let me make it absolutely clear - I will NOT be buying you dinner at Cafe des Amis. now, can we let it drop? :occasion9:
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let me make it absolutely clear - I will NOT be buying you dinner at Cafe des Amis. now, can we let it drop? :occasion9:
OK
I live in China and am an expert on Cantonese food.
If the chef is from Hong Kong it is probably Cantonese style food and Cantonese style food it is crap.
I am an expert.
Don't bother going.
So, just so I'm getting this right then - so, by your OWN admission your an expert on crap food then is that right ???Quote:
Originally Posted by kittyboy
Anyway, it doesn't take a genius to work out the level of the restaurant when it's clear they don't even serve "chips with gravy" or "mixed grills" or other popular take away food choices like "curry and chips", where you can ask them to mix it "half and half between chips AND rice as the side dish ( well in good places anyway) etc, but hey if Namarmak likes the place that he's found even though it seems to have perhaps a slightly more limited menu than usual and don't do deliveries and stuff then who are we to question him and I hope he continues to enjoy his trips there when it's open.
NIrish Guy, you're obviously used to gourmet Chinese food, so this place isn't for you. Anyway, how can a restaurant hope to succeed if it's closed half the time and apparently at random? :dontknow:
Yes I am an expert on crap food...I eat the stuff everyday here in China not much else but cantonese food here outside old canton.
The signature dishes of cantonese food are stewed animal entrails and fried pig colon. Let me know how they taste at that highly recommended fine dining place.
They are not really doing Cantonese food. The only somewhat challenging meats they do are Shanghai chicken wings marinated in rice wine and they used to do chicken feet but I think they stopped that.
Pao is not a fine dining restaurant. They don't even have waiters. Like I said, the chefs do it all.
Business is so bad they can not afford to hire waiters?
That is not a strong recommendation.
Taste the food first before you say stupid things like that, OK?Quote:
Originally Posted by kittyboy
These chefs have a different vision. They clearly aren't Donald Trump types. They want to do dishes that they believe in with passion and find an appreciative audience for their unusual vision. For some people, it's not all about the money. Yes they want to turn a profit but they don't want lines out the door either. In the unlikely event they get too busy for them the manage, not sure what will happen. Their ideal is enough trade for a viable business but nothing overboard.
If I ever gave the impression that this was a "typical" restaurant that you should judge with your tired old bourgeois expectations, I have now corrected that for y'all.
Visual? Well I guess that is nice that they are going for a good presentation of the food. I guess nice looking food is well nice to look at but the food has to taste good and fried pig colon is not visually appealing no matter how much lipstick you put on that pig's asshole and the taste Oh MY GOD not good. And I mean they are only open a few days a week and you have to serve yourself as there are no waiters! Oh..Is it a buffet? with a stream tray and all you can eat?