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2013-02-24
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Their bakery has a beautiful selection of breads and pastries- I really recommend their almond croissants, and their mini monge bread- it's nutty, crusty and savoury with a wonderful fluffy but substantially chewy inside. Their cinnamon pastry is really good too.However, I've been to the restaurant twice now and either they've got low standards they intend to keep or they need more time to adjust. First visit: ordered the roasted chicken w/ spinach while my mom ordered their roasted vegetable pe
However, I've been to the restaurant twice now and either they've got low standards they intend to keep or they need more time to adjust. First visit: ordered the roasted chicken w/ spinach while my mom ordered their roasted vegetable penne. Both dishes were unbelievably salty, to the point where the inside of my mouth was throbbing. The chicken felt like I was eating a hunk of prosciutto carved into the shape of a chicken. The sauce of the penne tasted like acidic tomatoes and again lots of salt... and that was all. The tarts were just alright, but is it just me or is it really difficult to find a tart anywhere in Hong Kong that has a proper crunchy crust??? Maison Kayser is sadly not the place.
Second visit: my mom ordered their carbonara and I ordered the barramundi. This was truly embarrassing. The carbonara was just OK, the bacon was a little on the sweet side which made the dish taste a little bit like a kid's meal on an airplane. The barramundi was virtually inedible- it was bland and slimy, and smelled of that off-putting freshwater fish stink that just filled my sinuses with every bite. The salami salad I had as a starter also smelled very 'porky'- not in the rich, appetizing sense but more like the smell of greasy, room-temperature pork which overpowered the whole salad.
Lastly, what I was the most disappointed about was the way they treated their breads that came in the bread basket. If Kayser is best known for his breads, shouldn't the breads served at the restaurant be warmed/served properly? I might be wrong, but some of the bread felt warm but faintly dry but with no browning you get from toasting... maybe they microwaved it?? Which really throws off the taste of good-quality breads like those made by Kayser.
To summarize, unless something about the restaurant changes I really would recommend that you just stick to the bakery. I'm surprised to find that a restaurant that's supposed to be knowledgeable on how its dishes taste in its authentic cuisines serves food that tastes like something out of a Cantonese food court, titled something like 'Western-style ____ (insert dish name here)'. A real shame! The restaurant is SO NOT worth the price!
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