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环境得体不失礼。人多，应声，但食物质素好。推介: 炸子鸡，清蒸石班，蟹肉伊面。Good quality Cantonese food. Decent environment.>>>>>Most would agree that welcoming in-laws from abroad is a wonderful thing! (Since that means that they are usually abroad...... Of course I'm just joking, they are wonderful people!*)This was their first stop. My parents chose this place. I didn't manage to take any photos because it was rather hectic arranging everything, dealing with in-laws from Japan, parents and relatives from Ho
推介: 炸子鸡，清蒸石班，蟹肉伊面。
Good quality Cantonese food. Decent environment.
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Most would agree that welcoming in-laws from abroad is a wonderful thing!
(Since that means that they are usually abroad...... Of course I'm just joking, they are wonderful people!*)
This was their first stop. My parents chose this place. I didn't manage to take any photos because it was rather hectic arranging everything, dealing with in-laws from Japan, parents and relatives from Hong Kong...etc.
Environment:
As far as I'm aware, they have one VIP room which looked pretty well "insulated' and could hold about 12 persons. Two to three large tables for 10 persons. 10 semi-circular sofa seats for 4-5 persons and about 10 smaller tables for two.
Like their next door neighbour "Spasso", they also occupied part of the podium overlooking the Victoria Harbour (the Pacific Club direction) and a number of tables were placed outside as well. Probably a better idea during dinner than lunchtime.
The ceilings were high but for some reason it's rather noisy. A bit noiser than "Ye Shanghai".
Booking is strongly recommended because this place is extremely busy whether at lunchtime or at dinner time.
Food:
Cold platter: It consisted of Char siu, Jellyfish, Beef marinated in five spices,
Double Boiled Soup: Can't remember the precise ingredients but it was pork based and had, I beleive some sea whelk. Very aromatic seafood taste. Seemed like it had been boiled for hours. This was very good.
Roast pig: This was pretty good as well. Not extremely fat. More meat than fat. The skin was crispy, the meat was tender and sweet. Not extremely warm, probably due to the time taken to bring it out from the kitchen and dividing the dishes for us. I don't think pancakes were served. But no bad at all.
Spring rolls: Extremely long and came in two silver cups. Looked very fancy.
Crispy Chicken: I had to remind them to take away the chicken head because many non-Hong Kongers are quite afraid of that. Not too oily. The meat was very tender and well marinated. The skin was very crispy but not too oily. Much better than the one provided at, for example "Summer Palace".
Steamed Garoupa: Steamed with the typical soy sauce for steamed fish, spring onions and with some hot oil. Good timing. So very tender. Better than most Chinese restaurants.
Steamed Choi-Sum with preserved vegetables: The choi-sums were probaby in season. Those were fresh and crispy without the slightest hint of bitterness, which you might get if it's not in season. The plum flavour of the preserved vegetables was absorbed by the choi-sums as well. Very good.
Efu Noodle with crab and crab roes: This was a surprising big hit with everyone. It was efu noodle in a sort of white salad sauce with shredded crab meat and crab roes spead on it. The ingredients were very fresh. The crab and crab roe was excellent. We ordered an extra portion of that noodle. The noodle was tasty and chewy as well. The salad sauce did not overwhelm the taste of the fresh crab taste but instead mixed well with it, providing a smooth and silky tenture. Recommended.
Desserts: Everyone had either mango pudding or sesame soup (if I remember correctly). The mango pudding had many fresh mango chunks inside. My sesame soup was quite good. Strong sesame flavour but not too sweet.
Suddely we were served with a caramel ice cream with a large piece of solidified caramel. This was served to us by mistake but we gladly accepted it. . Very nice as the caramel was sweet but not crazily sweet.
Reasonable price: about HK$250 per person, which I find reasonable given the quality of the food.
Service: Very hard to flag down staff as they are constantly rushing around. Quite polite. I had to leave my seat on numerous occasions to "grab" someone to our table. Quite willing to divide the dishes for everyone on the table. No complaints.
