1. The restaurant and the others like California and the Cafe have one common thing - noisy due to the low and enclosed environment. That's why I prefer the Lounge. 2. Chicken soaked in thick chicken stock 濃湯浸雞 (HK$400 whole, $200 half). This was the best among all the dishes and also ranked the first one to be reported. Very nice thick stock and the chicken is a selected one.
3. Honey peas with clams 蜜豆貴花蚌 HK$180. The peas is very sweet but the clam is a little overcooked. 4. This appertizer looks very nostalgic but it's made quite carelessly and if it's a cheaper restaurant, I would let go of it. This is a five star hotel outlet. What's more, the mistake keeps on....
5. Jelly fish with pig's knuckle HK$78. At average. 6. This vinegar is too sweet to go with the pig's knuckle. Not sure if they need to cater the western taste.
7. The jelly fish wasn't done right as the outer skirt was still there and it's too hard to chew. 8. See some mashy rice. I then told the captain that they shouldn't mix the overnight rice with the newly cooked rice and so created the 3 mixed rice 三及第. So awful. The worst is that the captain didn't have any apologetic manner but simply said "let me cancel it.". Sigh...
9. Celery, corn and lily bulb 西芹百合粟米 HK$140. The celery was soaked in the boiling water too long (飛水) to lose the nice aroma of celery and yet too soft. The lily bulb was rotten and the surprising part is that they used canned corn! HK$140 for some canned corn. 10. Longan American ginseng sweet HK$48. At average but the ginseng soaked a bit too long that it lost the nice ginseng aromatic but just some bitter flavour.
11. Pumpkin sesame cake HK$48. See how oily it is. To make their life easier, they just pan fried one side, leaving the other side stick on the leaf. Tried to make it look nice but it's just one word to me "lazy!". So this restaurant can be totally taken out of my list on my business and personal eating agenda. Farewell Man Ho!
5 comments:
the disease from Bangkok's Man Ho spread to Hong Kong?
maybe good CN chefs now only willing to cook in Vancouver, San Fran and Melbourne .. sooner or later, Dubai too
I like the honesty in your reviews and comments. Must say the presentation is rather poor too for a fanciful restaurant. The pix of the rice takes the prize.
L Lee
Yes I admire the honest comments in Sea and Thaisclub's 2 blogs.
Very candid comments from the writer.
I think for this Man Ho, they have a problem for monitoring some basic steps, like rice cooking, the appetizer, veggie preparation...etc. The chicken in thick chicken soup is awesome. So I can see a good chef is still there at Man Ho, but just the master chef can't do a good job in monitoring all the things in the kitchen. What's more, the captain needs to check what's wrong on the table.
Thanks L Lee and stella. I am still on some bias... :)
Certain degree of bias is normal as long as not too extreme; that is called personal opinion or preference.
This is the unique part of human being.
Only machine has no opinion or bias.
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