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2012-08-27
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When this place opened a few years ago, I thought it a refreshing addition to Sai Kung's western dining scene and in truth, it did set about galvanizing what was then an uninteresting collection of western eateries. On the one end, the Chinese style soup and steak cafes to the hideously priced eat-to-be-scene joints touted around Man Yee Playground. So where does Okapi fit in? When it opened, the menu was a hit and miss; I couldn't quite understand why their dinner a la carte mark up was so h
So where does Okapi fit in? When it opened, the menu was a hit and miss; I couldn't quite understand why their dinner a la carte mark up was so high and yet the lunch menu was great value. It wasn't spectacularly "Belgian" as their promo suggested apart from the mussels which weren't done so well (ginger in moules mariniere).... But it had a decent lunch menu.
Lunch menus are nearly and should be how well an establishment treats it's patrons. And perhaps more to the point, an indication of how well the chef copes in serving the locality where it decides to open the restaurant. And it is for this, I praise Okapi's lunch menu that was nearly always a good scattering of choices and accordingly budgets -all done remarkably well and not deficient of any of key ingredients. For their efforts and honesty in delivering what was promised, this became a regular lunch (and sometimes dinner) destination.
However, over the last few months, some of the old hands at the front have left (or been removed) and no doubt personnel towards the engine room has undergone a reshuffle. I say this not so much in jest but more to the point that nearly all aspects of what made this place good and honest has all but disappeared. The wait staff display Parisian rudeness minus the Parisian aplomb; the food invariably disappoint -steak done medium means raw in chef terms; solo diners are shunned, well you get the drift.
The last time I came to lunch did it for me. Rude jumped up little man -they came in 2 flavours- playing the "I work in a western restaurant and therefore I am and you should feel privilege to dine here and moi servicing you!" - you know the type. Kitchen brigade played along as a tag team and delivered the first bout with their soup du jour that was bodiless and totally insipid. The mushroom linguine that followed showed that either the chef didn't care or didn't know how this should be. The linguine was a tad underdone, the French horn mushrooms (and Shiitake) were very underdone and no binding at all so all the ingredients sat miserably in their corner of the bowl waiting for a fork. I left nearly all of it and no question as to why proffered when waiter-of-the-year cleared the table.
Worst meal I've had for a long time and for an establishment opened as long as this, they ought to give better and they ought to do better. Until I hear better, I'll just refer it's namesake with the added "R". I'll leave you to work it out where it ought to be placed
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