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2012-09-18
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It is the second week of school. It is still relatively quiet. The chaos will happen in 3 days. Good luck to all. Environment:It is quite spacious and the ceiling is high, but gets very noisy when...nevermind. There is no quiet place in HKU these days especially during lunch hour. The decor is semi-decent. You can tell the school is desperately trying to add some element of DESIGN to the very boring and ugly canteens at HKU. To blend in with the new environment. Service:None. It's a self-serve v
Environment:
It is quite spacious and the ceiling is high, but gets very noisy when...nevermind. There is no quiet place in HKU these days especially during lunch hour. The decor is semi-decent. You can tell the school is desperately trying to add some element of DESIGN to the very boring and ugly canteens at HKU. To blend in with the new environment. Service:
None. It's a self-serve vegetarian eatery. The only service you get is from the cashier. And the electronic balance.
Food:
How it works: Charge by the gram. $15/100g, minimum $20 per head. There is a rather wide selection of vegetarian dishes to choose from. There is a long bench of dishes from which you will make your pick, then you will weigh up at the end of the line. Red/brown rice and chinese soup is also available, but these will not be weighed and has already been included in the price. I hesitate to use the word 'free'...but anyway it is unlimited refill so guys should be able to fill themselves up to the brim.
My dish of veg $51
Rather shocked at the bill. There's eggplant, sprouts, pumpkin, beans, tofu patty, braised cabbage, chinese mushrooms, carrots, dumplings, buns...I think the menu changes regularly and we rely entriely on the chef's caprice. Overall I think the dishes are rather oily and oversalted. It gives you an illusion of eating healthy. Carrot corn soup, brown/red rice (unlimited refill)
The soup is quite nice. It was NOT oily, well-seasoned, naturally sweet, hot, and wholesome. Lots of yummy 'sediment' at the bottom of the soup pot for grabs. I liked the cooked peanuts much .
Nice and steaming hot is what makes one happy. Nicely cooked. Conclusion:
Will return due to the limited number of choices we have. Perhaps they can work on western salads next.
Other Info. :
Oh, they also sell fruits: bananas, oranges, apples. Price start from $3.
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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