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My 1st Thanksgiving dinner at Blue Smoke BBQ 2012
2012-11-24 1064 浏览
Thanksgiving is American and new to me as I have never heard about it in the UK. I found about the Thanksgiving dinner at Bluesmoke when I read about it last year just after Thanksgiving had passed, so I had to wait another year to be able to try this Thanksgiving dinner at Bluesmoke!I was really attracted to this thanksgiving dinner because it is similar to the Christmas Dinners with roast turkey and stuffing.Finally a year had nearly past and I kept calling Blue smoke in early November to see
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Thanksgiving is American and new to me as I have never heard about it in the UK.

I found about the Thanksgiving dinner at Bluesmoke when I read about it last year just after Thanksgiving had passed, so I had to wait another year to be able to try this Thanksgiving dinner at Bluesmoke!

I was really attracted to this thanksgiving dinner because it is similar to the Christmas Dinners with roast turkey and stuffing.

Finally a year had nearly past and I kept calling Blue smoke in early November to see if they were doing the Thanksgiving dinner this year but they were not really good at calling people back because they did not return my call.
A few weeks later I checked their website and it had been updated with the coming thanks giving dinner so I booked it.

The thanksgiving menu for ths year is:
Chicharron (Crispy pork skins)
Veggie sticks and ranch dressing
Roasted butternut squash soup with chestnut and sage
Smoked turkey breast
Sage-giblet dressing
cinnamon cranberry sauce
Basket of biscuits
Candied yams with toasted marshmallow
Rosemary roasted carrots
Roasted garlic mashed potato
Ham and pea macaroni and cheese
Stewed cinnamon and spiced apples
Green bean casserole with crispy onions
Dessert: Pumpkin pie/apple pie/peacan chocolate chip pie.

The menu seemed quite reasonable because it had turkey and pumpkin pie which were Thanksgiving items.
Some other places in Hong Kong modified the menu slightly by serving lobster bisque which I thought defeated the purpose of Thanksgiving and more of a gimmick for business.

