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2015-01-27
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When I first moved to Hong Kong, Tung Lung Street was where the bars were. Where you could get cheap but good Thai very late at night. Late night claypot rice and dai pai dong atmosphere. Friends I met along the way all had some funny story about going for a drink at Tung Lung Street. But one day, all those buildings got demolished. The late night food scene was gone. Bars disappeared. And in it's place? Japanese sushi restaurants. Ramen joints. Quaint cafes. With the addition of Midtown, it's n
Sad? Pretty much.
The Point is the latest addition to moving away from the charms of the past to the glossing over for the future. It's on the corner, where the mini buses to Stanley are parked and a fairly large piece of property. Layout is clean and bright. Light wood tables and chairs with an open kitchen. Plenty of large windows to bring in light. It's spacious and relaxing. I really wanted to like this place. Until I ate the food. What they serve is basically pizza and pastas.
I arrived around 3 PM and saw they had an afternoon tea set menu written at the front of the restaurant on a blackboard. For $68, you can get a choice of three pastas (carbonara, pesto and bolognaise) with a drink (mocha, latte, cappucinno, hot tea, ice tea or soda). However, when I sat down, I was presented with a regular menu. There was no mention of the tea set. However, when I ordered, I mentioned the tea set and the waiter awknowledged it. I asked for a pesto pasta and I noted he wrote down funghi. Funghi is different than pesto and I noted that. The waiter said that funghi is pesto. Um...no. So, I asked was it the funghi pasta with pesto sauce? The waiter said "um...no. It's funghi. Not pesto." Um...WHAT?? Then I asked for an ice lemon tea. The waiter said "I'm sorry, the afternoon tea set drink is only for latte, mocha or cappucinno." Um...no. Your menu OUTSIDE says that, ice tea, tea or soda. Waiter then walked outside, looked at the menu, came back and apologized and said "I guess someone changed the menu." Um...WHAT???
Ice lemon tea came and it was pretty weak tea. Nothing notable about it. It was also pretty small.
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Sad as I really wanted to like this place as the layout was beautiful. But the food was disgusting. Not enough for me to return.
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