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| - Came here with some friends for a casual dinner after work. I was pretty intrigued when I saw that it was classified as Korean on yelp even though all the pictures showed Hong Kong style café food. Forget what the classification on Yelp says, this place is a straight up Hong Kong style café with maybe a few fusion dishes. Anyway let's get into it.
Our table ordered 4 dishes: a striploin steak on a sizzling platter (12oz), a pork neck special teppan, a duck breast special teppan, and a teriyaki chicken rice.
Striploin Steak (12oz) - Ordered by my friend. Pretty standard steak, nothing special. My friend asked for rare because places like this usually overcook the steak a little. He was right and the steak arrived medium rare (which is what he actually wanted). The order came with bread, soup, vegetables, potatoes, rice and your choice of sauce (my friend chose gravy). I personally felt that, for what you got, the steak was a little overpriced at $21.99. Overall, the steak was decent - not bad, but not spectacular.
Pork Neck Special Teppan: Ordered by me. In addition to the pork neck I chose to add cheese, raw egg, bacon, and mushrooms. The teppan arrived at our table sizzling hot and the waitress mixed around the rice, pork neck, and add-ons to ensure that everything was thoroughly heated. The pork neck was quite tasty, however I would not recommend getting any of the add-ons. The "cheese" was a measly square of processed cheese placed on top of the rice. Instead of a raw egg, they gave me a fried egg that was more or less well done. To make things worse, they just straight up forgot my bacon and I had to ask for it a few times. This could've been a great meal, but the whole experience with the cheese, egg, and bacon made it a little unpleasant.
Duck Breast Special Teppan: Ordered by my friend. No add-ons. Same deal as the pork neck teppan in terms of how it arrived and how it was presented. I didn't get to try a piece of the duck breast, but I remember my friend saying how it tasted more like ham than duck breast and wasn't really impressed.
Teriyaki Chicken Rice: Ordered by my friend. It looked and smelled pretty good, but it was definitely on the smaller side. My friend finished the whole thing in 5 minutes and wasn't full after eating.
At the heart of it, Matsuya is just an average Hong Kong style café. I think they have a lot of potential to be a great café, but they'll need to do make some adjustments to their portion sizes, service, and pricing if they want to compete with the big boys (like New City Restaurant).
Tl;dr - Nothing special. Wouldn't mind coming back if I'm in the area, but wouldn't go out of my way to eat here on my own.
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