Ling Nam restaurant

[dv1000]

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alast. considering my first try at ling nam. i gave it another chance very recently.
i decided to have a light unconventional dinner. congee and dimsum, i know, im being cheap but craving for a certain dish wouldn't stop me from ordering congee.

as i entered freely in the restaurant again. and sat unattended by any of the hords of staff at or after the rush hour, little traffic in the restaurant around 8pm so i assume everyone is not busy, i didn't mind since im used to barging in at restaurants at these hours. what annoyed me is that it became a challenge for me to hone in a single service staff knowing that they really notice you but chose not to entertain or pretend to be doing something more important. im more grateful to the busboy.i think "wearing white collard shirt instead of the red uniform" who is more eager to serve a customer compared to the wait staff. let me clarify im not insulted. i usually come in at a restaurant wearing shorts and a tshirt with my slippers, while there are more important customers to take care of, a family of tsinoys for example.

after i gave my order and waiting for my food to arrive what i notice is the loud noise of the staff chatting in tagalog. i really don't care if there is a knife fight inside the kitchen but it is important that anything happening in there must be kept within the area. masyado kayong maingay naririnig ko kayo. i don't know if it's part of the service and considering the cramp work area you have if i should to consider?

now the food. the congee was ok it was typical and i really didn't expect more from it and was contented. but i must say to double check on the pork entrails your using, smells like it had gone to a better place and decided to come back. these things happen if there are highly perishable ingredients sitting around in the kitchen for sometime. nothing that "bad" but quite noticable.

the giant siomai i didn't appreciate. nothing more than what is being sold at any common place in cebu. i feel that it is overcompensating for it's size "ma mon lukish" for the inability to satisfy cuisine wise.

that said. will i go back to ling nam? probably, but don't get your hopes up.
Price: again and again as what other peoples comments are.
Service: grounds for improvement.

pareha jud ta ug observation boss...

[Tsinoy Cebuana]

Thanks for posting about the cockroach and bad service. I definitely will not be eating at this place...

I already asked the supervisor of Ling Nam, and they said it was not cockroach but it was a fly. It happened during the soft opening of Ling Nam (when every thing seemed chaotic, including the system), there were so many people around and the door was always open because of the number of customers coming in. Though the fly probably came from the open door, but still it is not acceptable but they said their service now is better because they already have adjusted to the system.

[Tsinoy Cebuana]

twice nami gabalik diha, coz my in laws love the food, except sa service lang dyud nila. i don't think it is exceptional if you are still in the stage of soft opening. for me soft opening should pour out all you best para ma impress ang mga customer. As we believe first impression last. 1st dining namo diha they told us sorry maam soft opening paman gud. 2nd dining sorry man bag-o paman gud mi ga open. meaning unsa man difference sa soft ug bag-o?

You have a point there and i want to thank you for your comments because it will really improve their service. They really welcome feedbacks I hope dili ka matagam

[Tsinoy Cebuana]

is this the same ling nam with the yummy beef wanton noodles?

Yes it is the same Ling Nam nga lami ang beef Wanton noodles, and that's one of their specialty

[THE SKULLS]

Yes it is the same Ling Nam nga lami ang beef Wanton noodles, and that's one of their specialty

asay mas lami compared sa Mandarin Tea Garden, ang Beef Wanton noodles?

[clidim]

na intriga ko ani dah..hopefully if we'll go there those undesirable things will not happen at all. i will observe~hmmm i love chinese foods!

[cc(,``o]

my experience there was pretty good. service was a bit slow but then this was during the soft opening. other than that i had nothing much to complain except it's a bit pricey but then lots of other restaurants are already in this price range.