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環境得體不失禮。人多，應聲，但食物質素好。推介: 炸子雞，清蒸石班，蟹肉伊麵。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: 炸子雞，清蒸石班，蟹肉伊麵。
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!
岳父母從日本來港旅遊數天。第一站，家人訂了八月居。
來過多次。午飯及晚飯的食物質素俱佳。但經常都很多人，記緊預先訂抬。
環境: 雖然樓底不太低，但晚飯時聲浪都幾大。
服務: 人手不太足夠，不容易召喚到服務員。要我多次攔路截劫!
(雖然亦同意"有圖(有時)有真相" 。但要應付服務員及港日兩方的親戚，無暇影相，請勿見怪! )
食物質素確是不錯的。
拼盆: 份量合理。每人都能平均分到"似樣"份量的海蜇，叉燒，五香牛展 (其他的忘了). 海蜇爽口，叉燒有點瘦及切得太細，一般。
老火湯: 應該是海螺湯。非常入味。很鮮!
乳豬: 皮都算脆。但好像擺了一會後才從廚房拿出來，有點放涼了。但不過肥。肉還有點甜。OK。不錯。大家都滿意。
春卷: 超長型的。裝在銀杯內。沒有試過。望落好似一般。但內裏的蝦好像顏色挺鮮。
炸子雞: 推介! 肉質相當嫩滑又夠肥美。入味但不會太咸。比很多高擋中菜廳，如"夏宮"的，好吃多倍! 買相整齊。[雞頭可以輕易拿走! *]
清蒸石班: 廣東一般的食法，即用新鮮的薑荵及調過的豉油蒸，然後再淋上熟油。時間拿捏得很好。魚肉很滑。完全不會有過老的情況出現。醬汁亦調得剛好，較清淡，令魚的鮮味得以保留。比很多中菜廳，如"嘉麟樓"，"鴻星"等，好一點。
梅菜蒸菜心:可能當造，菜心很爽口，新鮮．甘甜。與不過咸帶酸梅味的梅菜配合得很好。
蟹子伊麵:大量蟹肉，蟹子和淡淡的沙律醬與爽口彈牙的伊麵混和在一起。清甜不膩。賣相不怎麼特別。但出奇地受歡迎! 後來還叫多了兩碟! 可以一試。
甜品: 大家好像點了芒果布甸或其他糖水。我應點了芝麻糊。不錯。後來店方來錯了一碟有一大塊焦糖的焦糖雪糕。賣相討好，所以我們沒有把它退回。焦糖雪糕相當美味! 不會過甜但仍有很香焦糖味!
總結:
食物質素好。價錢相當合理。
環境小小西式。整潔唯室內有點嘈吵(和【夜上海】有點接近。)
服務不錯。
招呼朋友一個選擇。但好靜的話，ICON的【天外天】或【國金軒】更勝一籌。
題外話/補充資料：
* Just in case anyone is double-checking. = P
* 外國人很多覺得雞頭和鳳爪是很恐怖的東西，我則經常提醒他們 - 包括太太及外家 - 刺身那還在動的魚頭，或看著活生生的鮑魚在鐵板上猙札，或打邊爐一串串的生蝦，或生吞活剝的生蠔其實更恐佈。我不吃那鐵板鮑魚的。生蝦和生蠔亦盡量不叫。有的話都會立即解決牠們的。
魚翅和鵝肝亦是殘酷處理食材後的產品...
以前很喜歡鵝肝，現在戒了。魚翅應是遲早的事。
不過原來身邊很多人都已經戒了魚翅和鵝肝!
這看來是文明的大勢所趨。
在未能完全吃素之前，我暫時君子遠刨廚，採取"眼不見為乾淨的鸵鳥政策"
及只點一些煮法不太殘酷但亦美味的食物吧!
其實自己比較總覺喜歡相對踏實製作的食物。不喜歡太刁鑽，太花巧的食物。並不懂得欣賞。
有幾類食物各位是永遠不會在我的食評內見到的 - 如須付數百元吃一些海鮮或肉類的泡末或四五滴要數小時煉製的醬汁等。
(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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