The current Kombi Rocks Diner is a revamped version of Koon Kee
Restaurant which was all started in 1971and now it is taken over by Mr
Lim Koon Kee's youngest son, Chef Hai. He had merged his passion of
restoring classic vehicles, guitars and fans into the business with
Kombi Rocks offering 2 kinds of service, dinning and rental.
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| Shop Entrance |
Kombi Rocks offers rental of vintage vehicles like Kombi & Bug
from Volkswagen. And I came to know this place by words of mouths as my
friend had rented one of such vehicles for his wedding day. If not for
the recent recommendations and media, this cafe would probably had gone
unnoticed when I drove pass the shop houses of Yio Chu Kang Road.
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| Kombi |
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| Bug |
In memory of his late parents, Chef Hai decided to carry on the
legacy and continue serving a fusion of Thai and Chinese Dishes in his
restaurant.
Ambiance of Kombi Rocks was pretty well setup, unique
and filled with lot of vintage items hanging on its wall and in its
display cabinets. It somehow had given me the good feelings of stepping
into another timezone, the 60s - 70s on a relaxing Sunday afternoon.
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| Decors |
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| Come Take A Photo Here |
The small menu booklet was given to us by one of the staff which
seems polite and friendly. The menu was rather crumpled and old school
looking with a brown wooden board as the base.
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| Menu |
Drinks are being stored in glass jars like these.
Left: Root Beer Float, $6
Right: Stewart's Cream Soda, $4
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| Root Beer Float & Stewart's Cream Soda |
Thai Fishcake - $4 (3 pieces), Deep fried with crispy crust at the outside and inner, spongy and soft. Goes quite well with the thai chilli.
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| Thai Fishcake |
Koon Kee Mee Goreng - $6, a dish inspired by a Vietnamese
pasta, is the signature dish name after Mr Lim Koon Kee the founder of
the original Koon Kee Restaurant. This dish is pretty ordinary, prepared
and fried in tomato ketup, sweet with hints of spiciness with portions
of fried egg.
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| Koon Kee Mee Goreng |
Red Wine Fried Chicken - $15. Every piece of it was well coated with sweet red well sauce, feel the tangy taste!
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| Red Wine Fried Chicken |
Wok-hei Seafood Hor Fun - $6. As the name suggests, a
taste of "Wok-Hei" is anticipated and can never be missed here. Freshly
prepared, the hor fun is rather soft and smooth.
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| Seafood Horfun |
Have a seat on the old school barber seat over the round marble
table top with Singer's sewing machine foot pedal? Oh well, this place
is reserved.
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| Vintage Dining (Reserved) |
Overall the ambiance is what most of us come here for. The food is
pretty normal, more towards the taste of home cooked food with steep
prices and the grand total of the meal is made up of 10% of their
service charge. If you are into retro stuff, why not take a chance and
travel down Yio Chu Kang and have a good reminisce of the past.
Kombi Rocks
Location: 66 Yio Chu Kang Road, Singapore 545568
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