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 Chicharron (Crispy pork skins):
Basically this was deep fried pork skins with cumin and paprika powder on it.
It did not have that foul taste but they had been left out in the air for two long because they were not crispy and you need to rip it with your teeth.
Apart from being too chewy, the taste was actually ok.
Veggie sticks and ranch dressing:
It was a basket of cucumber, carrots and spring onion sticks to dip with ranch dressing.
I only liked the cucumbers so I had the cucumber which was nice and refreshing with the ranch dressing.
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Roasted butternut squash soup with chestnut and sage:
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 The soup was slightly sour and there were alot of spices, the sage taste was quite strong, and the sweet pieces of chestnut balanced out the sourness of the soup.
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Smoked turkey breast:
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 On the menu it said turkey breast but it also came with a turkey drumstick!
Although turkey is the main star of the show, I actually tried this Thanksgiving dinner because of the fascinating sides which I have not tried before such as the biscuits, candied yams and the all American pumpkin pie!
I took a bite of turkey assuming it would be dry but it was so amazingly soft and tender.
The turkey was so delicious with the stuffing and sage-giblet dressing (the yellowish sauce).
The turkey drumstick was slightly hard and tasted like an over roasted duck leg with crispy skin.
Stuffing:
This was the best Stuffing I have had in my life! It was a generous portion too which I did not have to eat sparingly.
It was a mix of bread, livers, sage and whatever it had in it!
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Sage-giblet dressing:
The appearance of this dressing looks like French dressing but it was similar to gravy.
Again the taste was absolutely delicious, you could taste the giblets even there were no solid giblet parts in the gravy.
The taste of sage was prominent as well!
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Basket of biscuits:
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 These looked like four mini scones, which were really different to the British biscuits which are hard.
The same goes with US and English cookies which are totally different.
Anyway they tasted like unsweetened scones.
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 Rosemary roasted carrots:
The carrots were delicious was a nice hint of rosemary.
Candied yams with toasted marshmallow:
I found this side dish really fun, I never imagined having marshmallows with dinner.
The candied yams were quite sweet and delicious.
Roasted garlic mashed potato:
The mashed potato was quite heavy but it was packed with garlic and mustard flavours.
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Ham and pea macaroni and cheese:
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 This was REAL cheese and macaroni, although it was quite fattening but it was delicious!
The melted cheese had a nice puree texture.
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 Stewed cinnamon and spiced apples:
The stewed apples were quite nice.
Cinnamon cranberry sauce:
This was the usual cranberry sauce but there was a hint of cinnamon which was a bonus and made it different from the usual cranberry sauce.
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Green bean casserole with crispy onions:
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 This was delicious however the beans were a bit too hard, the sauce was really nice and the crispy onions on top were delicious.
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 Dessert: Pumpkin pie/apple pie/peacan chocolate chip pie:
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 On the menu it said a choice of pies but all three were given which was great.
The pumpkin pie and peacan chocolate were the best.
The pumpkin had been mixed up so it was no longer orange, it was a bit like toffee puree.
The peacan chocolate pie was lovely and gooey with thick but not cloyingly sweet chocolate!
It was also chewy too.
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To summarise, it was a great dinner and they let you have seconds.
The portions were huge and most people could not finish it all, but they give you decent sturdy plastic boxes so you can take the rest home!! They even help you to put the food in the boxes.
I don't usually like eating leftovers but these were delicious and I was actually looking forward to eating the leftovers.
Our waitress was really nice and smart. I dont know her name but she was the pretty one with stylish glasses.
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Cornmeal crusted catfish @ Blue Smoke Bar-B-Que
2012-10-07 206 浏览
Previously dined here before and their semi-buffet lunch was good, so this time went again.Although the buffet was not as good as before, the mains were still OK.The buffet choice was quite limited and there was no soup or fried chicken which was available before.Even the dessert buffet selection was limited.★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★Catfish sandwich:I have always wanted to try the catfish so I ordered that.The catfish was coated in cornmeal and came with freshly made crisps.The coating was really
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Previously dined here before and their semi-buffet lunch was good, so this time went again.
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 Although the buffet was not as good as before, the mains were still OK.
The buffet choice was quite limited and there was no soup or fried chicken which was available before.
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 Even the dessert buffet selection was limited.
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Catfish sandwich:
I have always wanted to try the catfish so I ordered that.
The catfish was coated in cornmeal and came with freshly made crisps.
The coating was really interesting, the cornmeal was extremely fine, and it had an extra crispy texture.
The coating was light because the cornmeal was ultrafine like semolina.
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 The fish was nice and succulent and tender but the coating was slightly too salty.
As for the crisps, they were slightly hard but since they were freshly done they were quite nice.
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Chili beef:
As always the chili beef is packed with so many spices and my favourite kidney beans.
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 It also came with coloured nachos which all tasted the same and it was available in the buffet selection as well.
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marble slab or rib slab
2012-09-20 366 浏览
We ordered take out from Blue Smoke as our favorite rib house Tony Roma is now closed.The rib arrived to our house on time (great for the delivery guys) and we were anxious to try this so called "smoke rib" a la Americana. The rib looked so overcooked that it actually reminded us of a marble slab we saw on Lockhart Road. We tried and it was as dry as the sole of our tennis shoes.We spent $200 for a piece of card board which did not even come with French fries or any side dish.Very disappointing.
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We ordered take out from Blue Smoke as our favorite rib house Tony Roma is now closed.
The rib arrived to our house on time (great for the delivery guys) and we were anxious to try this so called "smoke rib" a la Americana. The rib looked so overcooked that it actually reminded us of a marble slab we saw on Lockhart Road. We tried and it was as dry as the sole of our tennis shoes.
We spent $200 for a piece of card board which did not even come with French fries or any side dish.
Very disappointing.
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Second class American dining
2012-08-05 211 浏览
I found the entrance to the actual restaurant a bit confusing as once you exit the lift, you're in a small yet Willy Wonka-esque corridor that leads to the restaurant itself as well as the toilets, staircase and other miscellaneous areas. Once I found my way in, the ambience was not too bad and had a rustic American feel to it (albeit, it was a bit dark and the glow from the neon lights inside was overpowering). For starters we ordered macaroni and cheese and nachos with pulled pork. I couldn't
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I found the entrance to the actual restaurant a bit confusing as once you exit the lift, you're in a small yet Willy Wonka-esque corridor that leads to the restaurant itself as well as the toilets, staircase and other miscellaneous areas. Once I found my way in, the ambience was not too bad and had a rustic American feel to it (albeit, it was a bit dark and the glow from the neon lights inside was overpowering).

