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Date dined: Sunday 22rd May 2011 8.30pmOrdered: Swiss sauce beef ho-fun & Baked portugeuse chicken rice & SouffleTaste: Swiss sauce beef ho fun- This was fantastic. Tasted better than I expected and definately has uts WOW factor. The appearance of the. Noodles was fantastic. With shredded egg on top then you can see 'choi sum' on the kayer wuth generous amount of beef in the hor fun. The colour f the sauce was really dark. Even the choi sum looked dark. There were quite alot of sauce. Instead of
Ordered: Swiss sauce beef ho-fun & Baked portugeuse chicken rice & Souffle
Taste:
Swiss sauce beef ho fun- This was fantastic. Tasted better than I expected and definately has uts WOW factor. The appearance of the. Noodles was fantastic. With shredded egg on top then you can see 'choi sum' on the kayer wuth generous amount of beef in the hor fun. The colour f the sauce was really dark. Even the choi sum looked dark. There were quite alot of sauce. Instead of normal stir fried beef hor fun which is dry this was with a gravy. Much mre xotic and rich in flavour. The only thing i did not like was the hor fun really thin. So unless u can get a huge spoonful of it without breaking it into bits, its hard to have a mouthful if the noodle. The beef was tasteless and nothing special. I would rather it have more hor fun and less of the beef. The sauce itself was sweeter than normal soy sauce and you can taste a bit of wine init. Delicious.
Baked portugeuse chicken rice: i had already finish my hor fun when the rice have come. The rice was not baked with the sauce. Only the chicken and potatoes are baked with the sauce and the rice came seperately. With a surprise I realized instead of chicken cubes which they usually give, it was a quarter of chicken with the thigh. What so magical of it was, the chicken was just boiled chicken but was roasted chicken. So the skin was nice and cripsy also seasoned! No wonder it took so long to be servedthere were fair amount of potatoes which are not and soft and absorbed all the portugeuse sauce. The sauce was sweet and not too runny. For those who do not know what portugeuse sauce taste like, it taste bit like curry sauce but minus the spiciness. And you can taste the coconut sauce heavily. This dish was quite expensive but it was worthit as they gave a 1/4 of a chicken and roasted with crispy skin and juicy meat.
Souffle: The souffle was HUGE. I know it was big but did not know it was that big. It was bigger than my head. It was big and fluffly. Once you dug into it you would realize the top was bit dry and burnt. But the inside was nice and soft until you get to the middle. It was so runny and soaky.
It has not been baked properly. So the outside was cooked but the inside was not. Was abit disappointing but as i was full already we did not complain. Tge souffle smelt so good. Smell like the chinese paper cup cake. And taste fluffy and eggy. Definately a must. But remember bot to eat too full n leave room for the souffle
Atmosphere: This old style cafe is 150 years old. So you won't or can't expect it to look very modern. the outside looks like those ghetto swiss place in Switzerland. once you walk in, you feel like you have gone back in time. The seats ere old and classics, dont get me wrong, they aren't old to point where they will break once you sit on it. But they are so classic, you can smell the past. Lots of tables and booth seats. the people around were all nicely dressed in their uniform. Standing up straight and looking good. You can feel how amazing this place was back 100 years ago. When this was a high class place for people to dine for HK western food and steaks. it is amazing how they bring you back in time. The look, the smell, the surrounding.
Services: At first the service was not as good. The waiter did not look us in the eye and we seated ourselves. then he literally threw the menu onto the table. Not impressed. But when we were ready to order, another waiter served us and he was so nice. He speaked in a well manner tone and said please and thank you all the time. He bowed to take our orders and repeated our order kindly. He was the only one that keeps walking up and down to check if people needed refill in their water. When we specifically wanted a glass of cold water, he was very nice and offered to get us an ice water. He also asked if we have finished to take away our plates, he showed respects that not many did. When we have finished our food, I wanted ordered the souffle. He kindly reminded me that it would take 30mins. Very considerate of him. When he came with my souffle, he also said, please enjoy.
Conclusion: This place is one of a kind. It is so classic and ghetto. Not many places as old and historic as this can carry that sense til now. The interior, the smell of things, the people and even the uniform. you can tell the people who works there fits into that environment. they were from that time. they look so proud of their uniform, you can imagine once upon a time, this place was filled with pop stars, rich people, paparazzi etc. it was the talk of the town. Once you step into the restaurant you can see the glory it once had.
The food must have stayed the same. they are famous for their swiss style chicken wings and hor fun. i saw every table had the swiss chicken wings. The swiss sauce is one of a kind and you just can't get enough of it. Although to share between two is not enough.
The price isn't cheap but to sit in somewhere like this, it is worth every cent.
i loved the souffle. Although it was 100 hkd, so expensive. But I usually pay 60 dollars for a small one, so extra 40 hkd for an enormous souffle,it is worth the experience. But they must try to improve on the souffle, the inside was not cooked properly. that is a big FAIL. The outside was perfectly fine but teh inside was liquidy and eggy. NO GOOD. I would definately come back again, and again, and againPost
