It was a cold evening and we wanted to have hotpot for dinner. We were trying our luck to see if they have tables because we didn't make any reservation in advance. Lucky us, the restaurant wasn't really full that day and we gotten a table without waiting.

Ordered for their signature broth (comes with some pork trotter, chicken feet, green veges, corn, tomatoes, etc in it) and some hotpot dishes to go with it:
-3 "combo balls" which consists of prawn balls, cuttlefish balls, and pork balls - good, nothing special to be mentioned;
- Fried and rolled bean curd skin - very good, love it. Crispy to be taken straight away, or can be dipped into the soup for 1-2 seconds to get a mixture of soft and crispy texture, ;
- Fresh prawns - very fresh, prawns were still moving (a little) when being served;
- Bean curd skin with fish paste - ok, nothing special to be mentioned;
- Pork stomach - ok, nothing special to be mentioned;
- Baby cabbages - ok, nothing special to be mentioned.Overall, the environment and service are much better compared to most hotpot places in Hong Kong - may be that is why the price is much more expensive? Food wise, pretty good, they emphasis on fresh and live seafood. We noticed that there were lots of photographs with Hong Kong celebrities pasted on the walls, not too sure if they are the regulars here..

All in all, good food, good service, pleasant environment, but pricey. HK$5xx for two person is almost twice the price for other local hotpot places. Do note that, we noticed a obvious "dry-mouth" feeling after the meal, so, people whom are MSG-sensitive would probably think twice before trying.

友人搬左去星街, 同佢黎打邊爐慶祝下, 星期日九點幾黎到竟然得幾檯客
亦因為咁4個人可以坐大圓檯, 舒舒服服睇住電視黎打~

叫左個皮旦芫茜湯底, 其他有:
1. 三文魚刺身: $58 得六七塊, 唔夠喉又叫多碟
2. 響鈴: 脆卜卜好好食
3. 海蝦: 得五六隻, 但幾大隻下
4. 黑豚肉: 唔錯
5. 駝鳥肉: 幾滑
6. 四寶丸 (鯪魚丸, 梅菜豬肉丸, 墨魚丸, 蝦丸): 墨魚丸同蝦丸好彈牙
7. 脆肉鯇: 正常
8. 金菇: 正常
9. 皇帝菜: 好新鮮
10. 竹蔗茅根水: 沒有特別

服務幾好, 加水收碟都算快手, 走個陣唔知係咪得返我地, 個個侍應都同我地講 bye bye

九點後配料有8折, 但四個人要九百幾蚊, 又冇茶水供應, 應該冇下次了

訂了位, 一去到即有位. 安排幾好. 要了鴛鴦湯底, 沒有特別, 比預期失望.

必吃的有:
1. 美國桶蠔: $148 有 6 大隻，好有蠔味，好新鮮
2. 雲吞: 蝦好爽口、新鮮
3. 梅菜豬肉丸

其他有:
1. 韮菜餃: 都不錯
2. 白菜餃: 一般
3. 魚皮餃: no good
4. 水餃: 一般
5. 手切頂級肥牛 ($128, 細): 偏瘦, 牛味不夠
6. 牛筋丸: 一般
7. 響鈴: 我好鐘意，但老公不喜歡，差不多成碟我食哂，都幾滯
8. 西洋菜: 靚菜
9. 金菇: 正常
10. 帶子、珊瑚蚌、桂花蚌拼盤 ($138): 呢個最唔扺食，份量好少，帶子好細片
11. 公仔麵: 正常
12. 竹庶茅根: 好味

叫了過量食物，食到好飽。另外，食完都幾口渴。因為價錢偏貴，湯底又沒有特別，所以應該沒有下次了。

是次用了匯豐信用咭八五折優惠。

We booked in advance, and only had to wait a couple of minutes for our table. The place was full, on a cold Saturday night.

Environment is pleasant -- cleaner and more modern than many local hotpot joints.

We ordered a "duo" hotpot, with their signature broth (clear consomme with various veggies and tofu) and a "Malaysian satay" (not very spicey but lots of garlic gave it a great flavor). We enjoyed the variety and contrasting tastes of this combination.

