My colleague hyped about the slow-cooked Chinese BBQ pork of this shop so I came to check it out.
The shop branded itself as a not-your-average Chinese BBQ restaurant by:
1) its tiffany-blue color theme, almost like a froyo shop;
2) its use of uncoventional method of slow-cooking its BBQ pork (supposedly more tender and juicy than the traditional kind); and
3) offering a few trendy/creative side dishes which would never set foot in a traditional Chinese BBQ place, such as hot spring egg (with wobbly egg white and egg yolk), eggplant with fish sauce, homemade kimchi and fried okra.
I ordered slow-cooked BBQ pork and chicken with rice. The slow-cooked BBQ pork was on par with the good ones in Central, such as Lung Kee and Yat Lok. Its scallion oil had no taste to it whatsoever. While the food was decent, I would not revisit the shop for the following its pitiful portions and un-generosity:
1) Pitiful portions: While the side dishes looked good, Good BBQ asked for HK$15 for two bite-sized side dishes. Literally, two bites - think of the wasabi or small kimchi plastic containers when you order takeouts. While the prices were considered reasonable in Central, a grown man would not be satisfied with the quantity the shop offered; and
2) All the surcharges: Extra scallion oil in a half-full 5ml costs an extra HK$1 (just like McDonald if you want an extra dip for six-piece McNugget). An extra HK$2 just to pick a fattier or leaner portion of BBQ pork. While some shops, e.g. Lung Kee, do charge extra for scallion oil if the order doesn't contain chicken, the BBQ pork surcharge is simply unheard of. This place seems to seize every opportunity to charge extra the way its peer shops won't.
In conclusion, food was on par with other good BBQ restaurants in Central. The portion's reasonable for office ladies but not the lads. Side dishes, as tempting as they look, came in abhorrent portions for what you pay for. I didn't feel good looking at all the possible surcharges. It certainly didn't make me want to go back again.