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2014-10-27
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Sometimes you can forget why you haven't eaten somewhere for a loong time – and then the food arrives and you remember why. As a drinking place there's nothing wrong with Delaney's apart from the uninterested service – but that's so common in many places you just accept, and don't bother to tip. After serving me my meal and drink the waitress never looked in my direction again. Even when clearing the plate and spying the empty glass there was no enquiry as to whether i'd like another drink or so
I ordered the Beef and Guinness pie ($138), changing from the mash potato listed on the menu to 'steak fries' was no problem. I just couldn't find them on the plate... all seven of the fat style chips were served in a mini-ramekin and four of them were about an inch (3cm) long the other 3 of a more average size. But all were cold and full of oil.
The Beef and Guinness pie itself was served in a large ramekin – which looked initially to be a good sized portion - but it could more accurately be described as Beef and Guinness soup. The pastry crust was undercooked, easy to understand why as the dish had obviously come straight out of the microwave as the 'soup' was scalding hot. The soup – according to the menu it's gravy – was fairly tasty, but not of guinness. The 'pie' ramekin was 70% soup with a few chunks of meat that had no flavour. The odd chunk of carrot and button mushroom were crisp and firm.
A pie is not a difficult thing to make, and you'd expect an establishment that's been open 20 years to be able to at least serve solid if uninspiring pub food. But looking around the bar at just after 9pm on a Sunday night and of the 30 odd people there I was the only person eating.
Delaney's Wanchai is a perfectly fine bar to drink in, just give the food a miss and eat somewhere else.
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