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2010-05-30
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I like this place a lot; simplistic food, cozy ambience and hospitality really added up for the experience here.The food was simple, more like a visit to a foodie friend that feels like whipping up a meal for you or the time when one watched those cooking show too much one was aspired to cook for himself and the group. Mind you the food was neither bad nor outstanding but it’s just OK and right. This simplicity also covered its wine offering which did its job well as a good background to the w
The food was simple, more like a visit to a foodie friend that feels like whipping up a meal for you or the time when one watched those cooking show too much one was aspired to cook for himself and the group. Mind you the food was neither bad nor outstanding but it’s just OK and right. This simplicity also covered its wine offering which did its job well as a good background to the whole experience and not something one will talk about after the meal ended.
I like the crispness of the toast baguette on the French onion soup but the soup itself was not tasty enough. Also, I would prefer a bit more liquid than the way it was served though overall the soup was decent. French fries were OK though I’m not a French fries fan.
Goat cheese salad with walnut and bacon was a very interesting dish for me and this seemed to be a simple enough dish one can do at home. The smell of the melted goat cheese was quite strong and was very hard on me at the beginning. After adjusting myself to the smell, the rich and creaminess of the cheese worked very well with bacon on a crispy baguette. I couldn’t remember sensing any taste of walnut in this dish until these days. The dressing of the accompanied salad was on an oily side, typical of salad dressing in Hong Kong where any hint of sourness in the food was aggressive tamed. Nevertheless, the whole dish was quite balanced but I wouldn’t ask for it on my next visit.
Grilled ham and cheese sandwich was much better than I expected. While the bread was quite thin and the look was more or less bone dried, the choice of cheese and the relatively moist ham helped balanced it out surprisingly well. The accompanied salad was the same as that of the goat cheese dish but provided a good deviation from the richness of the sandwich itself. Nice if you like this kind of dish.
The much talkabout beef bourguignon was a no surprise here, rich and beefy taste as meat cooked in red wine should be. The dish was good but nothing's outstanding; I wouldn't ask for this dish again next time. The good cookbook should let you reach the similar kinda dish like this one but you could save all the trouble and time toiling in the kitchen by just dropping at this place unless, of course, you really love to cook.
I think the fish of the day with roasted potato and seasonal vegetable was probably the most difficult to try one’s hand at home. Everything was cooked right and, again, nothing is really special. Just a decent dish to have and forget.
Right after I left the restaurant, I had a feeling of having food in a very decent/high class 茶餐廳. I was actually looking forward to trying its set lunch but the restaurant did not offer it on Saturday. Nevertheless, I like the restaurant overall and will be back again for more in the future not on its food offering but on its combination as a whole. To me, food seemed to be secondary here, particularly taking $$$ prices into account.
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