Happy Union Chinese Restaurant

Really terrible. We waited a half hour to order and an hour for the first main dish on a table for four! The nexr dish took a half hour and the rice arrived 20 minutes later. The vegetables arrived undercooked and we left hungry, frustrated and very disappointed. Not the birthday meal I expected. Would only recommend 1 dish, the rest were plain and boring. Never again thanks.

The fish head (fin) mee hoon is our favourite dish at Happy Union without a doubt. For those who think it will be difficult to eat fish fins, then this may not be the dish for you, but the fish fins are usually sufficiently fresh, well fried, and totally complements the mee hoon soup that contains the preserved vegetables and ginger. The ginger is really to counter-​act the gas build up that the preserved vegetables would cause (or so says my ever so knowledgeable mother). The soup and mee hoon makes for the light side of the meal, with the fried fins absorbing the bulk of the tummy.
The golden pork belly is something that one must try when you’re at Happy Union. Marinated with what I think maybe ‘shrimp paste’ and some other secret ingredients, the aroma that comes through when the dish is arriving at the table is really quite outstanding. The only problem with this dish is the awful guilt factor after finishing a portion because it really is quite fatty… but man. OH SO GOOD.
What we did find was the wait time being a tad too long, and that it was a bit of a mess with how they served the tables. The strategy seems to be «keep each table happy for a while»… so we received the chicken, and upon finishing, we had to wait another 15−20min for the next dish, and the same for the last dish. This was seen throughout the restaurant. Perhaps it is their way, but I don’t think it’d be something I’d move forward with. The wait in itself is a little too much of a tease, especially for the hungry soul, and with most people eating rice with the dishes, the rice would just turn cold over time whilst waiting for the dishes.
There was an occasion where they seem a little shorthanded, this made it a tad difficult to get the attention of wait staff.
That said, service is always ever so polite, and the wait staff generally serve with a nice smile and are friendly. Nice. (:
I don’t know if I’d be back again for dinner after that waiting episode, but for lunch, well I think I must have gone back several times since the first visit, so that should tell something!