All in all, good quality Cantonese food at a reasonable price in a pretty decent setting. Not extremely quiet though. Remember to book!
Sitting outside might be interesting during lunchtime.
Worth a try!
岳父母从日本来港旅游数天。第一站，家人订了八月居。
来过多次。午饭及晚饭的食物质素俱佳。但经常都很多人，记紧预先订抬。
环境: 虽然楼底不太低，但晚饭时声浪都几大。
服务: 人手不太足够，不容易召唤到服务员。要我多次拦路截劫!
(虽然亦同意"有图(有时)有真相" 。但要应付服务员及港日两方的亲戚，无暇影相，请勿见怪! )
食物质素确是不错的。
拼盆: 份量合理。每人都能平均分到"似样"份量的海蜇，叉烧，五香牛展 (其他的忘了). 海蜇爽口，叉烧有点瘦及切得太细，一般。
老火汤: 应该是海螺汤。非常入味。很鲜!
乳猪: 皮都算脆。但好像摆了一会后才从厨房拿出来，有点放凉了。但不过肥。肉还有点甜。OK。不错。大家都满意。
春卷: 超长型的。装在银杯内。没有试过。望落好似一般。但内里的虾好像颜色挺鲜。
炸子鸡: 推介! 肉质相当嫩滑又够肥美。入味但不会太咸。比很多高挡中菜厅，如"夏宫"的，好吃多倍! 买相整齐。[鸡头可以轻易拿走! *]
清蒸石班: 广东一般的食法，即用新鲜的姜荵及调过的豉油蒸，然后再淋上熟油。时间拿捏得很好。鱼肉很滑。完全不会有过老的情况出现。酱汁亦调得刚好，较清淡，令鱼的鲜味得以保留。比很多中菜厅，如"嘉麟楼"，"鸿星"等，好一点。
梅菜蒸菜心:可能当造，菜心很爽口，新鲜．甘甜。与不过咸带酸梅味的梅菜配合得很好。
蟹子伊面:大量蟹肉，蟹子和淡淡的沙律酱与爽口弹牙的伊面混和在一起。清甜不腻。卖相不怎么特别。但出奇地受欢迎! 后来还叫多了两碟! 可以一试。
甜品: 大家好像点了芒果布甸或其他糖水。我应点了芝麻糊。不错。后来店方来错了一碟有一大块焦糖的焦糖雪糕。卖相讨好，所以我们没有把它退回。焦糖雪糕相当美味! 不会过甜但仍有很香焦糖味!
总结:
食物质素好。价钱相当合理。
环境小小西式。整洁唯室内有点嘈吵(和【夜上海】有点接近。)
服务不错。
招呼朋友一个选择。但好静的话，ICON的【天外天】或【国金轩】更胜一筹。
题外话/补充资料：
* Just in case anyone is double-checking. = P
* 外国人很多觉得鸡头和凤爪是很恐怖的东西，我则经常提醒他们 - 包括太太及外家 - 刺身那还在动的鱼头，或看著活生生的鲍鱼在铁板上狰札，或打边炉一串串的生虾，或生吞活剥的生蚝其实更恐布。我不吃那铁板鲍鱼的。生虾和生蚝亦尽量不叫。有的话都会立即解决牠们的。
鱼翅和鹅肝亦是残酷处理食材后的产品...
以前很喜欢鹅肝，现在戒了。鱼翅应是迟早的事。
不过原来身边很多人都已经戒了鱼翅和鹅肝!
这看来是文明的大势所趋。
在未能完全吃素之前，我暂时君子远刨厨，采取"眼不见为干净的鸵鸟政策"
及只点一些煮法不太残酷但亦美味的食物吧!
其实自己比较总觉喜欢相对踏实制作的食物。不喜欢太刁钻，太花巧的食物。并不懂得欣赏。
有几类食物各位是永远不会在我的食评内见到的 - 如须付数百元吃一些海鲜或肉类的泡末或四五滴要数小时炼制的酱汁等。
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
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