Mori Sushi

I heard about Mori Sushi a while back for fresh Japanese food at reasonable prices, but it didn't cross my mind until recently. It's tucked away on Graham Street, just off the top of Lyndhurst Terrace. It was not easy to book though - I called on a Monday for a Friday 1pm booking, but they were already full!

The shop is a bit of a tight fit, and has a selection of sushi, sashimi, and rice bowl sets for lunch ranging from $80 to $150. I had the negi-toro (minced tuna belly with green onion) rice bowl ($98), and my friend had the negi-toro uni rice bowl ($150). Each set comes with miso soup, a salad and appetizer, as well as a small dessert.

Negi-Toro Rice

Negi-Toro and Uni Rice

I was surprised by the freshness and portioning! They really pile on the negi-toro and uni, and as shown in the photo they use whole pieces of large uni. It goes without saying this is a lot better than what you'd pick up at Three Sixty or at the Citysuper Deli. There was also no service charge.

Book early to get your lunch spot!

Mori Sushi
G/F, 34 Graham Street, Central
Tel: 2854 1800

Omurice at Hidden Kitchen

It seems like there aren't many places in Hong Kong that have a good Omurice (Japanese Omelette Rice). I tried the one at UCC but I was very disappointed. The rice was really dry and the egg was rubbery.

My problem was solved when I found Hidden Kitchen in Causeway Bay!

Omurice with Tomato Sauce

Hidden Kitchen's Omurice is super good. They have a fluffy, runny omelette draped gently over a bed of fried rice, instead of the fried rice being wrapped in a thin egg "crepe". They use Japanese rice in their fried rice too. The Omurice lunch set was $98+10% (includes salad, soup, and a drink).

The Omurice Omelette

Other choices on their lunch menu include hamburg steak in demi-glace with rice ($108+10%). The hamburger patty is moist, but the star is the demi-glace for sure.

Hamburg Steak with Demi-Glace

Their beef cheek stew ($148+10%) is also very good - the beef is very tender. I just wish that there were more chunks of beef (I think there were only four).

Beef Cheek Stew

Worth a try if you have time for a lunch in Causeway Bay. Unfortunately, they don't take reservations and they are closed on Sundays and public holidays.

Hidden Kitchen
Room D, 3/F Prosperous Commercial Building, 54 Jardine's Bazaar, Causeway Bay, 
2504 1511

Sushi Kuu

There's been a lot of hype around Sushi Kuu, so a friend and I went to try it out. I've already found a sushi place that's hard to beat - Sushi Ta-ke in Causeway Bay, which deserves a full blog post. Given the hype, I thought Sushi Kuu might give my favorite spot a run for its money.

Kuu, however, didn't come anywhere close to Ta-ke in terms of food, environment or service.

The fairest comparison was to order the deluxe sushi set, which was $340 + 10%. Same price point as Sushi Ta-ke. 



Kuu's Deluxe Sushi Set - Warning: it looks better than it tastes!

In the set there's only one salmon roe gunkan and two pieces of egg. My friend traded pieces before the photo was taken.

Disappointment #1: even if you sit at the sushi bar at Kuu, the deluxe sushi set is not made piece by piece like it is at Ta-ke.

Disappointment #2; the maki (rolled sushi) for both the regular and deluxe sushi sets is three pieces of a California roll. No negi-toro roll (minced fatty tuna with chives) for the deluxe set.

Disappointment #3: the seaweeds of the gunkan sushi was already soft when it got to the table. Even Senryo makes their gunkans and handrolls to order!! Ta-ke goes the extra mile by serving the sushi with seaweed separately, after you finish the other pieces.

Disappointment #4: the udon served with the set is not the good quality chewy udon, and was either over-cooked or sat around for too long after it was cooked.

Disappointment #5: I asked for no wasabi in my sushi, but they still set down a plate of sushi with it. Only when I saw the green through a slice of white fish and told them did they realize.

I conclude that at this price point, I'd rather save up the money and go to Ta-ke on the weekends. Look for a mouthwatering post on Sushi Ta-ke soon!

Sushi Kuu
1/F Wellington Place, 2-8 Wellington Street, Central, 2971 0180

Mostaccioli Brothers

I had lunch with a bunch of girlfriends today at Mostaccioli Brothers up on Elgin Street. This restaurant is owned by El Grande Concepts, the same group at Grappa's. Even though it's on Elgin, the actual restaurant is down the stairs and in the back of the building, so look for a green sign and a set of stairs.

