"Jat gor" ? Could this be the ONE?!?
Heard about this place from one of my customers when it was first opened and suggested I should give it a try.
Decided to come by here for a quick lunch while on the way to Richmond. This place is located on Victoria Drive and 54th Ave with street parking available.
The interior is newly renovated; basic tables and chairs toward the front, counter and kitchen with bbq display to the back, neon signs on the walls. I assume the goal to give diners the old school Hong Kong atmosphere or vibe?!?
The server was either daydreaming or had no interest to be working, she literally stood around motionless with her phone. Had to wave her down to order.
Here were the food;
1. Imitation shark's fin soup. It was super watery, minimal ingredients and one of the most tasteless soup I had in a long time. Honestly should just scrap this off the menu.
2. 3 item BBQ combo (daily soup & vegetables included). Daily soup and vegetables were a bit bland with a strong presence of msg in the soup. The bbq meats were okay, not a wow factor like some of the foodies exaggerated them to be.
3. Sorrowful rice. This dish was actually created decades ago by a top chef in Hong Kong for the movie "God of Cookery" starring Stephen Chow (For those of you foodies who haven't watch it before, WATCH it!) Its popularity picked up ever since then. How was this in comparison to its origin? There was too much sauce soaking at the bottom of the rice, the char siu was okay in texture and taste but was cold, rice was cold, the fried egg was also cold, and the piece of "you choy" looked old and wrinkly. As simple as this dish is, every details matter. So it has to come out steamy HOT and delicious ("yit lat lat" not "dong sep sep"). Otherwise its a failed!
Overall, the place is simple and nicely renovated to portrait a bit of a Hong Kong vibe.
The BBQ food was okay, they might've been better if they weren't sitting around for so long and lost their heat. The soups definitely needed some hardcore improvement on. As for the sorrowful rice, it's more like I am sorry I spent money ordering it.
As for the service... literally I was being served the bill and ferried my money away, that's all (It wasn't even busy!). There was only another table of 2 people besides mine. Definitely need to step up its game before it turns from "the One" to "No One".
P.S. honestly, some of the so called foodies nowadays can't tell the difference between a chicken and an egg, other than hyping up places with empty words. Have some standards! read more