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2011-03-28
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Since the lunch appointment was with 2 weight-conscious friends, I thought I would introduce them to this quaint little cafe in my hood.The menu is very straight-forward: set lunch with 2 choices of main dish. I chose the Spaghetti Carbonara and they picked the pork chop with mashed sweet potato.Salad and soupSalad was a tiny dish of ordinary salad leaves, but the dressing was tasty. Soup was also in dainty portion, but it had a good amount of vegetables in it and tasted fresh rather than cann
The menu is very straight-forward: set lunch with 2 choices of main dish. I chose the Spaghetti Carbonara and they picked the pork chop with mashed sweet potato.
Salad and soup
Salad was a tiny dish of ordinary salad leaves, but the dressing was tasty. Soup was also in dainty portion, but it had a good amount of vegetables in it and tasted fresh rather than canned, albeit it was the Hong Kong-nised version of Minestrone. So if you are a stickler for authentic Minestrone, just treat this as vegetable soup!
Main dish
I liked the fact that my Carbonara was without cream, but the egg seemed to be missing too, as was the pancetta (they put in bacon instead). So I had to forget that it was Carbonara and ate it as a dish of spaghetti with bacon. With that frame of mind, I could declare it a yummy dish of al dente spaghetti.
My weight-watching friends ordered the pork chop as they did some exercise that morning and needed sustenance. That dish did not give the the calories they were looking for. Each portion was half a piece of pork chop and a small scoop of mash. They said the dish was fine but they were obviously still hungry afterwards.
Desserts
Fortunately, dessert was included. To my delight, it was jelly!!!!! Banana jelly, never had it before... not bad but once again, tiny.
We had no choice but to order a piece of yak milk cheese cake to fill up the gaps. This turned out to be the highlight of the meal. The yak cheese did have a stronger gamey taste than ordinary cheese, but not as strong as goat cheese. The cake was slightly salty as well,quite an unusual and unexpected taste. This was the second time I had it and on both occasions, my friends would stop in their tracks, paused (you could see them really working their taste buds) and declared they liked it.
All in all, taste-wise, it was not bad but not for someone with a hearty appetite.
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