We went to this random HK cafe in San Gabriel for dinner with Philip, Carmel, and Caroline. It was so sadly and laughably pretentious, with items on its menu like "Filet Mignon Royale," "Cowboy Steak," "Filet Mignon Oscar, and "Filet Mignon Napolean." Of course, none of these items had any sort of description regarding what they actually were. Our waitress barely spoke any English, and only passable Mandarin and Cantonese. Our favorite item on the menu was the "broiled baby lamb with grilled cattle fish." When is a lamb not a baby [sheep], and what the hell is a "cattle fish"?
The food itself wasn't bad, but it certainly did not live up to the naming. Plating was pretty bad. Lawrence ordered the Filet Mignon Oscar, and their sad attempt at plating consisted of the meat sitting on top of a couple slices of a french roll, smothered in a basic Bechamel sauce (aka flour, butter, & milk), with a lump of mashed potatoes sitting on the side. The sauce was way too thick to look nice drizzled over the plate, and it had chunks of green bean in it. Timing was pretty bad too...all our dishes came at different times within a 10 minute period. Ok, maybe it wasn't that long, but it felt like it. Caroline was half done with her food by the time mine came. The only redeeming factor was the free dessert - a Chinese tapioca, taro, and coconut milk dessert soup.
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