Just stopped by here for lunch, and ordered a Greek salad set meal with a vegetarian samosa.
I could get really picky about the way they heaped in umpteen amounts of sauce in the salad and basically ruined the essence of a Greek salad, but I won't - I'll just say it's a Greek salad with a twist because it actually tastes quite good. The greens are fresh, the feta cheese isn't awfully salty and neither are the olives, although I might complain just a little bit on the lack of tomatoes and olives in relation to the other greens like the leafy vegetables and cucumber. It was a hearty portion and just what I needed after several back-to-back carnivorous meals the day before.
The vegetarian samosa was just what I had in mind. It's the Indian style samosa we're talking about: the large, thick pastry pocket with a potato (starchy) and green peas stuffing - not the paltry triangular, grease-laden pockets with a curry taste in them. Brilliant. It was nice and hot, but not to the point where it burns my lips. It goes really well with the salad and gives me enough starch to last through the rest of the working day.
It would've been nice to throw in some chicken tikka pieces like I did last time at the Lockhart Road Ebeneezer's. Oh well, there's always next time - I'll make sure I come back for some kebabs in the near future.
As with the clientele, I couldn't help but to note that the patrons around me weren't Chinese: Indians, Jewish, Pakistanis etc. Don't ask me how I can distinguish between them though. Hello my Chinese friends, where art thou? The United Nations ambience in Ebeneezer's is indeed a microcosm of the cultural melting pot that is Tsim Sha Tsui and even Hong Kong, and it contributed positively to my eating experience at this joint.
Lesson of the day: Don't write off restaurants just because they look like chain outlets. They could still house the real deal and give you an authentic experience of sorts.
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