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2016-10-07
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Tainan Mr. Bean is a new restaurant in Causeway Bay. Located in an area of Causeway Bay that they are trying to make more hip and cool (right behind Lee Garden), the design tries to mimic a typical Taiwanese nightmarket. Being new and with lunch sets not over $100, it is fairly popular with a lengthy queue. Boyfriend and I decided to try them for lunch and arrived early. Just when they opened to skip the queue.Lunch menu is in the form of circling what you want on a piece of paper. It's in Chine
Lunch menu is in the form of circling what you want on a piece of paper. It's in Chinese only. There is no English h and no 10% service charge. You pay cash only. Price is $65 and $75 (depending on the main). What you get is an appetizer (the column in the middle) and a main (which is a rice or noodle) and a set drink. We both decided to get the $75 sets.
Set Drinks. Set drinks were served in a mason jar. We didn't order anything special. Just an ice coffee and ice tea as we couldn't find the list for special drinks. This is the exact amount of drink that arrived. Why serve a drink in a mason jar without filling it to the top? It made it seem like they were skimpy on the quantity. Which is most likely the case.
Sweet Potato Fries. This was boyfriend's choice of appetizer. The fries were soft and super sweet from the sweet potato. They were cripsy but more on the soft side. They further doused in it sugar so it made it even more sweet. This coating of sugar was really not necessary.
Soysauce Marinaded Selection of Offals. This was my appetizer. A small plate of intestines, pig ear and kidney. The marinade wasn't rich and there was this strange gloop of thick sweet sauce on the side. The kidney wasn't properly prepared as it still tasted a bit gamey that is often found when it's not cleaned properly.
Minced Meat with Rice. This was the rice dish boyfriend chose. Size was not big. It came in a small bowl. The sauce was sweet and tasted a bit like the sauce that was found in my plate of offals. The meat was a bit too oily for my liking. It seemed like it was mostly fat.
Seafood and Mince Meat Noodle. This is what I chose for a noodle dish. The soup was ok. The shrimp was firm and fresh. There was the same mince meat topping as the rice so it was mostly fat more than meat. The marinaded egg was a bit on the bland side. But what was disappointing was the noodles. It still had the starchy after taste that is found in noodles that have not been rinsed properly.
Disappointing all around. Restaurant is designed well with service ok. Prices not expensive. But tood isn't veryg good.. It seems like they focused more on the design and making everything look pretty but forgot all about the taste. There are far better Taiwanese restaurants in Hong Kong, so there is no need for me to return again.
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