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2014-05-12
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Funny name, isn't it? "SML" sounds familiar to us. If you need some hints, grab its "name card" and you'd figure out!The name card itself is like a tag attached to a piece of clothes you find in a boutique and flip over for the size, fibre details, and place of origin. "S" stands for small, "M" for medium, and "L" for large. In a restaurant, what else can it refer to other than the portion of dishes! And you've got it now!It offers dishes in 3 portions, each with a relatively different price. Fo
The name card itself is like a tag attached to a piece of clothes you find in a boutique and flip over for the size, fibre details, and place of origin. "S" stands for small, "M" for medium, and "L" for large. In a restaurant, what else can it refer to other than the portion of dishes! And you've got it now!
It offers dishes in 3 portions, each with a relatively different price. For each category, there's not much to choose from, around 4 to 8 options. Say, under the categories of "Sides", you can choose from:
chips wit black truffle sea salt | S: $26, M: $48; L: $72
thai green papaya sald with chili, lime, coriander & dry shrimp | S: $28, M: $54; L: $80
flash-cooked greens wiht seasme oil | S: $26, M: $48; L: $72
steamed jasime rice | S: $15, M: $28; L: $42
The drink menu and the main menu are separate. Cateogories include in the main menu include:
1. Bits and Bits (from $28 to $158)
crostini with tomatoes, garlic cheese bread, grilled chicken satay, nachos, chicke confit & foie gras mousse with toast & truffle salad, smoked salmon roll, and thai shripm cake)
2. Liquid (from $32 to $212)
minestrone with basil cream and spicy tom yum soup wiht chicken & shrimp
3. Raw & Green (from $38 to $148)
salads, iced cocktail shrimp or smoked duck breast, tender crusted seared tuna with salsa, sake & soy dressing, sliced raw beef in Italian style, etc.
4. Pasta and Ricespaghetti carbonara, spaghetti with mushrooms, baby asparagus & truffle in creamy herb sauce
5. Meat
british burger with beef, crispy bacon, mature cheddar, lettuce & tomato; sizzling mexican fajitas (chicken or shrimp or mixed vegetables), served with flour tortillas
6. Sea ($52 - $194)roasted salmon fillet with mango chilli salsa, tiger prawns with yoghurt, cuttlefish, roasted fillet, etc.
7. Sides ($26 - $80)
chips with black truffle sea sal, thai green papaya sald with chili, lime, coriander & dry shrimp, flash-cooked greens with sesame oil, and steamed rice
8. Happy Eatings (i.e. desserts)bread & butter pudding, chocolate brownie, creme bulee, apple crumble
9. Ice Cream (S:1 scoop $34; M:2 coops $62; L: 3 scoops $92)
movenpick choices with combination of sauces and toppings
Note: some dishes name are in short, see menu for details
mango mania + crystal zone ($49 each)The mango mania is thick in nature and had a sense of mango nectar in a less sweet taste. It was not as outstanding as its salt covering of the glass edge, but the Crystal Zone was a real refreshing type. Tender in taste, with good balance and mix of senses like sweet, sour and cool. If there were anything I would order in future, I'd pick this for ordering much more than twice.. if price was not a concern.
baby asparagus & truffle in creamy herb sauce (S, $58)
I picked this as my favourite of the night. That was too humbly small, but might be right for ladies who are hunger to try more variety of dishes. Though tiny in size, it was geneours in its rich ingredients and flavours, which utterly embraced our tastebuds. The cream sauce was neither too thick or thin, and the cream sauce was balancedly flavoured so every stuffs put in it harmoniously served their small part for the whole sense of dish. Not a single ingredient was overcooked nor too strongly dorminant, and their flavour immersed so deeply in the spaghetti with fine texture that it spoke straight away it was never a fast-food type. In many local restaurant, sauce and spaghetti were never friends, they were just forced to gather in a dish, and they can be so alienated as if they are from different planet. But not here, guys! They must be fellows inhibitated in the same global village, as what the restaurant has been trying to include internatioal dishes in one menu. sizzling mexican fajitas (chicken or shrimp or mixed vegetables), served with flour tortillas (S, $78)
In the bamboo wrap were two pieces of tortillas, and we ordered chicken, which was served in a separate dish. When we wrap and put the sauses each served with a stainless steel cup, the dish was like a ritual of eating itself. it demanded much of our attention that my friend ranked it the best and the most unforgettable dish of the night. nachos with jalaperios & monterey jack cheddar, topped with sour cream, guacamole & tomato salsa (M, $82)
The reason we order medium portion for this dish was that, unfortunately, the above dishes were not as filling as expected. And my friend has got an "Mexican" tooth! How can the nachos be skipped from our dining experience then! So, it was very colourful when it was placed on the table. Probably we did try better nachos in SoHo and Discovery Bay, my friend did not like it was sort of shrinked in size, plus ingredients. She would expect more base with a greater diversity of greens and beans. I was ok without the greens, but I felt the nachos we had had before did have richer taste and more choices of tabasco to go with. In terms of nachos it had offered, there were more shapes, colours and sizes. Such comparison could be unfair to SML. Yet speaking of the nachos itself, I could say it was a bit too salty, though it was fairly crunchy. Before you pay the bill, don't forget to read through the card placed on your table at the moment you sit and settle there, which reminds you of the optional HK$1 donation added to your bill, in support of the Liberty Asia.
(prices listed here exclude 10% service charge and the optional charge)
It really helps to reinforce its image as a socially responsible corporation, from its consideration to encourage no waste of food ordered from the menu to its "global village" setting with world-concerned issue of African slavery.
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On the other hand, not every single staff member shares the vision. From the moment we stepped into the restaurant, we were reminded we would be asked to leave at around 8pm. Thought that would be they had high demand for seats and that was a warm reminder, which would be understandable for a commercial hub here as in Times Square. However, it turned out we were having dishes placed highly efficiently on the small table, so were their clearing of the dishes and placement of the bill. At that time, vacant tables were around us, the restaurant was like only 50% occupied and there was obviously nobody waiting outside. That pushy service would serve less a welcoming sign to the restaurant than waving customers back. Its "small portion" strategy could be self-destructive if it managed to create no further wonders to local customers who would soon try all limited dishes available on the menu and restraints them from returning.
The bar seat appeared to be a cozy place for friends, and comparing with other restaurants around and in the same building, it is particuarly spacious and thus appealing to "international" friends who would expect to dine in an embracing area, and better still, the bar seating design shall be implied as to retain friends than a "hit-and-run" fast food type. Sadly, its design has not been fully utlilized. Despite the colourful beverages and the delicate design, it'd be a waste if the "human" factor fails to carry its integrity as what it appears.
Another food for thought, how much can it push itself further as a corporation as it intended to position itself? Is it another hypocritical commercial practice or not?
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
张贴
