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2019-11-07
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Our last visit was over half a year ago! I had a detailed introduction at the following link. If interested, please feel free to visit it:https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/still-good-despite-obvious-cost-cutting-e3363961Price had inflated by $10 to $208 +10% per head without main course with eat-as-you-please from the buffet. There was a 25% discount from openrice coupon. Overall it was still a good value for money at $177 despite some cost-cutting.When you entered the restaurant, you
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Price had inflated by $10 to $208 +10% per head without main course with eat-as-you-please from the buffet. There was a 25% discount from openrice coupon. Overall it was still a good value for money at $177 despite some cost-cutting.
Sashimi & Sushi
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Sashimi
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The sashimi were pretty standard with salmon, tuna, octopus and 立魚, same as before. The quality of all the sashimi was generally satisfactory.
Cold Seafood
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Cold seafood was next to the sashimi and sushi counter. They were not attractive enough for me to try.
Noodle Station
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The noodle bar at your own service had changed into a Vietnamese Noodle Station with a chef to serve you.
Soup and bread
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There were two types of soup. One western and one Chinese. There were some bread next to the soup counter.
Lobster Soup
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The Western soup was lobster soup so I couldn't help but try a small bowl. It was pretty concentrated and it was not bad.
Appetisers
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There was an appetisers corner. I tried the cooked salmon with soba which was surprisingly good. The soba, although having been cooked for quite a while, was not like a paste of starch but was still a little bit al dente. I also tried the duck foie gras sauce with mango sauce which was acceptable. The tomato slices with Greek cheese was also reasonable. There was a cheese platter which I hadn't captured in this photo with a few types of cheese with labels. The cheeses, including some soft and some hard cheeses, were also of reasonable quality. The big red grapes on the sides didn't look so clean though.
Salad Bar
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Hot dishes & Salad
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There was a simple salad bar. Fruits included water melons, Hami melons, melons and pineapples and were sufficient. There were a few berries on top but they never refilled them. They used to have spinach and sliced mushrooms which were so good but they were no longer available. The rocket was quite fresh. I was surprised that they had orange cherry tomatoes. I also tried their egg salad which was so rich in mayo and was so tasty. I liked the beetroots too which must be so nutritious.
Hot dishes
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Hot dishes
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Hot dishes
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Again, there were quite a number of hot dishes so that you don't really need to order the main course from the set. Most were quite good this time.
Like last time, the red curry seafood was pretty tasty. The degree of spiciness was of the right degree. I particularly liked the veggies cooked in red curry sauce. There were some seafood like prawn, mussels and fish fillets.
The pork loin was quite tender with a slightly sweet sauce.
The ox tongue was reasonably tender.
The 豬髀 was not overly dry at all.
The sweet and sour fish was a bit disappointing because the food label said it should be sweet and sour pork.
For food not on this plate, I also tried some fried clams which were ok. The deep-fried fish cutlet were cooked very well with crispy and thin batter. The 牛仔骨 were quite tender too.
There was one type of veggies, which were very long 娃娃菜. They were tasty but were too long and thick and so they were hard to eat.
There were two types of carbohydrates: the pasta in cream sauce seemed tasty while the fried noodles with mushrooms looked ok, although I didn't try.
HD ice-cream cups
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There were HD chocolate, mango & raspberry, strawberry and vanilla ice cream in the fridge at your own service - the best part of the buffet!
There used to be a frozen yoghurt machine with waffle cones at your own service. It was no longer available.
Desserts
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The desserts seemed to have deteriorated too. Most of the cakes were not so pleasing. I tried the blueberry cheesecake and 雲石cake which were both not so good. The cinnamon apple crumble totally sucked, not crunchy at all. The only thing acceptable seemed to be the creme brulee, which was smooth and tasty as usual. Most important of all, the iconic desserts plate with 9 partitions were missing.
Not in this picture were one type of hot sweet soup, which was 桃膠 with red date and 龍眼 which was ok as it was not too sweet but I had no incentive to try another bowl. There was baked sago pudding which I was so excited and couldn't help but try but it was so disappointing as it was so thin without much ingredients and just like a paste of sticky cake stuck together.
Sweet Tofu Dessert
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As usual, there was also sweet tofu with toppings like sugar and red beans. They were just ok as the tofu was quite free of bean flavour and the toppings weren't so good either.
The drink had changed into a drinks counter at your own service. There was a coffee machine with hot water, hot tea, iced tea, iced coffee and even cold milk at your own service.
Service was ok as most of our finished plates/bowls were collected timely enough. Some server wasn't so friendly but some were better.
Despite the cost-cutting especially regarding the yoghurt machine, some salads and dessert plate, it was still quite a competitive lunch buffet with HD ice-cream cups, sashimi and reasonable hot dishes. However, it was getting more marginal with the inflated price. Hope they would keep it up for our next visit.
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