Review: This meal was from summer, but the food was too photogenic for these photos only to sit around on my hard drive and not shared. Though, photogenic might be the only positive adjective I could use to describe my experience at R&B. Let's begin with the stingy-portioned Fisherman's Chips (1st picture). I'm a fan of thin-cut fries, but these were weirdly thin and soggy. Elote (3rd picture) was all looks and little substance. It was very messy to eat and sadly not worth it. It's hard to go wrong with anything baked with cheese but R&B did, the Clams Dynamite packed too much salt. The French Dip sandwich (2nd last picture) could have been alright... if I could look past the sad and soggy bun. The biggest disappointment of the day, Buttermilk Fried Chicken Eggs Benefit (last picture), was basically stringy meat on dry biscuits. There were jalapeno bits in the biscuits but the whole dish was too dry for the flavours to blend and for the spice to give it all a kick.
While I really wanted to like R&B for its bright airy loft-like (aka hipster-y) space, it's hard to believe this place is called R&B (short for Research & Bakery, according to the restaurant) for reasons other than initialism wordplay. Has the chef been researching on how to make bland lemonade and mediocre food? Aesthetics is indeed important, but flavours are what keeps customers returning for more.
Rating: 2/5
R&B
3/F, Pacific Mansion
172-174 Nathan Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Hong Kong
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