Roundhouse - Texas Barbecues Taste Like This...?

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★☆☆☆

Roundhouse is the first Taproom in Hong Kong that features 25 types of crafts beers on tap which some are exclusively offered to them. Apart from the craft beer, Roundhouse is also famous for their authentic Texas barbecue. As a big fan of Chef Austin Fry, I went to try the barbecue items here tonight.

Roundhouse is more spacious than I thought it would be. There are only high wooden tables and stool chairs at Round House, seemingly a bar setting but is too bright for it. The round table is too small to hold food for four people, but the staff were nice and smart to move some items on the side tables and stools when new items arrived. I was a bit surprised that the restaurant was not filled with drooling smoke like 85 South did.

Menu is filled with barbecue items with some sides and bar snacks. There is a chalkboard stating some daily specials too. The draft beers are more prestigious as they are displayed on an iPad.

I know Roundhouse is more famous for its selection of draft beers then it's barbecue meats, but we didn't get any of their beers tonight, so I will be focusing on the barbecues here. The barbecue at Roundhouse are all being smoked with 9 months aged Post Oak wood for 10 to 12 hours just like how the barbecues are done at Texas.

Sidekicks of barbecues, Roundhouse offers 3 types of sauces - Barbecue, Mustard and Spicy sauce. I generally love the barbecue sauce the most and reckon it goes with everything.

I ordered the House Lemonade which the ice was filled up to the top. We easily finished the cup before any ice melts, so we ended up ordering another glass but this time without ice.

We only ordered a quarter pound of Beef Brisket - HKD98 as I thought these are beef brisket in Chinese style but I was completely wrong! The Beef Brisket turned out to the best item of the night! It was utterly tender, juicy and smokey with appropriate fats.

For sides, we had the Chili - HKD55 and the Mac’N Cheese - HKD40 which were both pretty good. The portion looked rather small but were more than enough to feed four of us. I love the pairing of the chili with the beef brisket. Try them together on the white bun, SO GOOD!

We ordered half a pound of Pulled Pork - HKD140 but regretted after my first bite. The pulled pork was very tender but rather bland and lacked of smokey flavour. Lots of sauce had to be added to give taste. Rather disappointed.

The Pork Rib - HKD316 was the most anticipated item of the night but turned out to be very disappointing. It was dry and hard in texture.

The Jalapeno Peppers - HKD60 came together with the ribs and were hell yummy! The crunchy crust wrapped crunchy Jalapeno with melted mozzarella cheese inside! We just wish the Jalapeno can be spicy though, it is always trying luck when it comes to jalapeno.

I might carried high expectation on Chef Fry's barbecue items, but I was disappointed after dining at the Round house. The texture and flavour did not match my expectation at all. The only barbecue item I found enjoyable was the beef brisket, and the sides were just alright. If I am craving for barbecues, I will just go to 85 South. At least they got the flavour, texture and aroma right.


Rating
Food - ★★☆☆☆
Service - ★★★★☆
Ambience - ★★★☆☆
Overall - ★★☆☆☆


The Roundhouse Taproom

Address (E) G/F., 62 Peel Street, Central, Hong Kong
Address (C) 香港中環卑利街62號
☏ 2366 4880
Opening Hours: Tue - Sat: 6pm - 12am | Sun: 12nn - 9pm | closed on Mon
Reservation Available? Yes
Walk In Possible? Yes
Bill Per Person (Dinner inc. Beverages) - $$ HKD150-300
Website: http://roundhouse.com.hk/

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