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2008-07-22
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My husband is a member of Park Lane Hotel Prestige Club for 2+ years. I’ve been to Riva for 10+ times and I used to enjoy its Semi-Buffet Lunch. But today, Riva had let me down totally. Appetizers: (i) Cream of Spinach Soup – it was warm and very much diluted & liquidized; (ii) Bread –serving only 3 types of bread (something like 豬仔包) and they don’t even have baguette; (iii) Salad – Caser Salad which was warm and not serving with Parmesan cheese & crispy bacon; Salmon Mousse was like a tasteles
Appetizers:
(i) Cream of Spinach Soup – it was warm and very much diluted & liquidized;
(ii) Bread –serving only 3 types of bread (something like 豬仔包) and they don’t even have baguette;
(iii) Salad – Caser Salad which was warm and not serving with Parmesan cheese & crispy bacon; Salmon Mousse was like a tasteless pink mayonnaise;
(iv) Seafood & Sashimi – In the past 2 yrs, Riva serves oysters, herring (希靈魚); Squid (蟹子烏賊); spiral shells (榮螺); salmon, tuna; octopus; mini lobster, mussels and smoke salmon. But today, no oysters, 希靈魚; 蟹子烏賊 and 榮螺.
Main Courses:
(i) Snails in tempura batter: Snails were tender but tasteless;
(ii) Grilled beef tenderloin: Nicely done, but in very small portion (2 pieces of beef were like thick slices of lemon).
Deserts:
(i) Chesse-cake – Served only ONE type of chesse-cake which the based was made with Oreo (we are not at kindergarten ….. why Oreo);
(ii) Mint Chocolate Chips Pudding – it serves like Bread & Butter Pudding, and I guess Riva was very brave to have such BOLD idea;
(iii) Chocolate Mousse Cake and Häagen-Dazs ice-cream (vanilla; chocolate, raspberry & green tea) – they were the best and only choice.
Services:
We didn’t talk to the manager about our dissatisfaction; as they were too busy serving & clearing a large table (around 20ppl). At one point, we had 3 empty plates & 2 empty bowls on our table uncleared.
PS: other than the above-mentioned, there were other Appetizers, Main Courses & Deserts to choose from, and I can only tell you what I had.
Since my husband is a member the lunch cost us only around HK$280 (for two), but with this kind of food & service, it really take a lot of courage to come back and try Riva again.
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