All lunch sets included a vegetable soup, and coffee/tea/Italian soda. Set lunch prices ranged from about $80 for paninis up to about $120 for pastas.

Minestrone

Risotto with Parma Ham and Rocket

I thought that the minestrone was decent, but a bit on the sweet side. The risotto was really salty though. Since the ham and rocket are laid on top, I feel like the restaurant has a pre-made risotto base, and just add the toppings and flavors accordingly. The problem here is that they don't realize that Parma ham is pretty salty already, and so is the shaved Parmesan cheese. The risotto could be creamier. 

Even though my risotto didn't come out as well as I hoped, some of the other pastas at the table looked good - there was a baked Mostaccioli pasta, one of their signature dishes. It was a garganelli pasta baked in a tomato-based sauce with Italian sausage and lots of cheese. Another friend ordered the pasta with fresh fish (I think today's fresh fish was salmon), and that was good because the seafood flavor really came through in that tomato sauce on top of spaghetti. They had a nice variety of pastas to pick from.

It's worth trying if you are up on Elgin Street, just make sure that unless you really like your dishes salty, don't order the risotto with Parma ham.

Mostaccioli Brothers

B/F & G/F, 16 Elgin Street, Central, 2525-5770

Slices Pizzeria

Was walking on Leighton Road in Causeway Bay and noticed a woman at the street crossing with a paper bag flat in her hand from "Slices Pizzeria". Around about then I was pretty hungry and was thinking of what to eat. Seeing that bag solved the problem!

Slices is just one shop down from Yogo (it seems both are owned by the same people). Luckily I got there and ordered my pizza just before the St. Paul's Convent student lunch crowd invaded the store.

They had four huge 22" pies in the heat box - 4 Cheese, Hawaiian, Sausage and Mushroom, and 4 Seasons. I wanted to try something different, and ordered the 4 Seasons (tomato, mozzarella, artichoke, mushroom, ham, olives). It had me at olives.

A huge slice of pizza at Slices

Yum...olives, artichokes, mushrooms, ham...

Once you pick the slice they reheat it for you in the oven (which does cause a bit of a line with too many students). You can actually add toppings for $5 each. A slice of 4 Seasons is $32. Their cheapest slice is a Margherita for $25.

Perhaps I've been back in Hong Kong for a while now and haven't had good New York pizza for a while, but Slices will take care of that from now on! The crust is thin, crispy but chewy, not overloaded with sauce or toppings, and did I mention that I love olives? It could, however, use a little more salt (maybe hard to control with olives and artichokes), and I did sprinkle it liberally with Italian seasoning after I took the photos of the slice. Much better :)

They also take create-your-own orders for whole pies, and there are 14" and 18" pies as well. The place was filled with students because they give student group discounts as well as a student lunch deal - $34 for a slice plus a drink. Not bad.

Slices Pizzeria

Shop 4 & 5, G/F, 128-132 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay, 2895-6633

Hide-Chan Ramen

Last weekend I was in Central and wanted to see how ridiculous the queue was for Butao Ramen, the small ramen shop with less than two dozen seats on Wo On Lane in Lan Kwai Fong. I've long decided that I will wait until the hype is over to try it than waste a morning lining up. It was already 1pm and the line still looked like it was about 2hrs long. Butao closes after selling 200 bowls of ramen, so I was wondering if all those people at the end of the line actually thought they had a chance to eat a bowl of ramen that day.

Not to despair! Hide-Chan Ramen (serving Kyushu style ramen) just opened on Wellington Street and the line was only about 15 minutes. One of the servers came out every now and then to make sure the people in line had menus to look at and gave out an order form with clipboard and pencil so you can decide what you want to eat while in line.

Hide-Chan's menu

The order form - available in Chinese and English

A view from the noodle bar

While the noodles might be the heart of a bowl of ramen, the soup is definitely the soul. When it comes to the soup, my rule of thumb is to choose the most basic soup base. That way, you can taste the actual soup without interference from add-ins like miso or soy sauce. There were three choices of soup at Hide-Chan: White Hide (the basic pork bone soup), Black Hide (soup + special soy sauce), and Red Hide (soup + special spicy sauce). You also get to choose the texture of your noodles and whether you want your roast pork to be from the shoulder or belly. For additional $$, you can add extra anything to make a unique bowl of noodles. 

