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2018-03-25
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Gusto Restaurant & Bar is a restaurant that has opened recently in Causeway Bay. Located in V Point, it has taken over the previous two ramen restaurants that had closed shop within the year. But this restaurant does not serve ramen. It isn't even Japanese.. This place serves western food.I decided to try it out for lunch and upon arrival, it was fairly busy. The restaurant is a decent size and seating was comfortable.I was presented with a lunch set menu. Menu is in English and Chinese and incl
I decided to try it out for lunch and upon arrival, it was fairly busy. The restaurant is a decent size and seating was comfortable.
I was presented with a lunch set menu. Menu is in English and Chinese and includes a salad, soup, main and coffee or tea. The waiter informed me that if I like their Facebook page I can get the daily dessert for free. Well ... out comes my phone!
They also have a dessert menu during lunch. I guess no a la carte is available during this time frame.
The daily soup and salad came delivered to me on a quaint little wooden board.
Salad was basically some frisee, pickled onions and tomato slices. But there was no salad dressing as they were hoping for the juices from the pickled onions to give it some flavor. But sadly, the onions were pickled long enough to actually have any acidity to really seep in. It was just way too much liquid and none was on the greens. I have never had a salad fail on me so badly.
The daily soup was a cream of pumpkin and oyster. The taste of the oyster was so overpowering, that was all I tasted. And not in a good way as it had an extreme fishy taste.
I ordered a pan fried king prawn and mix seafood with garlic butter sauce ($168). This is what it looked like. What I got was on king prawn, a segment of cod, some calamari (the mix seafood part), roasted potatoes and asparagus. All covered with a garlic sauce that oddly tasted like the stir fried garlic that you find at Chinese restaurants when you order seafood. Not that I dislike the sauce but this was not what I imagined for a Western restaurant. The ones I've always had were creamier in texture. Aside from that, the fish was cooked perfectly. Literally flaked away beautifully. The prawn was firm and fresh though a bit under cooked at some parts. The calamari was a bit soggy. The potatoes were good but the asparagus was overcooked and limp. The entire dish was sitting in oil.
As I liked their Facebook page, I received the daily dessert for free. Let me tell you ... after I had this, I promptly unliked their page. The daily dessert was a brownie and mini churros. This looked promising until I stuck my fork into it. Or more correctly, I tried to stick my fork into it as the churro was hard as a rock. The brownie was dry and crumbly. But the churro. The churro was a crime. It was a rock.
For what I paid for, I can get a much better Western lunch elsewhere in Causeway Bay. They tried. They really did. But everything was a miss. Even the ice lemon tea I ordered was just Nestea with slices of lemon thrown in. Why??? WHY?????? Service was also ok at times but then there was much to nick pick about. One was serving the food to me. I know my table was in the corner, but do you have to slide my plates along the side of the wall? Does it take that much effort to walk in front of me to place the food there? Also, food was not served to me unless I noted that the table next to were all served first when I had ordered and arrived a good 15 minutes before them. And whenever I asked, the food arrived in less than a minute. Did they just have my order hanging in the kitchen? But then they gave my dessert when I didn't finish my main? I know I'm not expecting fine dining service as this is not that type of place but seriously?? Yeah ... really won't be back but I can't say never because I have friends who like restaurants like this and I don't say no to whatever they choose.
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