haosi23's Profile

去过湾仔邓记和邓师傅在上海的南兴园多次，一直十分满意。第一次来TST这间邓记，以为水准也有保证，一尝之下并非如此：TST店的出品和另两家根本就不是一回事。提前预定了三人座，到店后被领班带到一个两张茶几加两套沙发位拼接而成，气质难以形容的就餐位置，已感不妙；落座后点了近十个菜，包括前菜热菜主食甜点，结果不到十分钟内包括汤浸米线在内的菜品全部上齐，令人震惊。热菜中的小炒类菜肴全然没有镬气，显是预制菜；一道考验火候的炒双腰，其中的腰花又老又硬，单片大小、厚度也比湾仔店的版本各大一倍。最后，一个常规打包盒要价五港币。估计这间店的重头戏是做游客生意，只是这个出品质量难免折堕了邓师傅的名头。一样的价格，讲究食物质素的食客务必移步装修朴实的湾仔店。…Read More

We were disappointed by our first lunch experience at Ichitora today. I am not here to complain about the long waiting period (>30+ min) outside with no bench or chairs provided, or the extremely crowded dining space where 7 adults would be confined to 2 small and shaky tables which are usually intended for 4 - of course NO CONTAINERS whatsoever are under the chairs, and an iphone would be all too colossal if you put it beside your ramen bowl.  However, compared with the poor service,  the above physical deficiencies are actually quite tolerable.When we finally got seated, the waitress instantly SNATCHED our order list away without a word checking whether we need anything beyond the ramen checklist (in fact the table was very wet yet UNATTENDED, with fluid trickling along the table feet), while in most of the japenese ramon shops we have dined,  courtesy is an irreducible part of the entire dining experience. By contrast, basic SANITARY condition here compose a problem. I wonder if this ramen shop is seriously operated following the authentic japanese tradition.Our ramen were then served along with that for the other two local female customers sitting at the same table. To our surprise, stark contrast emerges: the waitress coldly put our ramen bowls down on the table without a word, while going on giving detailed Cantonese introduction over the ramen to the two local females (e.g. no. of previous visits, the ramen flavor, first taste of the soup, etc.) - astonishingly,  it's all on the SAME TABLE - the discrimination and the unprofessionalism, and it's blatantly taking place in the heart of the city's central business district.The same waitress unmistakably got our change wrong in the check-out step.  Of course, we should not be the ones caring about the dropout's high school algebra. Writing this all down, though, is to share the experience so that readers, especially NON-LOCALS, could avoid getting trapped into such unpleasantness in the future.     …Read More