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2015-09-30
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Let me preface this by saying that in 9 years of living in Hong Kong and eating out 3-4 times a week, I never had a reason to join Open Rice and leave a review. Until I came here. I was curious to know how a restaurant as trendy as Mrs Pound could be half empty for dinner. Then I understood. The secret entrance is very cool and to be honest, sets the expectations for a very cool place indoors. The decor? Fun. The food? Completely overpriced and quality was poor compared to any dai pai dong on th
I was curious to know how a restaurant as trendy as Mrs Pound could be half empty for dinner. Then I understood. The secret entrance is very cool and to be honest, sets the expectations for a very cool place indoors. The decor? Fun. The food? Completely overpriced and quality was poor compared to any dai pai dong on the street. I should have known when I noticed food left on everyone's plate across the restaurant. We ordered nonetheless. Chicken meatball ($45) bleh, MSG laden squid ($158) that was no better than what you'd get at the North Point market, flank steak ($158) that looked like it had been sitting out and microwaved before service, and a salad ($128) dressed with nothing more than lemon. My friend wanted to order the flank steak because she never had steak with rasperries before. There's a reason why. We're not picky - I swear. But we were so sad we stopped eating, got the bill and went to ABC Kitchen for dessert and a glass of wine to get over it.
(PS - Dessert (pavlova $58, lemon meringue $48, pistachio souffle $48), 2 glasses of red wine $38 and a port $68 at ABC Kitchen came out to just HK$298). And their service is bar none. Hence my #2 review which will be for ABC Kitchen.
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