We went to Church Street to try out any new restaurant that had come up. We found the name board of Saigon (sandwiched between Ruby Tuesday and Oye Amritsar) lit up and found a few customers seated inside. We had liked the food @ Saigon before they were closed for renovation. Having ventured to Saigon, we did not find the name reflecting in the lift – of course there was this Asian restaurant named Hong Kong Hustle and we ventured to that place.
Place is air conditioned and can seat around 50 pax. There are a number of seats overlooking Church Street. Place serves Hong Kong street food as they call it and serves liquor too.
Going for
+ New and different concept – It is a combination of a buffet and a set menu. There are 5 veg (veg dimsum, grilled mixed veggies, cauliflower pan fried, potato pan fried and a fried veg wanton) and 5 non veg starters (fried prawn triangles, chicken dimsum, fish skewers, mutton skewers and chicken wings). The starters are served at the table. This is followed by a main course of rice or noodles, the varieties are plain, chicken, vegetable or egg. This is served in a gravy for which you decide the ingredients. There is a choice of around a dozen vegetables including bamboo shoots, button mushrooms, sweet corn and baby corn. After choosing the vegetables, you can choose your meat from chicken, prawns or fish. There is a choice of three sauces to choose from ranging from bland to very spicy. The rice or noodles and the gravy made with ingredients of your choice is served at the table. This is followed by 5 desserts + ice cream being served at the table.
+ Very good Indianized Chinese food – the chicken wings, the gravy that came with the main course, the fish and mutton skewers and the fried potatoes and the grilled mixed vegetables stood out. So too did the dry fruit fried wanton served with the desserts.
+ Courteous and prompt service.
+ Price - @ INR 375/- per person it was worth it,even if not cheap. You can have as many helpings as required.
Not Going For
- The dimsums were very bland.
- The mango jelly was not the best of desserts.
Per person the cost is around INR 375/-. Carlsberg – 650 ml beer comes at INR 190/- and is the costliest beer on the menu.
Reco – Definitely deserves a visit.
Place is air conditioned and can seat around 50 pax. There are a number of seats overlooking Church Street. Place serves Hong Kong street food as they call it and serves liquor too.
Going for
+ New and different concept – It is a combination of a buffet and a set menu. There are 5 veg (veg dimsum, grilled mixed veggies, cauliflower pan fried, potato pan fried and a fried veg wanton) and 5 non veg starters (fried prawn triangles, chicken dimsum, fish skewers, mutton skewers and chicken wings). The starters are served at the table. This is followed by a main course of rice or noodles, the varieties are plain, chicken, vegetable or egg. This is served in a gravy for which you decide the ingredients. There is a choice of around a dozen vegetables including bamboo shoots, button mushrooms, sweet corn and baby corn. After choosing the vegetables, you can choose your meat from chicken, prawns or fish. There is a choice of three sauces to choose from ranging from bland to very spicy. The rice or noodles and the gravy made with ingredients of your choice is served at the table. This is followed by 5 desserts + ice cream being served at the table.
+ Very good Indianized Chinese food – the chicken wings, the gravy that came with the main course, the fish and mutton skewers and the fried potatoes and the grilled mixed vegetables stood out. So too did the dry fruit fried wanton served with the desserts.
+ Courteous and prompt service.
+ Price - @ INR 375/- per person it was worth it,even if not cheap. You can have as many helpings as required.
Not Going For
- The dimsums were very bland.
- The mango jelly was not the best of desserts.
Per person the cost is around INR 375/-. Carlsberg – 650 ml beer comes at INR 190/- and is the costliest beer on the menu.
Reco – Definitely deserves a visit.
2 comments:
Nice reviews Sivanand. Pretty useful stuff. One suggestion though. The white letters on black background are little strenuous on the eyes. May be you can make the page theme more pleasant.
thanks....will change it shortly...need to check if changing the background would affect the earlier blogs where the font is in white....that's the only catch.
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