They also have tsukemen (mixed noodles, noodles and dipping sauce served separate) if you're not in the mood for something soupy, and gyoza with a choice of mayo (cheese, green onion, or tarako). The gyoza would probably be nice to share with a friend, but they run out of gyoza quick! The couple next to me wanted to order them but they were already sold out.


My choice: White Hide, medium textured noodles (al dente), roast pork shoulder, +$10 for a whole soft-boiled egg.

White Hide Ramen

The soup was thick, white and creamy, perhaps even a bit too thick, as if they reduced the soup a bit too much. I read somewhere that they simmer 120kg of pork bones for 400 bowls of soup for a whole day. If you're not one for intense flavors, this place is definitely not for you. The soup was borderline salty for me (probably because it's so concentrated). I'm glad I didn't choose the Black Hide because that would be even saltier!

The noodles were cooked just right. I think if you chose soft noodles they might be a bit mushy, since the noodles are on the thin side. Even though I ordered the roast pork shoulder (the less fatty option), the meat was still very delicate and not dry at all. You can also order a plate of roast pork, which they torch just before serving to give it a little bit of a char.

Soft boiled egg

I think the egg was a bit disappointing because for a soft boiled egg I was expecting the center to be slightly runny, like the eggs at Wakayama. I cut the egg open right after my first bite of noodles so I know it wasn't because I let the egg sit in the hot soup for too long.

Done!!

For about $80 a bowl of ramen and a shorter wait time, Hide-Chan is worth trying if you're in the Central area. Note that I waited about 15 minutes on a Sunday afternoon at around 2pm, so the wait could potentially be much longer.

Like: customizable ramen, roast pork
Dislike: egg, soup base might have been too concentrated


Any other ramen places worth trying? I still have plans for Mist and Ippei-An - stay tuned!

Hide-Chan Ramen

Upper Ground Floor, The Loop, 33 Wellington Street, Central , 2522-5990  
http://www.hide-chan.hk/eng/index.html

Kiriyaki

Coming across Kiriyaki was an accident - a friend and I had a lunch date in Causeway Bay, but we didn't know where to go. She wanted Japanese food, and suggested trying Kiriyaki. Since that lunch date about two years ago, I've been visiting Kiriyaki regularly for their minced tuna, salmon roe and sea urchin rice set lunch ($148 +10%). I just can't seem to order anything else!

Minced tuna, salmon roe and sea urchin rice set

The set includes Japanese steamed egg custard, miso soup, pickles, a small side dish, and coffee or tea.

Kiriyaki's pretty big on the portions, and doesn't skimp on the fish. They pile on the salmon roe, and are fair with the sea urchin. Sometimes instead of getting these smaller sea urchins, I got two or three large pieces. It depends on what they have in stock.

Kiriyaki has their set lunch menu every day except on Sundays and public holidays. There are at least 20 choices of set lunch, with pricing ranging from $80-$148. Some other noteworthy choices is the kimchi stone pot rice, the wagyu beef set, and the mixed grill set.

A decent, not-too-crowded choice for lunch. Dinner's a chunk more expensive though.

Kiriyaki

Room 1302, 13/F, World Trade Centre, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, 2895-1313

Cheap Korean Eats - Azumma

Last week C and I went to Kimberly Street (aka Korean Street) in TST for some Korean groceries and a quick lunch. I noticed a new restaurant had opened a few doors down from New World Mart (my favorite place for home-made kimchi) across from Hansung (another place for an cheap bite). We saw on the menu that the some of the rice dishes had a $10 discount (so dishes that were $50 became $40), and it looked busy, so we decided to have a try. We ordered a stone bowl mixed rice (bibimbap), a kimchi fried rice (kimchi bokkeumbap), and a cold buckwheat noodle (mul naengmyun). It only cost us $170 total.

Beef Bibimbap - Stone Bowl Mixed Rice

Mul Naengmyun - Cold Buckwheat Noodle

Kimchi Bokkeumbap - Kimchi Fried Rice

The bibimbap was okay, and there was nothing spectacular about the naengmyun, but the fried rice was surprisingly good. It was lightly spicy, tangy from the kimchi, and although you could see the oil on your plate it didn't feel greasy in the mouth. There were also bits of pork and onion in the fried rice, and some seaweed was sprinkled on top to finish it off. Sure, it might not be the healthiest thing to eat but it was pretty tasty! 

