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2010-11-01
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Have been thinking to try for long time....and finally went there to celebrate my birthday with mom and sister.I booked a week in advance and requested the window seats, HK's night view is so charming, and this counts as part of the value. The decoration is fascinating, old Beijing style in a morden building seeing the lighting of HK Island. The names of dishes in the menu sounds interesting, as it's kind of once a while place, we ordered the Chef's recommendations: Appetizer was the scallops wi
I booked a week in advance and requested the window seats, HK's night view is so charming, and this counts as part of the value. The decoration is fascinating, old Beijing style in a morden building seeing the lighting of HK Island.
The names of dishes in the menu sounds interesting, as it's kind of once a while place, we ordered the Chef's recommendations: Appetizer was the scallops with fruits, interesting combination and taste refreshing. Chili Chicken is served in a big basket, it's a Wow
. Spicy but acceptable, it's not that original or local and westerners cannot take it. Sweet and Sour ribs, so yummy and lastly we had the must-have item, 担担面.
(sorry, all the pictures I took have been uploaded to facebook, not jpg format to upload here)
The bad things are:
1. this restaurant is very popular, and they set 2 rounds for most tables that you have to leave by 8:30pm (we booked at 7pm). For people like me who love dining in a slow pace, it's a bit stressful.
2. As a Fine Dining restaurant, their service needs a lot improvement. People are pleasant but very rush. We sat down of less than a minute and they urge us to order. I believe, most customers there including us, were there the First time and we don't familiar with the menu.
3. All the appetizers, main courses and noodle are being served in 20 minutes, faster than low-end restaurant chains.
And we couldn't actually enjoy the "family dinner" with some chit chat, enjoyed the wine...but kept on eating because for Chinese food, it's better to eat when it's hot.
4. When we alomost finished, it was 8pm, i.e. 45 minutes to release the table, the waiters removed all the dishes, chopsticks and even my unused wet tissues. Excuse me, actually I was thinking to order one more noodle and dessert......We spent over a thousand there for 3 people, not a lot, but indeed, we expected a more relaxing dinner.
Be frank, I have been dining at many fine dining places, service counts a lot credit.
Overall, it's a good experience and worth to try, remember to take camera as the interior design looks gorgeous.
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