Background

This Chinese restaurant have been there for a while, with some chic decors and a rather pricey lunch menu. I cannot say they are out of place because most of the time when I am passing by, they are almost a full house.

這家中式餐館在那已經有一段時間了。它有一些別緻的裝飾和昂貴的午餐菜單。我不能說這是不合適，因為大部分時間，當我經過它時，它幾乎是滿座。

I gave the restaurant a go yesternoon before picking my boy up from school. It was a quick lunch, I left work late and barely had 60 minutes maximum to gulp.

昨午在去學校接我孩放學之前，我去試了。這幾乎是一個快速的午餐，我下班遲了，所以最多只有60分鐘的時間快吃。

Subjective experience

Flipping a menu back and forth countless times, I was reluctant to order. It was not I did not like the menu but every item on the menu is unreasonably priced. You may say I am ranting but it is merely an ordinary restaurant with an open kitchen and a bit of chic interior design. If you might notice, a 2 Michelin-starred upscale Chinese restaurant is just some 100 steps away. Prices are slightly higher there but dish quality, without doubt, is light years ahead.

無數次來回翻動菜單，我不知點什麼。不是我不喜歡這菜單，而是菜單上的每道菜都是不合理的價格。你可能會說我在咆哮，但它僅僅是有一個開放式廚房和一些別緻的室內設計的普通餐廳。如果你可能注意到，一家米其林二星級高檔中餐館距離僅有100多步之遙。價格稍高，但菜品的質量毫無疑問是超班多陪。

On the note of dish presentation, my jaw dropped at how the dishes or dim sums looked. The kitchen carefully carved stems of Chinese kale. Once wok-fried, carved stems slightly flip up and bend, which renders visual uniqueness. Despite the apperance, MSG was there. My mouth was running dry for a while after this.

在一盤菜的外觀上，我出奇地看著在盤子或點心上。廚房雕刻了芥蘭的莖。芥蘭一旦在煱炒，莖會稍微翻轉並彎曲，這使得視覺獨特。儘管這外表，味精使我的嘴巴晾乾了一段時間。

Approximately HKD 100

Mixed rice with mushroom in soup. What made this attractive was a server pouring a small bowl of crispy rice into a piping hot pot where white rice was soaked there, giving some short sizzling. The entertainment did not do much to help the dish, MSG was there. My mouth was running dry for a while after this.

混合米配蘑菇湯飯。是什麼讓這個飯吸引人？服務員把一小碗脆米放入一個已有的白色大米在那里浸泡的熱煱，發出一些短促的嘶嘶聲。這娛樂並沒有對食物太大的幫助，因為味精使我的嘴巴晾乾了一段時間。

Approximately HKD 130

Shrimp dumplings were visually vibrant but lacked taste qualities. Prawns filled and wrapped generously in a dumpling sheet were springy. Disappointingly enough, no taste of prawns was identified by my amateur taste buds.

蝦餃子在視覺上充滿活力，但缺乏味道品質。大蝦慷慨地被裝滿了及裹在一張餃子皮，很有彈性。但我的業餘味蕾沒有發現蝦的味道。

Approximately HKD 70

BBQ pork buns were so cute to eat. The buns met expectation and were on par with what normal BBQ pork buns should offer, taste wise.

义燒包非常可愛。包子達到期望，在味道上，並與普通义燒包的品質相當。

Approximately HKD 60

Verdict

It appears to me this is another restaurant that think too highly of interior design and presentation gimmicks/tricks but fail to please restaurant-goers with hearty and genuine meals. I am not a fan of run-of-the-mill foods priced unreasonably high.

Overrated, overpriced, and exaggerated? Perhaps. If you do not mind a restaurant, without real qualities, over-charging, you might as well try.

在我看來，這是一家餐廳想太多室內設計和噱頭，但卻沒有讓餐食客喜歡的餐。我不喜歡價格不合理但普通的食品。

高估和誇大？也許。如果你不介意餐廳過度收費，那對你來說非常適合。

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