For starters we ordered macaroni and cheese and nachos with pulled pork. I couldn't help but feel a little repulsed eating the macaroni and cheese as the cheese used resembled what a gas station in the US would use, or what you would find on nachos when at a cinema. There were kidney beans in the macaroni too which was a nice touch but I think this was overshadowed by the cheese issue. The fact that I could also see the chef ladling the cheese out of a big pan didn't help matters either. The nachos were soggy and incredibly salty, although the pulled pork was very tasty and tender. The jalapeno seasoning was a bit too much for me as I can't tolerate much spice.

Next, we had ribs, pulled pork and an assortment of chicken wings (honey mustard dressing, buffalo and blue cheese).
The ribs looked much better than they tasted. Again, I was apprehensive to fully dig into the meal as the meat was pink. Considering they were pork ribs, I didn't want to wake up at 3am with a stomach ache because of eating what looked like under cooked ribs. The sauce was on the side of the ribs, which I found to be a bit strange as ribs usually have the sauce smothered on them.
The pulled pork was very good. I'd say this was the best dish of the night. Extremely tender, tasty and enjoyable to eat.
The chicken wings weren't anything to write home about. The honey mustard wings were the most tasty of the lot. However, I found that because the inside of the restaurant was quite dim, it was hard to identify which wing had which sauce on it.

Once the restaurant filled up (it was only half full for the whole night), it became incredibly noisy. I could hardly hear the person next to me let alone hear what someone opposite me had to say. This isn't really the restaurant's fault but if you're looking for a nice, quiet place to have a relaxing dinner, this is not the place to go. Imagine how crazy it would be if it were full!

The dessert menu looked quite enticing yet when we actually saw the desserts in the fridge near where we were sitting, they looked a bit sad. I'm not sure if this was due to the uncomplimentary lighting or whether they were in fact pre-packaged pies that they just heated up. We decided to stay away from the pies but someone from our party ordered some ice cream which they said was quite nice but I am not sure of what flavours they had. A waitress walked past us with an ice cream sundae which looked really good but we didn't order that.

As for the wait staff, I can't really tell you much about them as none of them seem interested in interacting let alone opening their mouths when food came to the table or when greeting customers. There was one waiter in particular who was very friendly and talkative but that was about it; quite surprising as this place is an American restaurant, I'd expect the waiters and waitresses to be outgoing and confident.

I left the restaurant looking for more food as I didn't enjoy my experience there. Paying close to $400 and still feeling hungry at the end is definitely not a good sign. Being apprehensive and not knowing what item was what due to the lack of light was uncomfortable and I just couldn't relax and enjoy the food we ordered.

Other American restaurants such as Ruby Tuesdays, Dan Ryans and BLT Burger trump this restaurant any day. I don't have any intention of giving this restaurant a second go or recommending it to friends. It wasn't worth the money, especially considering the amount of food I ate.
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2012-07-28 130 浏览
I did not enjoy my experience here, the buffalo wings were nothing special with little taste. We had to order a pitcher of beer 3 times before we got it (took 20 minutes). The Macaroni & cheese was actually pretty tasty, and nice texture to it with nice flavours. When we got the ribs they looked undercooked but I decided to try them anyway, there was absolutely no taste in the ribs as well as them being dry, when I order ribs I don't want the taste to rely on the barbecue sauce. When I deci
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I did not enjoy my experience here, the buffalo wings were nothing special with little taste. We had to order a pitcher of beer 3 times before we got it (took 20 minutes). The Macaroni & cheese was actually pretty tasty, and nice texture to it with nice flavours.

