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2009-04-10
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We read about this restaurant in a magazine. Decided to go there on a friday around 4pm. Too early for dinner. Decided to wait until 6pm. Walked back there at around 5:45pm. Place was closed.Gave it another try the next day. Got there at 11am.Restaurant is located on a quite street. Quiet until you go inside. 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation family were there. Very very noisy - parent and grandma were talking really really loud. Children playing yo-yo, running around. It is as if we were in someone'
Decided to go there on a friday around 4pm. Too early for dinner. Decided to wait until 6pm. Walked back there at around 5:45pm. Place was closed.
Gave it another try the next day. Got there at 11am.
Restaurant is located on a quite street. Quiet until you go inside.
[Ambience] 1st, 2nd and 3rd generation family were there. Very very noisy - parent and grandma were talking really really loud. Children playing yo-yo, running around. It is as if we were in someone's home. So if you like a 'family atmosphere' this is the place for you.
[Seating] plenty of tables on 2 floors.
[Cleanliness] The usual condiment and chopsticks on the table. Clean enough.
[Service] Usual HK service - waitress was 'indifferent', bored - seems like did not care if we were there or not. The saying is true 'it flows from the top'.... the owners there were busy talking (did I mentioned they were very loud) amongst themselves. If the owners are indifferent to the customers, then the hired help will also be indifferent. But, it is there restaurant and they can do and act however they please.
But if you are a 'regular', you will be treated very nice - as we observed some 'regulars'. Perhaps the owners already made their money and is doing this for fun and as a way to stay close to family and friends. I think this is a good thing.
[Food] We ordered 2 beef clay pot and the chinese style coffee. The coffee is excellent. But we found the rice in the clay pot to be, less than expected. The rice had not flavor. It was as if you could have used a rice cooker and cooked the rice, put it into the clay pot and then stir fried the meat separately and added to the top of the rice in the pot. Probably my expectations were too high. Many people like this dish. I personally expected a more textured rice, with a hint of crispiness on the bottom, some 'burnt flavor in the rice', with the meat's juices permeating thru the rice. I did not find that in my clay pot. Other restaurants where I had clay pot was cooked the way I like it.
[Will I return] Probably - to give the rice pot another try. I personally like family atmosphere - but that day I had a headache and probably did not appreciate the 'lively family gathering' as much as I normally would have.
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