OMG! I CANNOT go there! WHY do you want 魚翅 in everything!!!!
This is the first time I heard ppl make 花膠炒麵. I don't think using ingredient that sounds expansive will make any food taste better.
Please don't eat 魚翅 if you can... save the sharks.
Very interesting menu indeed, what type/or grade of abalone would they use?
I would go to chinese restaurant if I want dried seafood prepared properly.
And they do not have to include beverage and desserts if they want to be recognized
as high class Western restaurant. For instant, Italian restaurant would charge $15 for
Spaghetti Bolognese a la carte without getting complain because of the cost of ingredients and intensive labour, but in Cha restaurant, it is just a cheap side dish for e.g. Deefried Chicken wings
I went there and saw the ex-Boston owner there. He was very kind, and just like when he was at Boston, came out and talked to customers several times.
He seems to know how to run a HK cafe. His style management is always better than most other cafe. The next step for him is to take the cafe to the next level. He should upgrade the ingredients and service to higher class and then charge a higher price accordingly.
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Please note that I'm not against any particular restaurant, especially the one that I haven't tried. In here I was commenting about the menu concept, however, I have no
intention to be offensive. In Vancouver, I've never seen a Hong Kong style Western restaurant to be comparable to those in HK, the Brock House cater to Hong Kong celebrities but it is much more class than average.. In order make a restaurant works, there is the trinity: the cook brigade, the management and well-trained staffs. When was the last time you seen a properly trained waiter/ress in a Chinese steak house or Cha restaurant? I've never. 90% do not even know how to set up a table properly, table etiquette, what is that? Wine pairing: get a life. That is why they got stuck in Cha Chan Tang for ever.