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2015-03-04
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This was the most disappointing yum cha lunch that the trio have had for quite some time. This restaurant was supposedly decked with Michelin stars and yet the quality was not visibly in any way superior to the fastfood joints you could find all over Hong Kong. The breaded squid rings were at least crispy and the barbecue pork chops were not too fatty or salty. Rather frustrating to find most items we ordered were sold out; and it was puzzling to learn that even stir fry beef with rice noodles (
This was the most disappointing yum cha lunch that the trio have had for quite some time. This restaurant was supposedly decked with Michelin stars and yet the quality was not visibly in any way superior to the fastfood joints you could find all over Hong Kong.
The breaded squid rings were at least crispy and the barbecue pork chops were not too fatty or salty. Rather frustrating to find most items we ordered were sold out; and it was puzzling to learn that even stir fry beef with rice noodles (乾炒牛河) was unavailable. The corn crab stew that came in substitute tasted like any canned corn soup. Some dim sum items were of standard quality - such as shrimp dumpling and siu lung bao, some were plainly mundane like the spring roll, the mushroom Siu Mai and the BBQ pork rice flour rolls (Cheung Fun 腸粉). The cod fish puff was unexpectedly like a samosa and the flavour was masked by the curry. The stir fry minced pork beans and bamboo shoots was seasoned a bit too heavily, and the omelette with scallop was not too greasy but there was not more than a sprinkle of diced scallops in it. The stir fry noodles with XO sauce was too spicy and sour and the noodle texture was unattractive - slightly sticking to the palate. The gelato date cake was warm and had a nice strong herbal taste, unfortunately this could not undo the damage done by the main dishes.
The service was almost as appalling as the food; it took the staff quite some time to inform us that the (common) items we ordered were sold out, there were dishes missing and the teapot did not return to our table after refills. Too expensive and completely not worth the cost of $315 per head.
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