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After the Saint Honore in Happy Valley closed after being in the same shop for about 30 years, we were anticipating what type of business would replace that location.  Quite a few months later, Smart Master Kitchen opened.  Without going close up to the store front, you wouldn't guess that it's a restaurant by its decor from the outside.  It actually looked like a furniture store from across the street.  Once inside, they have really nice decor with a very high ceiling.Knowing that the restauran
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After the Saint Honore in Happy Valley closed after being in the same shop for about 30 years, we were anticipating what type of business would replace that location.  Quite a few months later, Smart Master Kitchen opened.  Without going close up to the store front, you wouldn't guess that it's a restaurant by its decor from the outside.  It actually looked like a furniture store from across the street.  Once inside, they have really nice decor with a very high ceiling.

Knowing that the restaurant is owned by the same people as the Tasty Noodle place a couple doors down, we already expected the price to be on the higher end, and we expected the food quality to be comparable to the noodle place.  However, the food was quite disappointing.
Pan-fried stuffed lotus root w/Canton Carp Paste
$80
60 瀏覽
2 讚好
0 留言
The lotus cakes were less greasy than other restaurants and had a decent crunch from the lotus roots.
Deep fried Diced Chicken in Black Bean Sauce
$188
50 瀏覽
1 讚好
0 留言
The chicken was moist, but the dish was quite greasy and salty overall.  
Sweet & Sour Pork w/Hawthorn Sauce
$168
64 瀏覽
2 讚好
0 留言
We thought the hawthorn sauce would be a refreshing change from the traditional sweet and sour pork, but it wasn't all that different, and the coating on the pork was a little mushy and not crunchy.
Pan-fried Rice Vermicelli w/Curry Beef Brisket
$168
48 瀏覽
1 讚好
0 留言
This dish came highly recommended from the waiter, but we were quite disappointed.  The rice vermicelli didn't get really crunchy from being pan-fried, and the curry wasn't very fragrant.
Marinated Spiced Beef Tendon
$80
55 瀏覽
2 讚好
0 留言
I'm not a fan of beef tendon, but this was extra dry and chewy, and it was quite salty as well. 
Braised Grouper's fin
60 瀏覽
1 讚好
0 留言
I didn't get the price of this dish since we ordered it off-menu.  We have this dish quite often since it's one of grandma's favorite.  Compared to other restaurants, the chef here really stuffed the pot with pork and other fillers that were not the fish.  We had to keep digging through the pot to find the fish pieces. 
Quick-fried Glutinous Rice w/Dice Preserved Meat
$168
50 瀏覽
2 讚好
0 留言
Quick-fried Glutinous Rice w/Dice Preserved Meat
$168
69 瀏覽
1 讚好
0 留言
The glutinous rice was a pleasant surprise.  I asked the waiter when we were ordering that this was really 生炒 that the chef would fry the glutinous rice from raw, and the waiter assured me that it is 生炒.  After so many years, we were able to have fried glutinous rice that doesn't stick to our teeth!  
Steamed Minced Pork w/Dried Squid
$168
131 瀏覽
2 讚好
0 留言
As expected, when dining out, the steamed minced pork is not very good.  Since it takes time to steam pork, they had to make the pork cake really thin, and thus, it lacked the nice meaty texture that homemade steamed minced pork has.  

We also ordered the Poached Ice Plant w/Supreme Soup.  I didn't get to take a photo because it took so long for them to serve the dish, and by the time they served the dish, my aunt quickly distributed most of the vegetables before I could take a photo.  While all of their other dishes were heavily-seasoned, the vegetables really lacked seasoning.  The soup was quite bland and unable to balance out the ice plant's very green flavor.  When I bit into the ice plant, it felt like there was a piece of plastic surrounding the stalk of it.  Instead of highlighting the ice plant, this cooking method made it quite appalling.  I would imagine with the right seasoning and cooking method, the ice plant would be much more delectable.

Overall, I wouldn't recommend this restaurant to others unless you are in search of fried glutinous rice.  The waiters were unattentive and would walk away in the middle of serving us, or in the middle of a question.  Also, we were extremely thirsty after the meal and were craving a can of soda, which means they used a lot of MSG and salt.

P.S. It was really funny to see the "bus-lady" mopping the floor all night since it was raining and they were constantly cleaning up the rain drops on the hard wood floor.

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)
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用餐日期
2015-04-11
用餐途徑
堂食
人均消費
$300 (晚餐)
推介美食
Pan-fried stuffed lotus root w/Canton Carp Paste
$ 80
Sweet & Sour Pork w/Hawthorn Sauce
$ 168
Quick-fried Glutinous Rice w/Dice Preserved Meat
$ 168
Quick-fried Glutinous Rice w/Dice Preserved Meat
$ 168