Habibi Café  

We stopped here for a quick dinner the other night. Not impressed.

chopstickHummus: There was a very small amount of hummus. It was 'fancified' by the addition of a few whole chickpeas, a grape tomato and a black olive. Not like a Kalamata olive, but like a black olive that you get from a can of black olives. The hummus was pretty flavorless, and also pretty oily. C

chopstickFalafel: Burnt. We smelled something burning before they brought the falafel to the table, and then it arrived and it was burnt. There were three small pieces ($50 maybe), and neither for the price nor the amount was it worth it. C-

chopstickSalad: there was a middle eastern salad that came with the falafel-- lettuce, bell peppers, tomatoes, etc. It was nothing special and the lettuce was brown, making it extra not-special. D

chopstickMixed meat platter: The lamb skewer was overdone, the chicken skewer had chunks of chicken fat hanging off the bits, and the kofta skewers were gristly. C

I like middle-eastern food. Or good middle-eastern food. But this wasn't good at all. Anyway, I can't tell you where to get better middle-eastern food in HK, I can just tell you to not go here. D+

Went to the cafe instead because i was told it's the same food but at a much reduced price, which was true, except that it wasn't that cheap compared with other similar eateries that serves kebabs and middle eastern food.

I always go fo the mezze platter with hummus, babaganoush etc, which was nice, except that there wasn't enough naan bread and we had to order extra naan. The kebabs were alright, nothing special though.

The kebab set dinner was something like $98, and it only came with a very small salad and a regular sized kebab. I'ld have preferred assaf, or even Ebeneezer's over this, but i guess if you don't mind forking out a lot more and want to watch belly dancing, then go to the proper Habibi.