Seems like the Spoon and Fork empire is growing by the day with about half a dozen locations (of various foods but mostly Asian) across the West end. This is their latest foray on the "fast food" bandwagon while somehow simultaneously tackling another food trend; the great sushi burrito! But you can never doubt these guys given their successful track record.
This place reminds me of a typical Panera Bread only there's no bread here. You walk in, order your stuff from the counters, they deliver it to your table and when you're done you return your food trays. There's no service here and that's exactly what fast food is.
I ordered their specialty baked pork chop in a tomato sauce. This is a very typical HK Style cafe dish and perhaps one of my favs. I love their interpretation on this with fresh herbs, real cheese and tomatoes, it really brings it up to the next level. The dish had so much flavour and texture to it I was so blown away that I didn't even mind that the pork was slightly overcooked. The rice in the dish is absolutely done to perfection; al-dente with individual grains while still just barely soft enough to eat. The second dish wasn't quite as successful; the sushi burrito. It was a big giant burrito of everything and the kitchen sink that turned out to taste like...well... everything and the kitchen sink but not in a great way. There was so much going on with so many odd textures and flavours, it made it extremely confusing what exactly it is you are eating. So much so, I couldn't even taste the main ingredient (lobster in this case). The pickled vegetables added a surprising and unpleasant experience of sourness to the dish. The lack of uniformity of the size of the vegetables really made it difficult to eat and presented strange textures. The wrapper in this case is a giant piece of seaweed in which case was very overpowering in flavour. There are occasions when more is better but in the case of the sushi burrito I think less might be more.
I would definitely come back to eat the baked rice but would definitely skip the burritos.