I was excited to learn about Morty's. I love a pastrami sandwich as much as the next guy, which I presume is a lot. So we headed on over to give it a go-- on the weekend, of course, I'm not fighting a bunch of crazed office workers for a seat.Anyway, it's still crazy busy on the weekend. The restaurant seemed to have only four staff members, two on permanent kitchen duty, one bartender, and one server, for the entire crowded restaurant. Whoever is in charge should get that server a raise, becaus
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I was excited to learn about Morty's. I love a pastrami sandwich as much as the next guy, which I presume is a lot. So we headed on over to give it a go-- on the weekend, of course, I'm not fighting a bunch of crazed office workers for a seat.
Anyway, it's still crazy busy on the weekend. The restaurant seemed to have only four staff members, two on permanent kitchen duty, one bartender, and one server, for the entire crowded restaurant. Whoever is in charge should get that server a raise, because he was simultaneously doing the work of 2-3 servers. Better yet, they should get him a colleague.
Half the restaurant tables were "reserved" when we arrived, but they seated us at a "reserved" table, and they seated others as well, who never claimed to have a booking. So I don't know if some big group just pulled a know show or if they put up "reserved" signs just in case they want to refuse you seating for some reason.
According to their website, "Morty’s serves classic and specialty deli sandwiches made with premium cuts of meat that have been smoked in-house, fresh in-house baked bread daily, house-pickled veggies, salads, poutine, gluten-free sauces and dressings, pressed juices, smoothies, full range of cocktails, draught beers, craft beers and proudly serving Elephant Grounds coffee."
The Landmark website elaborates: "Some think Jewish Deli when they hear delicatessen, but we consider ourselves an 'Far East Deli' offering Jewish and classic deli favorites."
The non-alcoholic portion of the beverage menu was atrocious: it mostly consisted of sodas (coke, sprite, etc.) and the iced tea was... Arizona, which is absolutely disgusting, and I'm from Texas and like sweet tea. The only thing that struck me as acceptable was this Fever Tree ginger ale, which was actually good. Still, it's a small bottle (and $26) and I had to order two to wash the food down.
The menu includes smoked chicken, smoked duck, and smoked turkey sandwiches. I'm not really big on smoked things, especially smoked fowl, but I do like pastrami. The two pastrami sandwiches are:
Reuben: "Our Slow Smoked Pastrami, Swiss Cheese, Thousand Island Dressing & Sauerkraut on House Rye" ($118 regular, $148 large)
Classic Pastrami: "Hand-Cut Lean, Medium or Fatty Beef Brisket, Traditional Yellow Mustard on House Rye" ($108 regular, $138 large)
I chose the Reuben. The classic is enticing, because you can pick the fatty pastrami, but it doesn't come with cheese or sauerkraut. The menu says you can add cheese, but not sauerkraut. There's mustard at the table, so I declined the Thousand Island and just went with table mustard.
First things first: the sandwich looks enormous, with giant piles of pastrami, but that's a little bit misleading as it's all deceptively piled in the front. I mean, look at the bread slice on the left: it's sitting at greater than a 45-degree angle. So the sandwich needs rearranging.
It's helped in rearranging because the cheese is unmelted, and thus not stuck to the bread. This is not exactly a good thing. Additionally, the bread is overmuch: both my wife and I removed the middle slice to get something that had a better meat-to-bread ratio.
After re-jiggering the sandwich, I had something pretty decent. The pastrami is really good. Someone online said the rye wasn't all that, but I'm not a big fan of caraway and I definitely noticed the taste here. If it looks from the picture like there isn't any sauerkraut it's because, effectively, there isn't. There's not a lot of it and you can't taste it.
At the end, it's good pastrami. The rest is fairly questionable. I thought the fries were fine though. Nice and crisp, served hot, and they give you a ton.
On the side we got coleslaw ($28). I was expecting a mayonnaise-based coleslaw but it was in an oil and vinegar dressing and was pretty good. I recommend this as a veggie option with your meal.
Look, we live in Hong Kong. There is not now nor will there ever be an authentic New York deli here. Not one that you or I can go to. The Jewish Community Center with a deli won't let you in unless you're provably (yes! they'll quiz you!) Jewish. Sometimes one has pastrami cravings, and at those times one has to settle. I can settle for this. It's good pastrami. But it is settling.
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I rated "service" low but it is NOT the server's fault! Whoever manages this place should be fired and replaced with someone who knows how to hire sufficiently many servers to actually run the joint.
Went here twice and the poutine was totally inconsistent!Poutine is fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.The first visit on the 23rd of April, the poutine looked like this.There wasn't much gravy but there were some cheese curds.The second visit on the 7th May, the cheese was totally different.I couldn't see any gravy but it turns out the gravy was at the bottom and it was like water as shown on the video.After complaining that the gravy was too watery, I was given this. I don't think they u
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Went here twice and the poutine was totally inconsistent! Poutine is fries topped with cheese curds and gravy.
The first visit on the 23rd of April, the poutine looked like this.
I couldn't see any gravy but it turns out the gravy was at the bottom and it was like water as shown on the video. After complaining that the gravy was too watery, I was given this. I don't think they understood that I was complaining about the watery gravy because they gave me extra cheese.
+++++ Watery gravy:
+++++ As well as the poor gravy the grilled cheese was a total failure because the bread was stupid sweet local bread and the cheese did not taste sharp as stated on the menu. The cheese in the poutine tasted better than the cheese in the grilled cheese toast.
小妹最喜歡試新restaurant 最近經過見到呢間新開幕嘅Morty's二話不說 立刻同JM 去試試星期四嘅晚上唔算太多人waitress 安排我們坐在其中一個卡位 好有privacy 餐廳中間有一個好大型嘅bar table 牆上掛上兩部電視 感覺好America 左手邊係serve take away and right side for dine inMenu 主打三文治and salad 輕食smoked meats 選擇有兩種beef,duck, turkey ,chicken and combo drink lists 選擇好多 有beer , red wine, white wine , cocktails , coffee and beverages 小妹order 咗佢地嘅signature dish -REUBEN sandwiches regular size, medium cook with salad 除咗salad 仲可以pick fries for drink, I ordered one pint of As
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對很多華人來說, 以三文治做午餐, 感覺總是有點不足。有人嫌三文治不是熱的, 有人覺得不吃飯就不舒服。但對很多外國人來說, 三文治就是最好的正餐, 甚至是輕怡之選。對我來說, 輕不輕怡, 主要是看夾在中間的餡吧, 偶爾吃吃三文治午餐無所謂, 不是天天吃就可以了。
公司樓下的MORTY’S 開業好一段時間了, 都未有機會去吃。本來是覺得, 約是百元的三文治午餐似乎太奢侈, 但仔細想想, 這裡是中環, 有那一家的午市不需要索價百元以上? 況且它的份量真不小, 加上薯條, 尋常食量的女生, 是不可能吃得完的。
SMOKE TUREKY SANDWICHES HK$98
Side dish有沙律或薯條, 薯條是手切的, 香糯脆口, 好好吃。另有分開包裝的醃酸瓜, 大喜。
