Babela's Kitchen

Babela's Kitchen served mostly western style food, fried chicken wings, pasta, salads, a nice variety of drinks, desserts (mango pudding was heavenly), and more. The other plus of this restaurant was its "non-smoking" environment, a GodSend for a Californian in China.

Interior of Babela's Kitchen inside In Time Mall, Food Court area.

Our meal came timely and very pleasing to look at. The appetizers were very good, especially the 8 RMB Chicken Wings. The only little mishap was that I ordered a Honey Pomelo Ice Tea, but they gave me a Coke + Vanilla Ice Cream Float instead. After I told the waitress, we discovered the English part of their bilingual menu had a mistake and listed Honey Pomelo twice, once for the correct drink and once for the float. They were pretty nice about it, so I didn't request them to fix it and just kept the float instead. After our meal, a waiter came by and asked us to fill out a survey on our satisfaction for a complimentary Mango Pudding. I was very pleased with the restaurant and filled out the form, noting the English misprint and that's when I tasted their heavenly Mango Pudding. We had a decent meal for 2 for about 60some RMB, in a nice environment with nice service. This is a little joint, I'd recommend to others in the area, perhaps those looking for a lunch before dropping by to this nice little cafe from where I am writing this entry.