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2009-10-26
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===SummaryOK dessert, bad service (see many other supporting comments)A great hangout for philistine yuppies===Background:I came by with a friend after a usual Soho Friday dinner. Instead of heading straight to the bars, we decided to walk downhill in search for desserts before the apres diner drinks .We strolled by this place. No sign. No menu. Glass front and sparse seating. Only one table was occupied. We were interested in what this restaurant is about and went in to ask. The waiter tell us
OK dessert, bad service (see many other supporting comments)
A great hangout for philistine yuppies
===Background:
I came by with a friend after a usual Soho Friday dinner. Instead of heading straight to the bars, we decided to walk downhill in search for desserts before the apres diner drinks .
We strolled by this place. No sign. No menu. Glass front and sparse seating. Only one table was occupied. We were interested in what this restaurant is about and went in to ask. The waiter tell us that this place serves dessert. We were in luck.
===Service:
We ordered the chocolate fantasies first, to see if this place was any good. Before we get to order, we were told the minimum charge on this place was $XX. It didn't matter much as 2 dessert orders would be over the amount anyhow.
It wasn't because of what was said but how he said it, we couldn't help but get the whiff of snobbishness from the waiter, which was strange because we were in Soho and usually the service is quite good. I brushed it off as being too sensitive and just asked what other dessert he would recommend and that also if this place was new. We didn't see any signs or menus outside. He looked away the whole time we were taking the order and rolled his eyes, saying this place has been around for 3 years and recommended the chocolate cake. There was no signs because the owners wanted it not to have one.
We were kind of ticked off by then. It wasn't expensive, but we didn't pay to be treated this way.
===Food:
The chocolate fantasy
Chocolate napoleon, chocolate crème brulée, warm chocolate tart, chocolate sorbet
This was great, with warm and cold sensations and very rich chocolate in varying textures. Although it sounds cliche, "the wafer part was crunchy, the soft part was silky" and it such basic things that many places seem to miss. This plate was able to maintain the contrasts, keep a toned presentation. Very nicely executed.
The sift chocolate cake
A disappointment. Some desserts deserve the term "Classic" and others deserves "Old." Apparently this was famous a few years back, but I guess in Hong Kong the dessert trend is a bit slow and also by now it has reached the ordinary populace. This just tastes average to me. The presentation is standard, and the hazelnut infusion gives me a "its been done" taste.
===Judgment
Dessert is average. Service is poor.
After reading the other comments on this restaurant, apparently MK people who studies 八挂杂志 like to come here to see stars(追星瘾). So if that's your cup of tea, but all means come by to see others of your type and suffer the consequences by your choice.
So that's a good thing about this place, is that if your date happens to fit into the notorious HKG type, its easy to get her all warmed up here. You know, throwing out those wine terms that you don't understand but knowing she doesn't either. Stuff like that. Go get your thing on! Its all good.
For those of you who don't find the chardonnay jelly or chocolate hazelnut grenache a novelty on your culinary checklist, you know I'm not coming back, ever. Feels like 翠华 at 4am without the comfort of its condense milk buns.
Just in case Openrice editors decides to put this comment off the point system because this is a complaint on bad service (I saw many many complaints on service being taken off the system), let it be known that I feel service is a big part of the dining experience. I know the Michellin people agree with me on this too.
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