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6.5/10 plates emptied! 位于长沙湾与荔枝角的中间，好日都不会经过，找了一段时间发现它坐落于车房与住宅区中间，在all-day breakfast界渐露头角的Holy Chef，吸引了我和Lorling在一个很大风的秋天走进这特色小店，至令我们还未在香港找到非常合心意的brunch好去处。餐厅的设计很有新式年轻一派的个人特色，黑白色用marker笔设计的的涂鸦与卡通，木色的小摆设，还渗了一点复古风的美国特色与日本食品。说可爱或舒适又说不上，但深受年青人爱戴亦不感到出奇。 Cheung Sha Wan is definitely not a place where the Gang frequently visits but then so happen that we were around the area and we heard about the hype that is going on with this upbeat all day breakfast place. It took Carly quite some time to find this
6.5/10 plates emptied!
[Written by Carly]
位于长沙湾与荔枝角的中间，好日都不会经过，找了一段时间发现它坐落于车房与住宅区中间，在all-day breakfast界渐露头角的Holy Chef，吸引了我和Lorling在一个很大风的秋天走进这特色小店，至令我们还未在香港找到非常合心意的brunch好去处。餐厅的设计很有新式年轻一派的个人特色，黑白色用marker笔设计的的涂鸦与卡通，木色的小摆设，还渗了一点复古风的美国特色与日本食品。说可爱或舒适又说不上，但深受年青人爱戴亦不感到出奇。
Cheung Sha Wan is definitely not a place where the Gang frequently visits but then so happen that we were around the area and we heard about the hype that is going on with this upbeat all day breakfast place. It took Carly quite some time to find this spot around the corner near car repair shops (was a bit sketchy!) The place was not spacious as it could only fit up to 19 people max (including the bar area) but liked how the interior design was modern with a simple black and white graffiti theme and a bit of mixture of American and Japanese vintage style. The upbeat twist matched with their target base of attracting younger generation of foodies that are more accepted to brunch (late risers!) and all day breakfast for meals.
Crab Aligue Pasta 蟹膏意粉样子看上去很吸引但份量和味道都欠奉，蟹膏味不够浓亦不太出色，点点的蟹肉显得这这意粉的份量特别少。意粉的咬口与质感不俗就是我们会形容为 “al dente” 的那一种，有趣的是意粉有点接近天使面的幼度却又因为蟹膏与蟹粉的酱汁不是特别幼滑的那一种，所以太幼的意粉会不好挂汁，不能够一口意粉里尝尽意粉的咬感与酱汁的味道。
Aligue is the crab fat or crab roe that gives this rich, creamy taste and texture to the pasta which formalizes a great sauce base. The pasta was sort of the combination of spaghetti and angel hair which was a determining factor as to how much sauce the pasta will carry when you take a bite in one spoon, the aligue sauce was thick enough to hang with the pasta, the creamy texture I will give it a pass, but then it was lacking the richness, seasoning and flavor of crab fat. It is the best season around to indulge in some fatty hairy crabs! Forget about pasta just go with the whole winter Chinese cuisine!
Egg Benedict with Parma Ham Farm bread/Poached Egg/Hollandaise Sauce/Parma Ham with Side salad
好吧，我承认我对Egg Benedict的要求要颇高的，在加拿大吃了得多年，回港后就是找不到一间煮Egg Benedict有水准的餐厅。有机会是因为鸡蛋的品种，外国的蛋特别大只且蛋香较重，所以煮出来的poached eggs亦会较大和挺身。挺身的蛋会较弹牙而且新鲜的鸡蛋才会有这效果。火腿又是特别厚身，所以那一点点的火腿咸香和出色的poached eggs，配上烘到微脆的英式松饼(English muffin) ，这就是我最怀念的Egg Benedict，在香港就只有18 Grams 的Egg Benedict是本人比较满意，其他相对出名的Brunch Club, Bricklane, Caffe Habitu, Simplylife都只是中规中矩。Holy Chef Egg Benedict味道还可以，poached egg的蛋黄流心，Hollandaise sauce够杰身，parma ham吃得出不是最平宜的那一种且带有咸香，只是略嫌farm bread太薄身，切厚身点，把面包再烘得脆点，口感会更加丰富，而且亦不会被overflooding的蛋黄和hollandiase sauce盖过风头，Egg Benedict的面包亦很重要的呀！
Traditionally, I would love to have my egg benedicts served with hash browns (okay just anything fatty will do) but again Holy Chef is not traditional American style of all-day breakfast. What makes a mind-blowing Egg Benedict? Few things – Crispy and slightly buttery English muffin, flavorful & non-soggy Hollandaise sauce, runny and cooked just right poach eggs with fresh ingredients of parma ham/bacon/spinach/smoked salmon. At least these were the standards back in Canada/North America. Portions are relatively small compared to its average price of HKD 98 to 118 per item. Can tell they used a higher grade of parma harm as it gives a darker reddish tone and decent ham savory taste. Poached eggs was cooked about right as the egg yolk was still runny when it was served warm to the table. Instead of English muffins (which I would love a traditional buttery, crispy one to go with the runny egg yolk), Holy Chef offers a healthier choice to go with thin slice of whole wheat farm bread and no butter added. Liked how it was not as hard as the ones at Simplylife (their bread is stone hard! Can be used as a weapon haha!)
