Each of us can share a small bowl of “Lanzhou” Tan Tan Noodle in Spicy Soup $22
Dumpling
in Chili $32 is not too spicy. The diameter is about 4 cm. I personally
perfer the one in smaller size in other restaurants.
Bean Curd Sheet with Young Cabbage $52. Bean curd sheet is my favorite.
Five Spiced Sesame Chicken – Half
$64 has an alluring soy sauce smell when it is served to us.
Braised Spare Rib with Special Vinegar
$55 is the best item in our dinner and is a typical Shanghai food.
Vegetarian Dumpling has a diameter of 7 cm.
Elegant tablewares.
It is full from 1745 onwards. The waitress is cleaning the table for us.
There is still flock of people when we leave at 2015.
Modern China Restaurant
金滿庭京川滬菜館
Shop UG06B, Olympian City 2, West Kowloon, Hong Kong.
Tel: 29101000
Opening Hours: 1145 – 1500, 1745 – 2300 Daily
Style: Shanghai & Peking
Average spending: $100
Date: January 2007
Website: www.modernchinarestaurant.com
Remarks:
1) No telephone booking, everybody has to queue up in person.
2) Tea charge per head is $9
3)
For appetizer, it is $12 per dish. You may request not to have the
appetizer. The bill would not include this $12 per dish. This is our
recommendation.
4) You may request to buy the food menu at $150 each.
5) No free dessert is included.
We
would like to try good food on holiday and finally decide to dine in
Modern China Restaurant in Olympian City 2. In order to escape from the
crowd, we queue up in person at 1715. After getting the ticket, we
stroll around in the shopping mall. Our pink-colored ticket number for 4
persons is 21. The waitress politely informs us to return at about
1845. Of course, we would return a bit earlier than this time.
Before
long, we are allotted to a table for 4 and order Oolong tea (totally
there are 5 kinds of tea in the selection). The tea is slightly sweet
and we do not think that there is any ginseng. Even though we inspect
the tealeaf in the pot, there is only tealeaf and no ginseng.
We
order 6 dishes, namely “Lanzhou” Tan Tan Noodle in Spicy Soup $22,
Dumpling in Chili $32, Bean Curd Sheet with Young Cabbage $52, Five
Spiced Sesame Chicken – Half $64, Braised Spare Rib with Special Vinegar
$55, and Vegetarian Dumpling. The bill is $312 (average per head is
$78).
“Lanzhou” Tan Tan Noodle in Spicy Soup is not big in
portion. In view of its price $22, it is acceptable and each of us can
share a small bowl. Taste is above average. In “Dumpling in Chili”,
there are totally 10 pieces. The diameter of each dumpling is about 4
cm; this size is a bit bigger than the normal. I personally prefer those
with smaller size in other restaurants. Fresh garlic paste would add
flavor to the dumpling, in addition.
“Bean Curd Sheet with Young
Cabbage” can maintain at higher standard. Besides, bean curd sheet is
one of my favorite items in Shanghai cuisine. In “Five Spiced Sesame
Chicken”, there is quite a lot of white sesame on chicken surface.
Chicken is fresh and smell is alluring when it is served to us. It is
wise to reduce the chicken from whole piece to a half, in order that we
can try more other foods.
“Braised Spare Rib with Special
Vinegar” takes a long time to cook and is the last item in our dinner.
Out of expectation, it is the most delectable one. The rib should have
been well prepared in sauces before it is cooked. It is hot, strong in
taste, and has a mixture taste of sweet and sour. We agree to give 90
marks to the rib.
The foods are undoubtedly delicious, and maintained at high standard. We are unwilling to tell you that they have added MSG
to some of the foods. It is better than those restaurants that have added MSG to foods, but the foods are still not tasty.
Since
there are a lot of customers waiting outside the restaurant, the
waitresses would push us to leave softly and politely, and ask us
whether there are any outstanding orders. We do not think that this is a
big problem and are willingly leave at 2015.
To dine in such
long-queued restaurant, my tip is to queue up earlier on holiday. This
will reduce a lot the chance of grievance because of long waiting time,
and save up our time a lot.
Service: 3.5/5
Price: 3.5/5
Food: 4.5/5
Environment: 3.5/5
Variety: 4/5
Hygiene: 4/5
Overall: 4/5
