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2010-08-08
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We passed by this restaurant during one of our random trek of the malls in Causeway Bay. At first glance this restaurant did not catch out attention. However, my friend was hungry and we noticed there was a small line gathering, we decided to give this place a try with high hope due to the acclaimed reviews by a renowned Hong Kong Culinary Celebrity and also because of the line. The place shouldn't be bad with such a line. During our wait, I overhead a middle-aged couple inquiring about making r
Once we got our seats, we noticed 1/3 of the tables were empty. We then realized the maître d'hôtel was trying to create a sense of popularity outside with a long waiting line. We waited for about 15 minutes to get our order. We noticed customers that arrived after us have been eating for some time already. We inquired about the status of our order. The kitchen forgot our order!!! We had to wait another 5 minutes for the order.
We tried two of the restaurant's best renowned dish: Hainan Chicken w/ Oily Rice Set and Bah Kut Te. We changed the Hainan Chicken to dark meat for an extra fee. For drink, ordered lime with Soda. He ordered 7-Up with lemon.
Our total cost was:
2 x Hainan Chicken = HKD 176 (HKD88/EA)
2 x Dark Meat = HKD20 (HKD10/EA)
1 x Bah Kut Te = HKD78
2 x Drinks = HKD50 (HKD25/EA)
1 x 10% Svc Chg = 32.4
Total = HKD356.4
The first thing I tried was the Hainan Chicken Set. The set came with the 10 small strips of deboned chicken, 8 pieces of vegetables, 4 dishes of sauces, a pot of soup, a bowl with 3 pieces of diced tofu and a bowl of rice. The chicken was bland and tasteless. The sauces were pretty looking, however, the flavor was very light. This could be a good thing, eating lighter in flavor should be healthier for your body. The soup was okay because it wasn't too salty and I couldn't taste the mono-sodium glutamate. The vegetable was very cold and tasteless. I was expecting the vegetable to be at least warm. Nothing would justify the cost of this meal. Even, the Hainan Chicken meal at a local Hong Kong Tea Cafe would be better priced at approximately HK40. I would gladly recommend this set if it was set around HKD40 because of the cheap price. I would recommend eating the same or a similar meal at Fairwood or Cafe de Coral instead.
The Bah Kut Te smelled herbal when it arrived at our table. The soup was a clear broth. However, the instant I took a bite of one of the four pieces of meat, I know this Bah Kut Te is below satisfactory level. The meat was slightly tough and none of the flavor of the soup went into the meat. I could tell this Bah Kut Te was made on the spot with the meat dumped in t order. Tender loving care and time were not used in creating this soup.
My drink was too sweet. I could tell extra syrup was added into the soda. I expected a soda with very light or no sweetness at all.
All in all, I strongly do not recommend this restaurant due to the false waiting time in the restaurant's marketing ploy to create a sense of popularity, the poor quality of service and the sub-par quality of food at such a ridiculous price.
張貼
