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2009-12-15
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Having enjoyed a good dinner in the Causeway Bay restaurant we decided to visit the IFC Central branch and found it to be a serious and rather expensive disappointment.We went on a Saturday night and found the restaurant was not at all busy, so was looking forward to some good service.The first let down was when the waiter came back five minutes after taking our order to tell us that they had run out of the onglet steak and would I like the other steak dish at roughly $100 more.Firstly could the
We went on a Saturday night and found the restaurant was not at all busy, so was looking forward to some good service.
The first let down was when the waiter came back five minutes after taking our order to tell us that they had run out of the onglet steak and would I like the other steak dish at roughly $100 more.
Firstly could the chef have not informed the staff which items were unavailable before taking customer orders, and secondly we had to wonder if this was a sales ploy to get us to spend more money as onglet steak is a French bistro classic dish and we could not believe management would be inefficient enough to run out by 9.00 on a Sat night.
I ordered a glass of house red wine and was told that they had run out. In thirteen years of dining in Hong Kong, and twenty more in Europe I have never heard of house wine running out.The head waiter was called and after too long a discussion was told it was a "misunderstanding" with my waiter, and the wine was duly brought.
I ordered the fish soup with garlic croutons to start. It was served with small pieces of brown bread. I asked where the garlic croutons were and some plain, no garlic, croutons were brought, by which time the soup was warm, and was bland to taste anyway.
Our side order of vegetables with the main course never arrived, nor did our request for ketchup and salt for the french fries, which were very good, almost the highlight of the meal.
My wife's mussels were pretty good, but my duck dish was tasteless.
The head waiter was called over again, and he explained that our waiter did not understand English very well. Totally unacceptable in a French restaurant with Central prices.
A plate of deserts was offered on the house, and they were very good.
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