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After having desserts and other (sweet) snacks during the afternoon, we wanted to eat something savoury to balance all the sweets... My friend mentioned wanting pizza, and so I thought of Isquare's duke's deli as it has been quite a while since i last visited a deli shop. I was surprised they served baked rice as well, as this is rather un-American! The menu is quite extensive, but a replica of the same-type. There were no salads like the central branch, only pizzas, baked rice (many options of
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After having desserts and other (sweet) snacks during the afternoon, we wanted to eat something savoury to balance all the sweets...

My friend mentioned wanting pizza, and so I thought of Isquare's duke's deli as it has been quite a while since i last visited a deli shop. I was surprised they served baked rice as well, as this is rather un-American! The menu is quite extensive, but a replica of the same-type. There were no salads like the central branch, only pizzas, baked rice (many options of different toppings and cheese), pastas, sandwiches and cakes.

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Pepperoni pizza by the slice $36
This took a while to be served, but the wait was worth it as we learned they had baked it upon order so it would be hot and crispy when served. This crust is much more like a flatbread, rather than ones you often find around Soho. We were both pleased with the taste of it, but I preferred Brivo's by far!

Turkey on Kaiser Roll with a side of mustard sauce $48
They only had two choices of bread rolls - hero and kaiser. I was disappointed as I really wanted to try something new. Nevermind! I ordered it with all the fillings - pickles, lettuce, tomato, and so it came to a pretty tall sandwich! I had to split in half (vertically) to eat it =P. It was fresh enough - the turkey was good quality, as well as the fillings and the kaiser. I think a toasted kaiser would make for a tastier sandwich but the waitress (who wasn't very competent) didn't ask me if i had wanted it toasted so i didn't think of this until i had started eating it.... I can only compare this to subway, and it is admittedly much more fresh but I dont think the Kaiser roll beats the honey oat bread nor does the price justify its 'freshness'!

The sandwich came with a
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Today's was a chickpea and tomato soup. It sounded bad, and tasted equally as bad as I expected. It was not smooth and just tasted a bit like potato soup...with a tomato scent? I would never have ordered this but it came with the sandwich so...
pepperoni pizza
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    很有北美feel的食物
    2010-02-16 3 views
    趁年初三不用拜年的日子，便來isquare逛逛，看見這家餐廳，不期然想起以前在加拿大的日子，人不多所以試一試。叫了1. Philly Cheese Steak 費城芝士牛柳三文治 --> 好味，完全是讓小妹回憶起在加拿大的日子2. 紅羅白蒜cream湯 + $9 --> 湯夠濃，夠味道3. Cheddar Chinese Burger 免治牛肉芝士漢堡飽 --> Juicy 好有汁，有肉味和咬感也好...Good待應不少是其它種族，所以自然地用英文下單，不過好像也懂簡單中文。
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    趁年初三不用拜年的日子，便來isquare逛逛，看見這家餐廳，不期然想起以前在加拿大的日子，人不多所以試一試。

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    1. Philly Cheese Steak 費城芝士牛柳三文治 --> 好味，完全是讓小妹回憶起在加拿大的日子
    2. 紅羅白蒜cream湯 + $9 --> 湯夠濃，夠味道
    3. Cheddar Chinese Burger 免治牛肉芝士漢堡飽 --> Juicy 好有汁，有肉味和咬感也好...Good

    待應不少是其它種族，所以自然地用英文下單，不過好像也懂簡單中文。
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    2010-02-08
    A great place to go with friends and hang out for a nice dinner. The food there isn't expensive considering it's location and environment. The Philly Cheese Steak sandwich was the most expensive item on the menu at $68, and it comes with Wagyu Beef. The pizza also comes by the slice at $20 to $34 and it's huge! Tastes just like the pizza available in the States! There's even a decent selection of food for vegeterians. Pastas, pizzas, snacks, doughnuts.If you're looking for a decent place t
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    A great place to go with friends and hang out for a nice dinner. The food there isn't expensive considering it's location and environment. The Philly Cheese Steak sandwich was the most expensive item on the menu at $68, and it comes with Wagyu Beef.