When we got the ribs they looked undercooked but I decided to try them anyway, there was absolutely no taste in the ribs as well as them being dry, when I order ribs I don't want the taste to rely on the barbecue sauce. When I decided to mention it to the waitress that they were unsatisfactory she said that they were always cooked like this and this is how they do it here but would try to get something sorted. She then came back with who I can only assume was the manager as she was dressed differently. She then decided to try and "educate" us on how they prepare their ribs at this restaurant with no apologies. Honestly I don't care how it's cooked I care about how it tastes.

The turkey burger was ok in taste but kinda dry, I would say that I would order it again though... The Jambalaya was was tasted like chilli sauce with rice.

Overall the attitude of the staff was not good, the male staff were actually quite fun and friendly but the female staff had quite a bad attitude in general. The manager was not friendly either, criticism is a big part in helping restraunts grow and they did not take it with an understanding attitude.

I will NOT be going back again.
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BBQ at its best
2012-05-25 84 浏览
Last night I went out with a bunch of friends. We are all from the States and wanted something to remind us of home. I've been to Blue Smoke in the past and wasn't that impressed. This time We were blown away. We ordered Nachos, Chili Mac, poppers to start and all three were awesome, especially the chili mac. For dinner we shared a full slab, more chili mac, collard greens, brisket, and a couple Burgers. Burgers where off the charts! perfectly cooked and juicy as hell! The brisket had a
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Last night I went out with a bunch of friends. We are all from the States and wanted something to remind us of home. I've been to Blue Smoke in the past and wasn't that impressed. This time We were blown away. We ordered Nachos, Chili Mac, poppers to start and all three were awesome, especially the chili mac. For dinner we shared a full slab, more chili mac, collard greens, brisket, and a couple Burgers. Burgers where off the charts! perfectly cooked and juicy as hell! The brisket had a perfect smoke ring and bark (which if your from anywhere in the southern U.S. is the 1st thing you look for in good q). It was smokey and tender. The ribs fell off the bone and the collards reminded me of home.

All in all.... Awesome!
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After having a pretty bad meal experience on my last visit in December, I had decided to take a break from Blue Smoke. See here: http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2209158I decided to give them another chance. I arrived early for the lunch session and there were only a few people there. Ordered my standard meal, a pulled pork sandwich. It came out pretty quickly and thankfully, the pork was much better this time. It was nice to enjoy a good pulled pork sandwic
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After having a pretty bad meal experience on my last visit in December, I had decided to take a break from Blue Smoke. See here: http://www.openrice.com/english/restaurant/commentdetail.htm?commentid=2209158

I decided to give them another chance. I arrived early for the lunch session and there were only a few people there. Ordered my standard meal, a pulled pork sandwich. It came out pretty quickly and thankfully, the pork was much better this time. It was nice to enjoy a good pulled pork sandwich again. It came with a shot glass of slaw and their unique style of chips. The chips were okay, but could have been a little warmer and with a pinch more salt, but I guess you can add the latter to taste.

The staff, which has largely been the Achilles' heel of Blue Smoke was a little better. They didn't have many waiters, but the 2-3 they had were doing a decent job. It also seems they have a new manager. I really like the old manager and she was quite good at picking up the slack for the rest of the staff. The new manager is very friendly and seems to be good also.

I like Blue Smoke and I want it to succeed as a restaurant, but they will need to be consistent with their food and if they could get some proactive servers it would REALLY help.
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blue smoke? all smoke......no taste
2012-05-08 15 浏览
went for a quick bite, ordered the ribs and a burger.waitress didnt ask me how i wanted the burger, and it was difficult to get their attention even though the restaurant only had two other tables. finally when the burger came, i had been craving for a good burger for a few weeks, so anticipation was high. and i was completely disappointed, the patty was well done, to the point that i could taste the carbon from the grill. it was burnt to a crisp. cheese was lacking in taste to cover up the burn
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went for a quick bite, ordered the ribs and a burger.

waitress didnt ask me how i wanted the burger, and it was difficult to get their attention even though the restaurant only had two other tables. finally when the burger came, i had been craving for a good burger for a few weeks, so anticipation was high. and i was completely disappointed, the patty was well done, to the point that i could taste the carbon from the grill. it was burnt to a crisp. cheese was lacking in taste to cover up the burnt taste as well...so no salvation. upon mentioning it to the staff. "sorry, next time"

ribs were hopelessly dry, and while it was falling off the bone, lacked taste and moisture that we expected.

