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I got to know the brand Greyhound a few years ago, I first bought a pair of leather boots from their shop (and they are still good today ). A year ago or so the Greyhound Café in IFC, Central caught my eye, well, I didn’t quite made it to the restaurant itself but I ended up having some twenty dishes of its takeaway at office during OT how about that! Restaurants with brands historically didn’t quite work and a few of them ended up quite badly… restaurants with some fancy dress and bad food? N
I got to know the brand Greyhound a few years ago, I first bought a pair of leather boots from their shop (and they are still good today ). A year ago or so the Greyhound Café in IFC, Central caught my eye, well, I didn’t quite made it to the restaurant itself but I ended up having some twenty dishes of its takeaway at office during OT how about that!
Restaurants with brands historically didn’t quite work and a few of them ended up quite badly… restaurants with some fancy dress and bad food? Not the best idea I would say. The Greyhound Café did not fall into the same trap - it worked.
lThis new shop located at the festival walk opened in late Dec 2012. The new shop’s décor is very modern. Part of the restaurant is out of the physical shop and you can get million feets of headroom. Paintings and the furniture are very nice; I was told that parts of them were decorated by a team of designers of Greyhound.When I say true fusion, not only did different cuisines (i.e. Thai and Italian) blend - but also did the interior design of the restaurant. The folding gate and the floor tiles were nice touches to the hip atmosphere.
For appetizers, we had Fried Chicken Wings, which was one of the recommended dishes of food critic “阿蘇” and it was said to be one of the must-try of Greyhound Café. Good flavour there and very crispy. The Salmon Carpaccio in Spicy Hot Sauce was also one of their signature dishes. Although some might not like the piece of raw garlic placed on top of the salmon, in my opinion, that is the essence of the dish, similar to one of the all-time Thai dishes – raw shrimp. With some spicy Thai sauce replacing the original Thai chili, that’s very fusion-ish.
If the excitement from the Wings and the Salmon is little bit too much for you, the Pomelo Salad might just be the right dish. The pomelo was fresh unlike pomelo salad served elsewhere, it was served with roasted coconut bits and crispy fish – very crunchy.
I also had the chance to have some new dishes of Greyhound, their new Waterfall Grilled Lamb is specifically created for the opening of the new Greyhound café in Beijing. I am not a big fan of lamb, but the lamb skewers were grilled very well, with the spring onions and lime juice, the lamb is absolutely not gamey, I’m sure this will impress many! The Aromatic Shrimp was firm and tender, a taste of freshness there* , dipping it with aioli sauce was great. The creaminess of the mayo with garlic blends with the big piece of shrimp, and the chili gave it just a little bit of spice to bring out the taste.
I always have difficulties in deciding between burgers and Panini. For beef sandwiches, Greyhound offers Buffalo Burger and Roast Beef Panini. Both of them were strong candidates. The black bun of the burger looked very strange to me, and it is made from bread with squid ink! The big piece of Buffalo Cheese inside the burger was a little bit heavy for me , because I have finished most of the fat chips next to it, very very well done the crispy chips. The panini was a lighter choice, matching the roast beef with grilled vegetables and pesto sauce makes it simply the best choice for healthy diners - Panini wins
For carbs, we started with Spaghetti with Thai Anchovy. It was somewhat Mediterranean, the anchovies tasted quite strong and were a bit salty, which makes it a good ingredient to pair with the spaghetti. Minced Chicken with Sweet Basil and Hot Chilies with Rice and Noodle with Thai Duck Stew were not bad at all, the clear broth came with the rice dish was fine.
Another dish that surprised me a bit was the Fusilli Phad Thai, it looked a bit weird at first at it does not look any phad thai I’ve ever had, but I’m afraid this is one of the best dishes I had tonight. The fusilli was cooked nicely and it matches with the chili powder, beansprouts and dried shrimps quite well.
For desserts, Fresh Coconut Crepe Cake is definitely for the coconut lovers, layering the coconut after coconut in every single bite. If you like Nutella, this is the right dessert for you - Banana and Nutella Cheese Cake, creamy and banana-ish, simply great. Sticky Rice with Mango is the sort of fusion-ish verison of the traditional black glutinous rice w/ mango, mango was fresh and sweet. Fresh Made Apple Crumble was covered with crunchy crumble topping, brilliant, but I thought it could be a lil bit more sweeter, sweet-lover me
Beverages of Greyhound weren’t like any other ordinary drinks, the well known Iced Lemon Tea came with lemon tea ice cubes which won’t dilute the lemon tea, it has a strong taste of lime as well The Butterfly Pea and Stevia Tea is also one of the must-try here, the tea was blue and was said to be used as dyes in the past, I don’t care whether it’ll make my stomach blue, but it definitely made me feel like drinking Alice’s tea in her wonderland!
This place is not revolutionary, nor did it surprise me with a big wow, but it shows that Hong Kong is certainly lacking fine fusion food at an affordable price. From the design of the restaurant interior to the lemon tea ice cubes, I enjoyed it all. Thank you Gaia for inviting me to this enjoyable meal.
张贴
