Sunday, October 14, 2007
"No, Sue, All-you-can-eat menus are death traps."
Popped into the Hong Hong for a little tea after some serious shopping. They provide two menus - "all you can eat" and "a la carte", which sounds weird as it is French. Maybe it should be 照菜单点菜 instead?
Anyway, Sue convinced me that we would end up spending more than the AYCE fixed-rate by choosing what we wanted off the normal (and longer) menu. So we ordered appetisers for two (satay sticks, crispy rolls, sesame seed toast, fried cabbage and spare ribs), crispy duck for two, a bowl of hot'n'sour soup for me, chicken'n'mushroom in soy sauce for me, crispy beef for Sue, and a mound of Singapore noodles to share. Needless to say, I had to finish off what Sue couldn't manage. Did I mention the two bottles of Tiger, the toffee ice cream dessert, or the coffee? How remiss.
So not exactly a black mark on my weekly dietary record. More an oil slick.
Anyway, Sue convinced me that we would end up spending more than the AYCE fixed-rate by choosing what we wanted off the normal (and longer) menu. So we ordered appetisers for two (satay sticks, crispy rolls, sesame seed toast, fried cabbage and spare ribs), crispy duck for two, a bowl of hot'n'sour soup for me, chicken'n'mushroom in soy sauce for me, crispy beef for Sue, and a mound of Singapore noodles to share. Needless to say, I had to finish off what Sue couldn't manage. Did I mention the two bottles of Tiger, the toffee ice cream dessert, or the coffee? How remiss.
So not exactly a black mark on my weekly dietary record. More an oil slick.
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