all in all, nothing worth raving about, but definitely worth griping about .....
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Sooo Good!
2012-04-09 13 浏览
I've been to Blue Smoke a few times, but hadn't popped in for a few months. I was sad to see that the old manager had left, but she brought over another American replacement who was super sweet and friendly! They also just got a new chef so there are a lot of new things happening. Anyway, back to the important stuff. The food was great! They have a new queso dip with Velveeta cheese that is to die for. Totally makes me feel like I'm back home. The ribs were awesome as usual and I finally tried t
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I've been to Blue Smoke a few times, but hadn't popped in for a few months. I was sad to see that the old manager had left, but she brought over another American replacement who was super sweet and friendly! They also just got a new chef so there are a lot of new things happening. Anyway, back to the important stuff. The food was great! They have a new queso dip with Velveeta cheese that is to die for. Totally makes me feel like I'm back home. The ribs were awesome as usual and I finally tried the pecan pie. Holy cow-AMAZING! Had a really great time-the servers and new people are putting some really good energy into the place. Can't wait to go back!
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Seafood soup @ Blue Smoke Bar-B-Que
2012-04-06 32 浏览
As always the food is good but it depends what they have that day.ⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛSeafood soupThe seafood soup was the best because the squid tasted really strong, and there were lots of baby squids in it.ⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛHot dog:The hot dog had chili con carne topped on it and there was melted cheese.The spicyness of the chili con carne was just right.ⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡⓛMacaroni:The macaroni was served cold and there was finely chopped carrots in it.ⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓢⓤⓟⓔⓡⓖⓘⓡ
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As always the food is good but it depends what they have that day.
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Seafood soup
The seafood soup was the best because the squid tasted really strong, and there were lots of baby squids in it.
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Hot dog:
The hot dog had chili con carne topped on it and there was melted cheese.
The spicyness of the chili con carne was just right.
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Macaroni:
The macaroni was served cold and there was finely chopped carrots in it.
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Water with orange slices:
This was the first time I have seen orange slices in water, usually it is lemon or other fruits.
The water tasted quite nice with a twinge of orange.
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Too many mistakes, on too many occasions!
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We have been here many times now (at least 6 or 7), unfortunately I think we have visited for the last time. The first time visit was fantastic, the pulled pork nachos and sandwich were great as was the ambiance and server (who happened to be the American manager that is fantastic). The pulled pork had a great tangy, with just enough vinegar bbq sauce mixed through and our meal was great. After that visit everything went downhill. We ordered the same meal on previous occasions and the pulled
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We have been here many times now (at least 6 or 7), unfortunately I think we have visited for the last time. The first time visit was fantastic, the pulled pork nachos and sandwich were great as was the ambiance and server (who happened to be the American manager that is fantastic). The pulled pork had a great tangy, with just enough vinegar bbq sauce mixed through and our meal was great. After that visit everything went downhill. We ordered the same meal on previous occasions and the pulled pork now comes just with 'dry rub' aka...dry, not very flavourful pulled pork- not good. When we asked why the change I guess the former chef had left, however we could ask for the pulled pork to come the way we preferred which seemed easy enough. Unfortunately, every time since when we have asked it has come dry which makes the 'pulled pork nachos' a very unexciting, bland dish. Unless you deal with the American manager, your order is likely to come wrong almost every single time (even when ordering things normally from the menu). Don't even bother ordering from the take- away service, the food arrives warm at best and the order was wrong, even though I had actually called the restaurant themselves to double ensure they got it right. Tonight was the last straw when we ate in the restaurant, food was just average and when we ordered desert to take home (mississippi mud pie and pumpkin pie) we were told that actually the mud pie was probably not a good choice as it was too old by that point, nice to let us know but rather gross! Anyway, we switched to a key lime pie and pumpkin pie, paid the bill (after asking several times) and left. Now home thinking we were going to enjoy some desert and we find we were given the old mississippi mud pie and a key lime pie....no pumpkin pie and the pie the server particularly warned us into changing...fabulous. The restaurant was not busy so there really is no excuse when you are packing up someones order that was placed 1 minute previously to get it so wrong. The staff just pay absolutely no attention to what they are doing, what you have ordered, or around the dining room in general! Even the key lime martini I had tonight which is their concoction was wrong as it came with a salted rim instead of the graham cracker rim it should have. If you deal only with the American manager your meal is likely to be fantastic as she will make sure of it (she has stepped in on a few occasions when our orders came in wrong or just to check on the table). However if she is not there to problem solve, with the combination that the food actually is not nearly as good as it was 6 months ago, you will likely wish you had gone elsewhere for your money!
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2011-12-05 15 浏览
I have eaten at Blue Smoke several times: twice from catered meals and about a half dozen lunches. When I first had Blue Smoke, I was excited to find some good BBQ in HK; it reminded me of being back home. My standard order was a pulled pork sandwich. Occasionally, I would try a different side or something like that, but mostly pulled pork. Honestly, the staff outside of the managers has always been pretty crappy IMO. The waitresses are slow and not attentive. Today, might be my last time at Blu
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I have eaten at Blue Smoke several times: twice from catered meals and about a half dozen lunches. When I first had Blue Smoke, I was excited to find some good BBQ in HK; it reminded me of being back home. My standard order was a pulled pork sandwich. Occasionally, I would try a different side or something like that, but mostly pulled pork. Honestly, the staff outside of the managers has always been pretty crappy IMO. The waitresses are slow and not attentive.

