Magnolia (已結業)

是日公司飯局，來到上環的Magnolia.　週四晚上六時多到達，已包場的關係，當然沒有其它食客。場內分上下兩層，下層有一個大sofa area可以稍作休息和等候入座，上層則是用餐區，有獨立的房間，私隱度很高。侍應先送上welcome drink, 是很淡的柚子汁配合了vodka.　筆者很愛vodka, 但則不大欣賞這杯雞尾酒。果汁非常淡，看似加了很多水似的，混合酒後更只有苦澀味，一點果香也沒有，令人失望。Welcome snacks是一些 crackers，餅乾夠脆，加上雞肉醬的咸香和濕潤，也算是不錯的餐小吃。先來餐湯，是海鮮雞肉湯。喝一口，也挺足料，湯內有大量雞肉絲和蟹肉，很濃味，但鮮味則稱不上。湯內沒有去骨，蟹的碎殼也有不少，不夠貼心。再來蝦沙律。試一口，沙律菜挺新鮮，配上sauce　後也很開胃。奈何蝦肉有點霉，非常失色。再來是薯蓉，味道偏甜，感覺很膩。雪菜肉絲青豆豆豉配白飯，有點令人難以致信。西餐廳的secret menu中竟然有中菜，味道亦是典型的中菜，水準非常普通，但驚嚇度十足。栗米小蛋糕。蛋糕牛油味不重，帶點脆身，內裏有數位原粒栗米，味道一般。燒排骨，肉也嫩滑，醬汁也夠濃，

I somehow got on Magnolia's mailing list, and last year around my birthday they sent out a special Chinese New Year deal. If you bought 20 seats (redeemable at any time in the following 18 months), you got a discount AND if you were one of the first 10 people to do so you got 10 free bottles of wine and free takeaway for 8. The email was sent out at an odd time and I noticed it as soon as it arrived, so I jumped on the deal, and managed to snag all the freebies. Go me!Anyway, 10 of the seats and

A friend booked this private kitchen for her birthday. She shared the menu with me, and I was excited. It's been a few years since I was last in NOLA, and I'm a huge fan of the Creole and Cajun flavors. The process is also unusual -- you show up at 8 pm and mill around in a common area downstairs while they pass the appetizers around. You're allowed to bring your own wine -- free corkage -- and they pour it for you. You have a view of the open kitchen (which you walk through to go upstairs). The

Magnolia split into 2 floors with the open kitchen at the bottom floor where the reception and entrance is. 2nd floor has plenty different sizes of dining room, with brick red wall, a high ceiling and chandeliers casting a somewhat murky light. There was no wine list but free corkage, and the dinner was a set menu for all diners at HK$500 each. Cuisine: American Food rating: 4/10*Service: 5/10 Ambiance: 5/10Price: HK$500pax* Food Rating: 6/10 is equivalent to 1 Michelin star, 8/10 to

so, my birthday celebrations begin. the bunch kindly celebrates with me every year, and i keep them entertained by finding a nice n special space to sit everyone in. this year it is magnolia.now if you read the other long article about mognolia, it is mentioned that there is nice living room kinda thingy and you are facing a kitchen area. when i first got there, i thought the dinner was an event where we also had to do the cooking. lol.luckily we got the couch and the lot was happily enjoying

I had a lovely dinner at Magnolia recently. It was mostly comfort food that your mum would cook at home. Yes, some of the dishes were quite ordinary, like the prawn and crab salad, jambalaya, okra. But the ribs are superb!! They were the most tender and juicy ribs I have ever had. Literally melt in your mouth. I will be back for sure.I think it is slightly on the expensive side as this was not in the fine dining category and the ingredients were not anything costly.

So I've been craving fried chicken for about 2 months and that's really why I found Magnolia. Reviews were mixed but just the thought of yummy fried chicken with crispy buttermilk batter made me drool. Anyway, so my friends had actually been there before and highly recommended the place so we all went there together. Environment: When you first get there you're sitting down on the kitchen/living room level. A little cramped (but not bad) since we didn't get the couches and just sitting in our li