I think Azumma is better than Hansung. Even though Hansung is okay, I think the flavors at Azumma were more on point. It's worth trying if you're in the area, and you should pick up some Korean groceries while you're at it!

Azumma Korean Restaurant

G/F, 3B Kimberley Street, Tsim Sha Tsui, 2311 - 3983

Nibbles - Hooray Bar and Restaurant

A friend took me to lunch at Hooray Bar & Restaurant, on the 5th floor patio at World Trade Center, Causeway Bay. It was a nice day today, so we had lunch outside. It also has a nice view of the harbor, like most of the restaurants at WTC.


Hooray has a lunch set menu, and you can choose the number of courses. I went for Set Menu A, which was a choice of starter or pasta or main course, with dessert and coffee or tea for $108 + 10%. There were three choices for starters (soup, salad, choice from the salad bar), two choices for pasta, and four choices for main course (tuna tataki, roast of the day, BBQ spare ribs, sunny side up egg with vegetables and mushrooms). If you get a set with all the courses it's $198+10%.

Tuna Tataki, Avocado, Red Onion, Tomatoes and Ginger Soy Lime Vinaigrette

I was pleasantly surprised by the salad - the tuna is nicely seared, marinated in a teriyaki sauce, and the salad was light and fresh. Didn't spot any tomatoes in my salad though. The guacamole was a bit disappointing. I love guacamole, and this one wasn't good. They made it with a waxy variety of avocado, so the chunky bits of avocado were raw and firm.


Dessert was a selection from the buffet, but the buffet selection was limited in choices and not maintained well. The woman in front of me in the buffet line just kept picking the blueberries and raspberries out of the mixed fruit salad; so rude!


Finished off the meal with a nice cup of peppermint tea. The toothpicks they put down had a red 'H' on them, which reminded both me and my friend of Harlan's. I just googled it and turns out Hooray is part of the same group as Harlan's.


It was a nice place to chat and eat while the weather isn't too warm, and the set menu is decently priced. The service could have been managed better (they didn't operate the large patio space well, and broke a lot of dishes today). 

Worth a try, but if you're getting the set menu, I wouldn't get the BBQ spare ribs - saw them at another table and they looked like they were on the dry side.


Hooray Bar and Restaurant 
P502, World Trade Center, 280 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay, 2895-0885
http://www.jcgroup.hk/restaurant.php?name=Hooray

Okinawa Dining Bridges

Okinawa Dining Bridges opened recently in the new Cubus building on Hoi Ping Road in Causeway Bay. Also part of the En Group, Bridges brings in Okinawan fine dining to Hong Kong (the other En restaurants are more on the casual side or are izakayas). They also have a small store specializing in Okinawan products just at the entrance of the restaurant - this is a collaboration with the Okinawan government and the Antenna Group in Okinawa.

Bridges has set lunches ranging from $150 - $280. Set lunches such as Goya Champuru (Stir-fried Pork and Bitter Gourd) and Okinawa Soba Noodles are at the $150 mark, whereas a sashimi rice bowl set lunch and a sashimi set lunch are priced at $260 and $280 respectively. The other sets feature tempura, pork cutlet, sushi, beef, grilled cod, etc, and are priced in between. They also have a Shokado Bento (Lunch Box set) at $280 (limited to 15 sets a day) and a Grilled Fish set for $180 (limited to 5 sets a day). I ordered the Shokado set. 

After a light salad with sesame dressing, they brought the lunch box out.

Clockwise from top left: Sea Grapes and Mozuku (a type of seaweed native to Okinawa) in Vinegar Sauce, Stewed Okinawa Aged Pork, Grilled Okinawa Motobu Wagyu Beef with Miso and Goya Champuru, Deep-fried Prawn and Shallots (Tempura).