Today, might be my last time at Blue Smoke. I ordered the pulled pork (about $160 HKD) and a side of veggies ($38 HKD). The order came up quick which was nice, but the quality of the pulled pork was bad- really long strips that were tough except for the big globs of fat mixed in. Definitely some of the worst 'cue I've ever eaten (which is quite a bit). The steamed broccoli was... steamed broccoli- nothing special, but not bad.

The waitresses were their typical selves, slow, solemn and needing to be flagged down to get service. The kicker was that after paying, I had to wait about 5 minutes for change, which came back in the form of 3 - $20s, 11 - $2 and 1 - $1. That's right I got a freaking pocket full of coins to go. I understand this can happen, but it was just the final straw in a bad dinner.

I just can't justify going back and paying $28 USD for crappy BBQ and poor service.
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Amazing Thanksgiving Meal!
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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and when I was looking for places to go this year I based my decision completely on what was on the menu. Blue Smoke listed all of my favorites so I thought I would give it a try. I’d been there for lunch before and it was good- and very good for Hong Kong standards of southern cooking- but nothing too special.The Thanksgiving Dinner at Blue Smoke however absolutely changed my opinion of the restaurant. It was DELICIOUS! I love the way they have it s
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Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays and when I was looking for places to go this year I based my decision completely on what was on the menu. Blue Smoke listed all of my favorites so I thought I would give it a try. I’d been there for lunch before and it was good- and very good for Hong Kong standards of southern cooking- but nothing too special.

The Thanksgiving Dinner at Blue Smoke however absolutely changed my opinion of the restaurant. It was DELICIOUS! I love the way they have it set up too. They serve a big platter of turkey (sliced turkey, turkey legs) and then lots of side dishes family style and you can order seconds of whatever sides you want more of. Everything was wonderful- with the one exception being the starter pumpkin soup. Details below on the entire meal. I am a little biased because I absolutely love thanksgiving food 

Pumpkin Soup: it was good but not great- it was a little too thick for my taste and tasted more like a gravy than soup.

Smoked Turkey: this was one of the best turkey’s I’ve had! I’ve never had smoked turkey and I loved it! It wasn’t dry at all- it was moist and extremely flavorful. I loved how the smoke flavor came through. It went great with the cranberry sauce and gravy.

Cornbread Stuffing: just the way stuffing should be. It was one of my favorite sides of the night.

Baked Mac and Cheese: cheesy goodness. I’ve read in other reviews that the mac and cheese was dry but this mac and cheese was perfect in my book and went really well with everything else on the plate. This was a crowd pleaser for our group and we ordered seconds.

