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2012-03-22
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For my first visit, about a month or so ago, I went through some work to find it at this new location. It was a nice experience. Obviously some thought went into making food presentation more appealing. Food still could do with some improvements but overall an improvement over the old days. The interiors was also quite interesting too.The second visit was not as fortunate. We were give a window side table, which was nice. The restaurant was not full. Next table to us was one of the owners or a s
The second visit was not as fortunate. We were give a window side table, which was nice. The restaurant was not full. Next table to us was one of the owners or a son who works there. He was talking very loudly on the mobile phone. I asked the waitress to ask him to tone it down as it was really spoiling our dinner. She was a bit afraid to do this, which gives you an idea of how well they take suggestions, and how much they value giving guests an enjoyable dining experience. Or not. I suggested to the waitress he could be asked to move to another empty table, or go back to conduct his business phone calls in the office. After about 10 more minutes of this, he walked away, only to be replaced by another lady, also talking loudly on the phone to some contractor. It was about some new branch they are planning and dissatisfaction with the contractor. Then the man came back and they talked loudly about carpet cleaning. Not the best topic to dominate our dinner, as anyone can imagine.
As to the food:
Corn cake - so much flour was used as filler the whole thing was soggy and fluffy, had no texture, much less the taste of corn. This was definitely a lot worse than the old days. Nice presentation but then so what if the food is not up to scratch? How much does corn cost anyway?
Shrimp cake - same problem, and no taste of shrimps.
Nasi Goreng - soggy. Tasteless shrimps inside, which was annoying because we had to pick around them.
Fish in banana leaf and chilis - This is a rather large fish, but they toned down the chilis. Passable but not brilliant.
Ox tongue - Arguably the worst dish of all, on account that the low quality of the ox tongue. I don't know what it is but the textile is slimy and disgusting. I love ox tongue so this was hardly the first time I had this dish. Must have been frozen for a long time. Did they get a basement bargain of this stuff? I took one bite and left it. My friend said the same thing and he loves Indonesian dishes and ox tongue too. And this is a specialty on the menu.
Well, too bad. Hong Kong can do with more ethnic restaurants. Good ones, anyway.
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