Just a few more close-ups

If I had to pick a favorite amongst the four dishes, it would have to be the Motobu wagyu beef. It was so tender and delicious, and sweet with the miso. In reality, this is actually 5 dishes, since there's some champuru underneath the beef. I really liked the vinegared mozuku seaweed too - it's clean and refreshing, and the half scallop was fresh and sweet. The tempura was light and crunchy. Aside from the shrimp, there was also tempura yam, bitter gourd, squid, and shallots. The piece of tofu next to the pork was surprisingly good too! It had a clumpy texture, like rough tofu, and the soy bean taste was there (which you don't find in the mass produced stuff). The pork itself was okay.

Clockwise from top left: Steamed Egg, Sashimi, Clear Soup, Okinawa Rice (Takikomi Gohan, steamed rice with mushrooms, vegetables and meat), pickles in the middle

And a few more close-ups.

The sashimi was super fresh! There was a piece of salmon, a piece of octopus, and two pieces of snapper. It was great that instead of plain white rice they served the takikomi steamed rice. The egg was like silk in your mouth, with bits of chicken, mushroom, and a ginko on the bottom.

The set comes with tea/coffee and dessert. 

Today's dessert was a yuzu sorbet and a frozen orange jelly.

Even though this was described as a bento (or lunch box) on the menu, this was more like a tasting menu with samplings of Okinawan cuisine. I love how this one set lunch puts forward all the food highlights I had in Okinawa (the seaweed, the champuru, the pork and the beef). Presentation was beautiful and delicate, following the Japanese tradition.

If you plan to eat this whole bento, come hungry! Like a tasting menu, the fullness creeps up on you.

Okinawa Dining Bridges
6/F Cubus, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay, 3428-2131

Lunch at Grappa's

Had lunch with some friends at Grappa's in Pacific Place on Tuesday. As expected, the restaurant was really busy with the office lunch crowd from the offices upstairs. There was a three course set lunch menu plus coffee and tea, prices ranged from $168-$198 + 10% depending on your main course.

For the first course, you had a choice of Caesar Salad, Cream of Asparagus Soup, and a Smoked Tuna Tartar with Fennel and Orange (pictured). It was a nice salad, but I probably would have preferred a little more orange (I only had two segments). The salad mix was mostly arugula, which balanced well with the smoked tuna. A friend ordered the same starter but strangely enough she didn't have any cherry tomatoes.






For the main course there were four choices for the main course - an Angel Hair Pasta with Crab, Pine Nuts, Tomatoes; Oven Roasted Salmon with Cous-cous; Pasta Tricolore Salad (vegetarian), and this US Prime striploin with oven roasted vegetables. I did request for the steak to come out medium rare but it came medium. It's not a big deal, but the steak was slightly tougher and drier. I expected a little more of the roasted vegetable though - it was a lot of bell pepper with the occasional squished cherry tomato and a few chunks of potato. There were some whole cloves of garlic in the mix, but I wish it were roasted a little longer to soften and sweeten - the garlic was firm and had the texture of an undercooked potato.

Onto dessert - choice between a yogurt parfait (which, from appearance, looked like you could make for breakfast at home), or the panna cotta. It was a decent panna cotta - creamy, but slightly firm {maybe a little too much gelatin in the mix}.









Grappa's is okay for lunch. Service wasn't great, which is expected during the packed lunch hour, but you could tell the servers were a bit strained. Food was fine and price point was about right for a sit-down lunch at Pacific Place. It did get noisy though, so it's not really the place for quiet conversation with friends.

Posto Pubblico

Located on Elgin Street in SoHo, Posto Pubblico is a nice place to go with your friends for a quiet, simple Italian lunch in a bustling city.

A fairly simple menu - we went for the HK$120 set lunch of any appetizer + a slice of pizza/ sandwich / pasta. Go to http://www.postopubblico.com/menu-lunch.html to see the menu. One point though - to understand the menu you may have to speak Italian or be well-versed in your Italian cuisine lingo. The names of all the dishes were in Italian, and we had to ask the waiter to decode the menu.






Ambiance in the restaurant was nice - the high ceiling really helped the give the restaurant spaciousness, and there were a few U-shaped booths.



















Our appetizers - mushroom trifolata, rosemary roasted potatoes, roasted pumpkin. Yum!










The pastas - oreccheitte with rapini and sausage, linguine vongole, and the bombardoni (veal, pork, beef)

I liked the bombardoni the best! The ragu was rich and dense, and the tomatoes and herbs melded beautifully. I did have a slight problem with the vongole though; there were large shards of broken clam shell in the pasta.