Sweet Potatoes with meringue: I could have this dish every day. It had just the right amount of sweetness. This was another dish that required seconds.

Mashed Potatoes- good- standard thanksgiving style mashed potatoes. Tasted better with gravy.

Honeyed Carrots- I couldn’t get enough of these!

Green Been Casserole- I think I liked this dish more than the rest of my party. I love green beans and these were in a delicious soupy sauce with fried onions on top. YUM

Peas and Bacon: I don’t like peas so I didn’t try these but my friends said they were good

Apple, Pecan, and Pumpkin Pie: all tasted great. My personal favorite was the pecan.

Service: the manager is really nice and was very helpful. She stopped by our table to chat and made sure we had enough of everything. She is from Georgia too which I liked. The other servers weren’t as great- we had some confusion at the start with one (and how much confusion can you have when it is a set menu??) and then we had an issue with getting charged for the wrong thing but overall was still a really great night.

Tip- we had the 7:30-9:30 seating which was great. We got there a couple minutes before 7:30 and were seated right away. The 9:30 crowd all showed up around 9 and they had to wait for the earlier seating to clear out and I could tell they were getting a bit agitated. We made reservations about 3 weeks prior to Thanksgiving.

I wish they served their Thanksgiving menu all year round- I would go all the time! Regardless I am still going to go back for dinner sometime and be a little more adventurous with the menu.

It was HK$378 per person +10% service charge. Not bad for Thanksgiving- and I would say excellent value for what you got!
plate of thanksgiving goodness!
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I consider myself something of a Q expert, having lived in the home of fine pork cooking, Memphis TN for a number of years.Walking up the the restaurant, I was initially hopeful as the smell coming down the stairwell was promising - a hint of sauce and smoke in the air.The first round of chicken wings were nice, with a sweet glaze. Smoking them prior to cooking added a good depth of flavour. They went quite well with the jugs of Tsing Tao on offer. I like my wings hot though, so we ordered anoth
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I consider myself something of a Q expert, having lived in the home of fine pork cooking, Memphis TN for a number of years.

Walking up the the restaurant, I was initially hopeful as the smell coming down the stairwell was promising - a hint of sauce and smoke in the air.

The first round of chicken wings were nice, with a sweet glaze. Smoking them prior to cooking added a good depth of flavour. They went quite well with the jugs of Tsing Tao on offer. I like my wings hot though, so we ordered another round of the "Voodoo" level. Again, a tasty wing, but the sauce barely broke a sweat - definitely needs to be fired up more. If you're not halucinating by the end of a round of wings, they're not hot enough.

Main courses -

Between us we ordered the Pork Shoulder (Pulled Pork), Fried Chicken, Brisket and a burger. Sides - Mac & Cheese, Coleslaw

Pulled Pork - sub par. It came attractively presented in a small cast iron dish, but was lacking flavour and the texture was wrong - too much bite. There should be a little resistance to the tooth, but this was too much. The BBQ sauce was OK, nothing special but definitely not the worst I've ever had. I loaded up a bun with pork, sauce and coleslaw for a sammich - the combination made the pork taste better to be fair.

Fried Chicken - average. Not a huge amount of flavour and quite greasy according to the person who ordered it. I didn't mind it (had to "borrow" a piece) - but definitely in need of more flavour.

Brisket was quite good apparently (I didn't get to try it) but the burger was extremely salty and "inedible" (again, I didn't get to try it).

The Mac & Cheese was too dry unfortunately.

Deserts were OK - the Apple pie was dry, with not enough apple. I will give some credit to the Key Lime Pie - it wasn't fluorescent green and was very 'limey'.

The setup of the restaurant is good - lots of big tables, quite noisy and you could have a really good time there - if only the food was better.