Some really excellent hotpot dishes:
-- Pork-and-chive dumplings
-- Fried bean curd skin
-- Ostrich meat
-- Scallops

We found the Angus beef to be too fatty for our taste. (My companion said I should have ordered the "local" beef, which is a bit more expensive but also more lean. Live and learn....)

Thoroughly enjoyable food in a pleasant environment. The price was not cheap -- at $420 for two people it was about double what our local hotpot restaurant costs.

Note: This is not the place for people sensitive to MSG. After the meal, we all noticed a distinct "dry-mouth" sensation typical of MSG. It wouldn't stop me from going back, but people who are highly sensitive should look elsewhere.

第一次係度打邊爐.....
地方 ok, service ok
food 唔錯, 企理, fresh, 又好味.... 但portion 較貴, 價錢偏貴....
最好味係響鈴, 口感一流, 我要食兩碟先夠...
黑豕肉都靚仔, fresh, 又淋.... 正...
丸, 菜呀, 都係企企理理....... 賣相好....
anyway, 好滿意, 會再來....

火煱湯底選了惹味的雜菜羅宋湯湯底，味道濃淡得宜，不會搶了食材的味道。席間追加的亦是羅宋湯湯底，不會敷衍加水了事。火煱生料方面，賣相不俗，用料新鮮。海鮮類所選不多，只吃了美國筒蠔及鱔片。前者一碟有六大隻，放在冰碟上以保新鮮。後者快灼數下，肉質結實爽口，good。丸類方面，專點手打款式，評分OK，尤其喜愛墨丸及潮州魚蛋。另一火煱主打肥牛，本地手切及安格斯兩款式皆試過，前者肉味較濃，後者口感較腍，各有千秋。蔬菜類方面，以甜菜心及超甜粟米較出色，一如其名的「甜」。飯後有鉋冰甜品贈送，以冰碗盛載保溫度。試了薑汁及Moca兩味道，味道以Moca略勝一籌。

最後一談服務，店員會自動為客人加水加湯，亦會安排換碟。吃到中後段的時候，更會主動幫忙去走湯面的油，挺貼心！

[3/12/2010; Fri]

我們兩位女士一起book了一張枱打邊爐, order了以下items:

(1) 豬骨湯底 - 幾好, 幾鮮味及冇味精, 不過不是非常好嗰隻

(2) 手切安格斯肥牛 - 幾好

(3) 手打四寶丸 - 做得很好, 但很多火鍋店都做到

(4) 白菜餃 - 很好

(5) 炸魚皮 - 唔知係用什麼魚的皮做的, 烚左成兩分鐘之後點咬都好難咬開, 食完之後滯左兩日, 即使最便宜的neway karaoke的午市自助餐的好食好多及灼幾吓就稔及香

(6) 皇帝菜 & 茼萵 - 好新鮮及完美無缺

(7) 台式咖啡刨冰 - 是送的(very good), 有創意

(8) 台式薑汁刨冰 - 是送的(very good), 有創意

我們很喜歡被安排坐的卡位, 但舒適, 又有privacy.

我飲的coke zero非常夠凍, 比很多地方都做得好, 令罐汽水發揮到最好飲的狀態!

友人帶了一支白酒去自己飲, 待應將它用冰桶盛起, 不知有沒有另收費.

下午三點幾去到灣仔, 朋友介紹來試下, 坐低後見佢有下午茶餐就試下. 餐牌上輕盈叉燒飯$22一定好細碟, 所以就叫了$50的雙拼飯(油雞+燒鴨). 記住呢個係下午茶餐的價錢. 老公就點了燒肉叉燒飯. 當我碟飯來到大第一個feel就係真係下午茶size, 超細碟, d 燒鴨係拍扁後再慚果隻, 有99%是肥膏, 完全唔食得落肚. 後來個經理幫我換過一碟. 不過已經一肚氣, 既然收得呢個價錢, 細碟d無所謂, 但真係唔值, 求其去大家樂大快活d 燒味都好食過佢. 裝修幾靚都無用.....唔會再比機會佢

好耐無約高中同學，佢地話要約吓喎，而我最得閒，所以就由我來約。
朋友提議試南燒北鍋，我無咩所謂，加上我地只得三個人，好易compromise。
我是最早到的，朋友們例遲，我都已經慣了。
坐下來邊看menu邊等。食物種類都幾多，湯底也有七至八款。
也有很多海鮮以供選擇。價錢屬中價，合理的。