Posto Pubblico is a nice place for simple Italian fare - I read in a separate article somewhere that the owners of Posto Pubblico actually started their own organic farm in order to keep a continuous supply of organic food to the restaurant. Good to know that you're eating at a restaurant that doesn't have a large carbon footprint.

Pros: Not packed during weekday lunch, simple Italian fare, decently priced lunch sets, organic

Cons: May need an Italian food glossary to decipher the menu, bland linguine vongole with shell shards

Cafe Gray Deluxe

Finally, my friends and I found a time to have lunch at Cafe Gray Deluxe in The Upper House. Interior decor of the hotel and the restaurant was modern and very chic. Our booking was made about three weeks in advance, and we got one of the nice corner tables by the window.

We sat down, the waitress handed us the menu and asked the water question "still or sparkling". It's one of my pet peeves (not directed at Cafe Gray in particular): fancy restaurants trying to get you to order bottled water so they can charge you about HK$60 per bottle, and they keep refilling so that they can put more bottles on your tab. Grr. My answer to the water question: tap is fine.





The bread basket. Just one type of bread (multi-grain), with a yogurt and olive oil dip dressed up with a sprinkling of dried herbage. Bread was okay - crusty on the outside, soft on the inside, but I wish it were hot and fresh.










On with the menu: they offered a set lunch ($285 for any 2 courses, $345 for any 3 courses), as well as their a la carte menu. Starters ranged from $105-$165, mains ranged from $185-$425, desserts from $75-$100, and sides were $50 each). Of the 8 a la carte main course choices, 4 of them were fish dishes, and the others were a duck dish,a braised beef short rib, lobster bolognese, angus beef steak au poivre.

The set lunch choices were...
Starter: Tortellini // Cauliflower, Pine Nut, Winter Melon Salad // Cream of Watercress Soup
Main: Parsley and Onion Meatloaf // Duck Confit Cassoulet // Steamed Mandarin Fish
Dessert: Chocolate Espresso Ganache Tart // Baba au Rum














Home-made Tortellini with Sage and Prosciutto, Tomato Coulis // Barbecued Quail and Beet Salad ($115)

The tortellini was fresh - the skin was al-dente, ricotta filling was smooth. The sage and prosciutto were fried to a crisp, which added a nice texture to the dish and the prosciutto added a smokiness. The coulis was creamy and there were bits of stewed cherry tomato. My friends shared the quail salad.




The steak tartar ($130). I've heard good things about it, so I shared it with a friend. Presentation was gorgeous - the tartar (mixed with ketchup, some herbs and crumbled boiled egg) is topped with some greens and a yolk, and sits above paper-thin pieces of beef. The sides are dotted with sour-cream/yogurt and Kunz ketjap. Served on the side with house-made chips. The texture of the beef was nice, but I found that the tartar had a bit too much of the ketjap mixed in, and the ketjap somewhat overpowered the flavor of the beef.

The Cassoulet of Simmered Duck Leg and Duck Confits with Flageolets Beans

I think this was the best dish I had at Cafe Gray. The skin of the duck was nice and crispy, like Chinese roast pork (燒肉) or cracklings. The duck leg was very tender - you could pull it apart with a fork, and it was still very moist. The beans were creamy and spiced well with herbs.





Braised Short-Rib of Beef with Soft Polenta and Meaux mustard ($255)

My friend was looking forward to having this ever since we started talking about going to Cafe Gray. She said her friend had it in New York and it was delicious. I had a bite - the meat was tender, and the most surprising part of the short-rib was probably the spices used. I thought it would lean towards the bold earthy flavors like red wine, rosemary, shallots, garlic, but this was a softer, creamier rendition of braised short rib, and used curry spices instead.







Chocolate Espresso Ganache Tart

Nothing particularly wow about it, but it was good. The pistachios added a nice crunch, but the caramelly wafer decoration was a bit sticky and chewy. The stewed cherries helped cut through the density of the ganache.




Cafe Gray is a nice place for lunch, especially when visibility across the harbor is better. It's a nice date spot too. Service was fine - nothing spectacular, but I think dishes in general came out with less wait time in between to cater to the executive lunch crowd. I would come back to Cafe Gray, but only for lunch (the dinner menu is similar to the lunch a la carte menu, just more $$$), and when the set lunch menu changes.