. The place was previously Hills BBQ, an institution in roast duck, pork, soy chicken and Hong Kong style cafe food. The food was cheap and delicious but in need of a renovation. I am not sure if the owners are still the same since the restaurant's change of concept but the food still feels essentially the same to me.
The main differences from the previous restaurant and I love them, are the modern and clean looking decor, comfortable and roomier seating, the good service (compared to the abruptness of HK style cafe), and presentation of the dishes.
Since opening, this restaurant had received a good rating on Zomato and the Feed Me menu for $30 pp for dinner seems tempting but we checked in for a quick lunch. To our delight, they have a specials lunch menu and dishes are reasonably priced at $9.90 or $11.90
We ordered prawn spring rolls to share:
Gaz ordered the wagyu minced beef with onsen egg on rice ($11.90). I think when the meat is minced, it really doesn't matter whether it's wagyu or not, it's all in little pieces anyway. The seasoning was good, and it tasted very much like the old fashioned claypot rice. See what I mean by the food being essentially the same?
I ordered the Singapore noodles ($11.90). I started saying the full dish name from the menu 'Singapore Curry Seafood Rice Noodles' but then the waitperson cut me off, nodded and said 'Yup, Singapore noodles'. Until then I had no idea it was just Singapore noodles, I thought it was some fancy pants fusion dish with dryish curry gravy on vermicelli. Again, see what I mean by the food being essentially the same? The only difference was that there were actual seafood in the dish, and there were big prawns that burst in the mouth. Nice but a tad greasy.
This is a glammed up joint that is perfect for those who want Western standards of comfort and service but still have authentic and delicious Asian food.
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