其中一位朋友要遲一粒鐘先到，我和另一位於是邊食邊等。
要了芫茜皮蛋湯底。
皮蛋不少。芫茜真係下得好多，不過奇怪就是，芫茜味竟然唔濃。

食材：
黑柏葉：不能不給個「差」字，好韌，即使只係淥一淥都韌到咬唔到
豬頸肉：新鮮，也切得幾厚，爽口，食落唔覺太肥
腐竹：好淋，唔可以「放逐」佢喺湯內不停滾，如果唔係就會變成腐竹湯水咁碎
三寶丸：好食，有蝦丸、墨丸同豬肉丸，全部新鮮手打，非常彈牙
蔬菜碗：原本見人地嗰d係有粟米、金菇嗰隻，點知叫錯咗，所以成碗都係綠色菜，菜心、皇帝菜、西生菜，全都好新鮮
生根：我一向都唔好呢樣野，好肥，不過友人食咗好多
梅菜豬肉丸：其實三寶丸裡面已經有，我唔知才劃多一碟，都好彈牙，但梅菜味不是太濃
金菇：一般貨色啦，唔會太韌
魚旦拼片頭：雖然兩者都爽口彈牙，但魚旦好過片頭，較鮮
餃子拼盤：呢個好正，咩餃都可以試到。有菜肉餃、魚皮餃、雲吞同水餃。雲吞好多蝦，蝦多過豬肉好多，蝦肉好爽；水餃同雲吞一樣多蝦，仲多埋木耳絲；菜肉餃個餃皮好滑，菜肉餡比例均勻，
芋絲：質素比在超市買到的好，好彈牙，又易咬

竹蔗茅根水：非常足味，很濃，也不是只有甜味。
甜品：砵仔糕，味道好怪，只吃了一啖

服務很好，服務員很有禮貌，會主動撇油夠細心，讚！
環境也很好，坐得好舒服，冷氣充足！

埋單六百幾，OR coupon, 平咗$150，每人最後只需$170，幾抵食。

曾兩次到訪。

第一次無訂位，八時入座，手切本地牛已售畢！筒蠔又賣晒，點了雜菜盤又找不到照片中的木耳，湯底更等了近25分鐘才出現，落了order的東西無貨要問幾次才知售完！好彩它的竹庶馬蹄水足料！飲得出那份真誠，才可按下心中那團火！

當火鍋配料到齊，蔬菜非常新鮮，牛粒夠濃亦不多根，不愛魚皮餃的我也喜歡上它！另外梅菜豬肉丸和蝦丸都好好食！食物對版，招牌湯底又甜，雖則三個人埋單要七百多，但對重質的我來說，仍覺滿意，侍應亦有禮地道歉食物上的錯漏，而且又近我工作地點，可再次造訪！

上週約了七位朋友再次幫襯(包括上次那兩位)。早一天已訂位，亦定了手切本地牛及筒蠔。

到步方知預備了一間房給我，驚喜！

點了麻辣和人參雞湯底！牛肉不錯，而且其厚度比一般的厚少少，多了一點質感；筒蠔夠大亦有鮮味，比上次在複苑吃過的讚很多！脆脆的腐皮卷非常新鮮，上桌還在冒煙，放入口中全無油益味，立刻多點一客。

竹庶馬蹄水依然是水準之作，蔬菜新鮮，紅蘿蔔都零舍甜，帶子鮮味，花膠夠稔，連豉油都好好味(天后那火煱名店的豉油在我來說就過鹹了)！吃畢，部長亦有上前詢問意見，又送兩客刨冰給我們，一款是姜汁奶，姜味足，好清新！另一款芒果也不錯，我們另點的冰火榴槤酥就麻麻地！

店內侍應禮貌不錯，吃得稱心！

唯「二」美中不足的是，預定了的大魚頭無貨並無通知(上次都係咁)，要我詢問幾次才得悉；當中一客豬腰尿味未除，友人吐都吐唔切，眾人立即離手，有待改善！

埋單$2248，眾人一致決定，會再幫襯！