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I thought the restaurant was awful. Their baked spaghetti bolognese had gone bad and smelled like feet. I had to spit it out in my napkin. The waitress told me it was because I was not used to the taste of fresh tomatoes! ????They then charged me $42 for my iced tea and the lemons were dirty.No wonder there was only one other table dining there at 7:30pm.
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My uncle was heading back home to the US, so we decided to treat him to a farewell dinner, and he picked Queen's Cafe.Queen's Cafe is one of those old school "soy sauce Western restaurants" that can always bring back childhood memories for my parents' generation.Even though the Queen's Cafe in Lee Theatre is a revived version of the restaurant, the decor still maintained an old timey feel. I made the reservation a few days before for the 7 of us, but the restaurant was not completely filled on a Sunday night.After perusing the menus, I decided to order the duck breast set dinner.Soon after, the waitress served the bread and butter.The bread is the typical soft sweet roll which was warm when it was served.The Borsch is one of the most praised items from this restaurant, and it's no surprise. The soup was filled with plenty of vegetables, and it was very flavorful, which is unlike the watered-down red soups you'd get from a char charn tang.I forgot to take a photo of the Fresh Garden Green Salad, but it was just a simple salad with fresh veggies and salad dressing.When my main course was served, I was overwhelmed by its size! There were two duck breasts on my plate, and I'm used to only getting one when I order Duck a l'orange!Magrel De Canard Au Orange with Seasonal Vegetable: The duck breast was tender and cooked medium rare. The sauce was a little runny for my liking. I'm not a fan of potato wedges, so they were ok. I had a choice of fried potatoes, spaghetti, or rice, but I chose potatoes anyway because I don't think duck breast goes with spaghetti or rice.To finish my meal, I ordered an iced lemon tea, which was normal, so nothing really to write home about.For a $250 set dinner, the portion was larger than I expected, and the food quality was not bad. But I think the major reason people come to Queen's Cafe is for nostalgic reasons more than the food.
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Queen’s café represents is one of the older “soy sauce Western cuisine” restaurants, with its original store opened in 1952. I‘ve always been a fan of the one in Festi, so when I heard that they have a branch opened in Causeway bay, I couldn’t wait to come try it. There are currently 5 branches in total and one of them is in Beijing!As soon as you walk in, the nostalgia décor immediately takes you back a few decades, I could almost hear the legendary “Shanghai Night” song playing in my head; slow decorative celling fan disrupting the dim lighting in the dining room, giving an illusion of flickering candle lights. There is plenty of space between tables/ booths for privacy; and it was a quite night so it felt even more romantic! I loved it already as soon as I step foot in the door.I was very happy to see that they have most of the same items from the Festi store, so we got a few familiar items for dinner. First of all their signature Borscht soup, the consistency is much thicker than I remembered, also richer in flavor; this version is not spicy at all, so I needed a little bit of white pepper, it was perfect. I would say they serve one of the best Borscht soup in Hong Kong.Mains were Sirloin steak and baked Spaghetti Bolognese; I asked for 60% as the temperature of my steak, and it was spot on! Gravy sauce which comes on the side was a pleasant surprise! Heavy in beef flavor, almost like a thickened beef au jus, but the steak was well marinated on its own already. Potato wedges were seasoned well, hot and crispy too.Baked Spaghetti Bolognese was served in a stainless steel container, and it was boiling hot when it was served to us! I love my food served hot~ the taste is quite different from the one served in Festi’s branch; this one tasted more like homemade spaghetti Bolognese, with the kind of pre-made sauce that we can buy from grocery stores. It was a slight disappointment that it is different from the taste I was expecting, however, having that said, it was still tasty.Queen’s café has always been one of my favorite soy sauce western style restaurants, there’s something comforting about this cuisine to me. I am so relived to know this branch in Causeway bay is just as good; another great dinner option in a convenient location.
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独个儿到皇后饭店用餐，或许时间尚早，食客不多，择位随意。午餐五选一，最后选了英皇鸡饭作主菜。主菜来前先上餐包罗宋汤，餐包无乜特别。罗宋汤味浓带微辣，料足不俗。主菜英皇鸡饭白汁调味OK喇，当中混入洋葱、青椒及野菌添味。鸡粒切得肉厚富口感，食味中规中矩。餐饮热咖啡入口颇滑，香口，不俗。
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首次拜访皇后饭店，经此造访后，无下次！店内环境幽暗，一贯老牌高级餐厅的模样！我选择了set dinner。磨菇忌廉汤，味道恰到好处，口感滑身够浓稠！餐包烫手，包身松软，配以牛油，岂有难吃之理？牛油果虾沙律鲜虾够爽口，整体味道不错，但略嫌份量太少！香煎鹅肝拼牛柳鹅肝份量少得惊人，半只手份量也没有，难登大雅之堂！而牛柳本要求medium rare，殊不知却换来well done。牛柳肉质不够松软，煮得过火、过韧！最好吃的还是伴碟的薯菜！这简单的set dinner也煮得不好，看来要下点苦功罢了～
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