[Food] Restaurant 2024 thread

[amexer]

Good quality but another restaurant to offer tasting menu only.. May leave hungry

 

[Machiavelli]

I went to HongKong SiuMei on Kenny Gardens last week in NORTH LAINE for a little lunch.

Just had a simple crispy pork belly with rice and a cucumber salad but what I had was very pleasing. Gonna revisit this week and have a few more bits to give it a proper go. Would highly recommend for a decent cheap lunch and certainly for an early dinner where you can get lots of different stuff. Service was very friendly and attentive and the place is nice and CLEAN.

7/10 but that's just a baseline score for the moment as I only had one dish. Wil give the gyoza a go next time as that's a good barometer I reckon.

It's very good value, and they're willing, but wasn't taken with it. We shared the pickles and cucumber salad -- the former you'll get much better versions of at just about any Japanese joint, the latter weren't a patch on what you'll get in the delightful (and rarely mentioned on here) New Era. My partner then had the bao (I don't get bao) which was OK, as was my roast duck ramen. Plenty of duck and it was OK, but the rest wasn't really up to what you'd get at Wagamama just round the corner. I wish them well as they're good people, but I'd rather pay a bit more for each dish to get an upgrade in quality.

 

[CHAPPERS]

It's very good value, and they're willing, but wasn't taken with it. We shared the pickles and cucumber salad -- the former you'll get much better versions of at just about any Japanese joint, the latter weren't a patch on what you'll get in the delightful (and rarely mentioned on here) New Era. My partner then had the bao (I don't get bao) which was OK, as was my roast duck ramen. Plenty of duck and it was OK, but the rest wasn't really up to what you'd get at Wagamama just round the corner. I wish them well as they're good people, but I'd rather pay a bit more for each dish to get an upgrade in quality.

I nearly recommend Oshio but I think I’d read you’ve done that?

Funnily enough I haven’t rushed back to HongKong SiuMei. Not done New Era but that looks a proper joint!

 

[Machiavelli]

I nearly recommend Oshio but I think I’d read you’ve done that?

Funnily enough I haven’t rushed back to HongKong SiuMei. Not done New Era but that looks a proper joint!

Yes, should have mentioned Oshio which I've been to twice rather than Wagamama (which is fine, one of the best of the chains).
New Era is stunning value Szechuan fare. It can get a bit greasy, but there's several brilliant dishes.