    The pizza also comes by the slice at $20 to $34 and it's huge! Tastes just like the pizza available in the States! There's even a decent selection of food for vegeterians. Pastas, pizzas, snacks, doughnuts.

    If you're looking for a decent place to eat with friends, this is the spot to go to. It's in a great location, and very cozy. The people that work there are a joy to talk to as well.
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    New York Styled Deliy Yes - but a Basic Style.
    2010-02-03 33 views
    I was quite ecstatic at first, hearing of Duke's Deli opening a new cafe eatery at i-Square, as I love the American style food. I regularly purchase lunch from their Central Store a fair bit, but that's been a review which was archived before it got to to see daylight. Upon re-confirmation from the Central store's staff that the flagship store has finally opened - I came here kinda hoping to experience just a bit more sophisticated stuff in my daily eating path! What erks me the most ini
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    I was quite ecstatic at first, hearing of Duke's Deli opening a new cafe eatery at i-Square, as I love the American style food. I regularly purchase lunch from their Central Store a fair bit, but that's been a review which was archived before it got to to see daylight. Upon re-confirmation from the Central store's staff that the flagship store has finally opened - I came here kinda hoping to experience just a bit more sophisticated stuff in my daily eating path!


    What erks me the most initially is the way the i-Square Duke's Deli outlet is set up - its been compartmentalized into 4 sections: A coffee & Cake one, a Sandwich section, a Hot Sandwiches with Pizzas & Pastas section, then in the behind housed a slightly repetitive schemed 22" Pizza counter! Its almost an carbon copy of the Central Store except its bigger.

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    "PHILLY CHEESE STEAK -"
    It took me a while to work out whether I shall order their very simple (perhaps too simple, Te style) pasta offerings, or their signature burger which is the same as in Central store, or a Sandwich/Kaiser Roll or their Philly Cheese Steak.
    I settled for the latter because I like this Philadelphia styled beef sandwich on a crusty roll with thin sliced grilled beef, plus there are many outlets throughout America which serves this so I was kinda curious to their interpretation. Made from American Wagyu beef - this meat carried quite a lot of beefy but gamey flavour, perhaps a little off-putting for some people! The Cheddar cheese on top is what u would expect too, strong in flavour, double-thickly sliced, but a little bit artificial! (I actually like this fake style!)

    The Hoagie roll was toasted really well, the green peppers and onion were also sauteed grilled well, albeit slightly too salty. The Wagyu beef was slightly too chewy to be frank but on the verge of being acceptable! The side-dish of what resembled something between a white coleslaw and a remoulade however, was very bitter and carried too much white pepper influence rather than being refreshing as it should. Improvements needed in both items.

    "MUSHROOM PIZZA SLICE -"
    Its a given that any non-fresh pizza slices to be reheated is not going to be too good, nevertheless such is life - sometimes, you need to order and eat something which isn't in its perfect form! This pizza slice was thin and nearly crispy, but retaining some tenacity in the dough, although ultimately a bit dry prob due to refrigeration and the need to be double-baked. There was a fair bit of herbal influence, I could pick out tarragon, oregano and rosemary, not sure about other things! Its not bad but not too good either.

    "SAN PELLEGRINO LEMON DRINK -"
    Pretty good as usual! They actually carry the famous Caffe Vergnano 1882 coffee here in this outlet - but I really couldn't fit another coffee in.

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    OVERALL - Low '4'
    To put it less emphatically, this cafe seemed a little under-performing with its very dinosaur aged menu items, its almost liked a souped-up Subway but double the price. The overall designed scheme lacked a bit of coherency as well. I feel that this shop is just about perfect for a light lunch, but for dinner its perhaps not really what customers want. It still needs some refining and re-shuffling before they get onto the right track, but otherwise, I can't foresee any immediate threats of it usurping its closest competition!
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    1 of their 4 Separate Ordering Counters...!
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    Mostly Cheese Cakes for Selection!
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    Lemon Drink!
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    Philly Cheese Steak Ok-Good!
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    Pizza is Below-Average. but if Its for Lunch... ok
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    Run of the Mill Menu Items, a bit Fool-Proof.
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