Mr.Big – A Full English Big Breakfast Scrambled Eggs/Button mushrooms toast/Roasted Tomato/Ham/Baked beans/Salad/Cream Potatoes/Sausage
虽然话就话系英式早餐，但诚言不是真的很传统。没有厚厚的烟肉，没有传统的black pudding和一般的炸物如薯饼。Holy Chef的all-day breakfast都是走较健康的路线，可能会比较形合香港人的口味吧。只有炒蛋炒得颇滑，蛋味和蛋香不错之外，其他的没有甚么好值得一提的。
So many different varieties for a big breakfast and it is does have the English twist to it when you offer baked beans and sausages but it was lacking bacon and other fried items like golden hash browns and black pudding. The scrambled eggs were creamy and smooth with a rather orange color, yet the color of the egg yolk is determined by the hen’s diet rather than the breed so it is impossible to tell what kind of origin the eggs are from.
Matcha Milkshake 绿茶奶昔很久没有喝过好味的奶昔！在Starbucks的Green tea latte偏甜，很多地方的奶昔因为用雪糕打出滑身的质感，但坏处就是很甜和heavy，喝完大半杯就已经没有多余的胃口吃正餐。Holy Chef的奶昔出奇地有淡淡的奶香，不会很heavy，而且绿茶的茶香在喝完一口的奶昔才慢慢回涌，加上点点的Orea碎让不太甜的朱古力味把看似简单的绿茶奶昔变到不平凡！绝对会因为想在周末的时间，走进Holy Chef喝一杯轻盈又好味的奶昔。
Green Tea milkshake topped off with oreo crumbs. Favorite item at this place! Usually milkshakes are done with just a heavy base, scoops of icecream which you ended up having an overly sugary drink that quickly fills you up before you can get to your regular meal. Great thing about the Match milkshake here is that it is rather light which gives you a light Japanese green tea aroma whilst as that richness and smoothness of milk itself, I am guessing that full cream 3.6 milk might be used. To top it off with a little bit of chocolate so that the green tea and milk flavor stands out. It is a milkshake but it is great light drink to go with the main dishes at Holy Chef. I will come back to try more!
Bloody Smoothie 红菜头与雪梨出奇地夹，味道清新还有少少的雪梨微粒，增强了口感。个人还是偏爱他们的奶昔，就是没有在其他尝过如此有水准的奶昔。
Beetroot and Pear mix type of smoothie. Refreshing and loved the natural sweetness of pears as it adds a bit of chunkiness, a great choice for healthy eaters I was myself a bit surprised that the pears and beetroot which no one is really a fan of can complement each other so well. But again, the milkshakes here are better than their smoothies.
Holy StarHoly Chef推介的甜品，星形泡芙，棒子忌廉加上杏仁碎和盐味焦糖酱。泡芙吃上去像空气，棒子忌廉有淡淡的果仁味但略嫌不够浓，盐味焦糖酱咸一点会更加突出焦糖的甜味。
Airy, light puff with hazelnut cream filling, sprinkled with roasted almond flakes and salted caramel sauce. The dessert looks photogenic but as a signature dessert dish, I was expecting something that will woah me over, if this was not in a ‘star’ shape then it would just be another ordinary cream puff. Flavor-wise was average, it would get better if the salted caramel sauce added an extra hint of savory taste.
Sticky Toffee Pudding with Ice Cream
这个容许我说是不好味吧。拖肥布丁暖暖的上碟，是有翻焗的，味道却很淡，吃不出拖肥，只是吃得出有面粉和点点的蛋香。云尼拿雪糕水水的，味道很淡，有一点失望吧。
Surprisingly, this tasted really bland. The toffee flavor did not stand out even as the pudding cake came out warm but rather floury. Ice-cream was vanilla flavor from Haagen Dazs so not much you can expect.
我会再来吗？如果经过长沙湾一带有可能吧，记得去之前要打电话订位。如果要苦等一小时才吃得这小店，会有一点不高兴啦。但因为他们的奶昔，我系会返来嘅！期待Holy Chef定期转一次餐牌，给他们多一次机会，如果不是，我只能说近期的好评如潮是有点过誉了。
Would I give this place a second chance? Yes but not so much of the cravings anymore since there are better all-day-breakfast choices out there in Hong Kong (18 Grams and Bricklane still on top of my fav list). I will come back for their milkshakes though and try out their new items as they change it on a regular basis. It might be the menu this time didn't do them justice as they change their menu items regularly, it is fair to say that the pictures look more appealing than they taste yet I am still looking forward to the next experience at Holy Chef so I can go “Holy smokes! This is the best all-day-breakfast place ever.”张贴
