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2010-11-19
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Sunday lunch with friends. We were around Jordan and wanted a quiet place to chat - someone suggested Hulu Cafe. I've been around Jordan pretty much all my life - Hulu is relatively new. At first I had reservations, fearing it to somewhat resemble Paris Cafe (><). Thankfully it turned out that my concerns were completely misplaced! Environment: We sat right next to the large wall-length windows. The restaurant is spacious and the four-seaters are quite comfortable. Good lighting.Service:
Environment:
We sat right next to the large wall-length windows. The restaurant is spacious and the four-seaters are quite comfortable. Good lighting.Service:
I must say, most excellent service! The staff were helpful and polite; smiled at you when you placed your order. Attentive and refilled our glasses when they were half-empty. Commended. I wouldn't expect to find such excellent service at a small cafe. They were also quite energetic and chatty.
Food:
Definitely the most outstanding aspect of this small cafe!
Cream of pumpkin soup
SO, SO delicious. It was smooth, appropriately creamy but not too filling; savoury, tasty; substantial - i think lots of pumpkin went into it. I believe they roasted the pumpkin before cooking it into a soup, because there was a nutty flavour to the thick soup - or was it a fragment of my imagination..? Could they put so much effort into making this soup? Outstanding. It's actually one of the tastiest pumpkin soups i've ever had. Well done!! There were also crisp butter rolls to go with the soup. A small knob of butter was planted in the middle of the roll - no Anchor butter wasted! and it melted nicely onto the bun. You could dip the roll into the soup. even better.Baked Pork Chop Rice
this is another star. Fatty cutlet pork, moist rice, melted cheese ontop, fried egg...everything a proper baked pork chop rice should be. I especially appreciated the fact that the cheese melted beautifully across the plate, and that the pork wasn't soggy. Grilled chicken teriyaki rice
Great value for money, this. Chicken was tender, fragrant and not too moist, coz it's grilled. The skin was extremely thin and crisp - is there a trend for thin chicken skin these days? I didn't expect such fine quality at a cafe. If I come back again it'd be a difficult choice between this and the baked pork chop rice. you can tell from the pic itself that this baked rice can be nothing BUT outstanding. Funghi fettuccine in pesto sauce
When I ordered this dish I feared that the pesto sauce would turn out to be a disaster - you know, it can easily happen. Thank God this wasn't the case - it was good pesto sauce - pity they didn't give us more. This dish is true to its name. Of course you don't get the most expensive mushrooms but they were yummy nonetheless. Had a bit of mushroomy chewiness to it. They weren't bland. The pasta itself was cooked al dente. The garlic taste wasn't too strong - didn't make my mouth stink afterwards. BBQ pork and udon with shallow-fried dumplings on the side
The udon itself is not the regular kind of udon...it's more translucent, and extremely bouncy. I dunno how to describe it in english. Hence 'bouncy'. it 'bounces' off your teeth. The broth was quite nice and clear, no MSG; the original broth was a 'broth from hell' (i.e. spicy) but we asked whether we could change it to a clear broth, and he said Okay, so we changed. The BBQ pork is typical jap-style bbq pork. I much prefer the HK-style BBQ pork over this. Oh well. Dumplings were extremely oily - oil was practically oozing from my mouth after i took the first bite. But it was delicious =P. better if less oily. Recommendations: (in order of preference)
1. Chicken Teriyaki rice
2. Baked Pork chop rice
3. funghi linguine
4. BBQ pork udon w/ dumplings
Conclusion:
Will definitely come back another sunday. I spend all sundays around this area. Should try out more spots. This has made it to my #1 list around jordan
张贴