The service though is pretty good. Our waitress was friendly and acknowledged some of the shortcomings with the food. One of the diners at our table wore a pot of ranch dressing so we scored a free jug of beer - can't argue with that


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Blue Smoke Bar-b-que - NICE LUNCH
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這星期好像吃得不太夠蔬菜，於是很想找間餐廳有Salad Buffet。原想到Barolo，但Weekend只供應Brunch Buffet，$208一位。吃Brunch Buffet又好像太多了，我又不太想吃那麼多肉，想起對早前Bistecca的Salad Buffet都很滿意，食物款式多而且好吃。便一試Dining Concept另一旗下餐廳Blue Smoke Bar-b-que。Blue Smoke是以來自美國南部的煙熏屋概念為題，餐廳內都用了舊木板來營造氣氛，不過最有南部風情味道的，是店內放置的懷舊物品，如可樂舊瓶。餐廳供應的肉類及海鮮都以山胡桃木（hickory）低溫煙熏12小時，以取其獨特氣味，帶點像燒烤般的炭香，低溫煙熏令肉不會變熟，相反令肉纖維變鬆，肉類口感更好。Blue Smoke同樣提供Salad Buffet的Lunch Set，$98。我只選擇了Salad Buffet，而男朋友就要Buffet+Buffalo Chicken Sandwich Set $128。事不宜遲，去看看Bufft檯有甚麼食物，有十多款食物。帶辣的雞蛋，上面的蛋黃醬好味，吃了兩件，雞蛋膽
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這星期好像吃得不太夠蔬菜，於是很想找間餐廳有Salad Buffet。原想到Barolo，但Weekend只供應Brunch Buffet，$208一位。吃Brunch Buffet又好像太多了，我又不太想吃那麼多肉，想起對早前Bistecca的Salad Buffet都很滿意，食物款式多而且好吃。便一試Dining Concept另一旗下餐廳Blue Smoke Bar-b-que。Blue Smoke是以來自美國南部的煙熏屋概念為題，餐廳內都用了舊木板來營造氣氛，不過最有南部風情味道的，是店內放置的懷舊物品，如可樂舊瓶。餐廳供應的肉類及海鮮都以山胡桃木（hickory）低溫煙熏12小時，以取其獨特氣味，帶點像燒烤般的炭香，低溫煙熏令肉不會變熟，相反令肉纖維變鬆，肉類口感更好。Blue Smoke同樣提供Salad Buffet的Lunch Set，$98。我只選擇了Salad Buffet，而男朋友就要Buffet+Buffalo Chicken Sandwich Set $128。事不宜遲，去看看Bufft檯有甚麼食物，有十多款食物。
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 帶辣的雞蛋，上面的蛋黃醬好味，吃了兩件，雞蛋膽固醇高，不可以吃太多呀。
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 蕃茄沙律，十分新鮮。螺絲粉沙律，我和男朋友都沒有吃。豆沙律，我好鐘意食，非常爽脆。還有蕃茄湯，蕃茄味超濃，酸酸的。還有炸雞供應，脆口惹味！
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 芝士西蘭花意粉，芝士味濃郁，最愛吃這熱食。還有新鮮的沙律菜，可惜選擇不太多。
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 看完沙律及熱食，就到甜品的角落。跟Bistecca，同樣是一樣的朱古力蛋糕，曲奇，藍莓麥餅及生果，但Blue Smoke就有Apple Crubmle。Apple Crumble已經凍了，吃起不夠脆身，但肉桂味十分重。而朱古力蛋糕跟上一次在Bistecca就差很多，朱古力味有點怪。相信是製造了很久而至味道有所改變的關係，所以唯有專攻Apple Crumble。Apple Crumble鋪滿面的Crumble，很香餅乾碎及牛油的味道。下面的蘋果粒，甜甜酸酸的，焗至軟腍腍，帶玉桂的香味，味道不錯。
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 Set Lunch可加$18 無限添飲Lemon Juice，男朋友的Buffalo Chicken Sandwich，份量都很大 。薯片切得薄薄的，炸得非常脆身，加上芝士醬味，非常好味。芝士醬非常好吃，醬內有很多芝士粒，口感豐富。
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 整體來說，Bistecca的Brunch Buffet好吃得多，種類多一點，亦有煙三文魚及Pama Ham供應。但Blue Smoke環境都幾舒服，星期六的下午，人不太多。坐在餐廳的一角，慢慢的享用Brunch，都幾寫意。從餐廳往下望，看見重開的Hard Rock Cafe，環境好像不錯，列入中環午餐選擇之一！
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