St. Roque 34 Cafe in Macau

Note: Not in HK, but Macau's close enough, easy to get to and this place is delicious and not well known.

A place we stumbled into after our reservation at Albergue 1601 was not honored. Were told on the phone that no reservations were taken. Arrived to a near empty restaurant around 1130am on a Sunday and were told  it was full. Apparently full of bookings (didn't they say they don't take them?) and despite our efforts to say that we were told no bookings were taken on the phone...

Walked around nearby charming area and came across St. Roque 34 Cafe. Small, charming place and easy to miss. Ordered chicken stew, fish curry, croquettes and a "hamburger." Croquettes (pictured below) are minced cod and deep fried. Crispy and light outside, moist and flavorful inside. Perfect. Chicken stew and fish curry flavorful and full of different layers of spices though without overdoing it. Not Asian style and worked well with both rice and bread. "Hamburger" was the star, 2 patties which appeared to be pan fried, with crisp edges on the outside, but moist, tasty inside and not heavy. Was not beef, tasted actually like Indian-style tuna cutlets mom used to make but apparently (we found out later) was pork. Oops. Very tasty and a mistake worth making. Repeatedly. Was topped with a dollop of a sort of thousand island-like dressing sauce on which sat a fresh shrimp. Served with salad. A must try. Lots of stuff on menu needs 24 hours advanced notice but looks tasty.

MC/Visa accepted (I think - we used cash)
Reservations accepted

HKD/MOP 150-200 per person 

Rua S. Roque, N. 34, R/C Macau (near Igreja de. S. Lazaro)
澳門聖祿杞街34號文輝大廈地下. 
 +853 2835 4011 / +853 6640 8385

Phone transition

To add to the previous post - just an illustration (below) regarding why I had to go through a phone transition. 

Gluten Free Meal

Dinner

First - apologies for the poor photo quality. Currently in the middle of a phone transition courtesy of my clumsyness (or fat fingers). 12 days ago, I may or may not have dropped my phone at a crosswalk, whereupon said phone fell on the street as the traffic light turned green, 4 cabs ran over it. R.I.P. Anyhow...

Best part of meal was the rice cakes. Says a lot. Rice dry and overcooked, chicken dry and flavorless. Bell peppers edible, mushrooms the kind of standard stuff often seen in airline breakfast omelets. Fruit may have been past its prime... As expected everything was very bland. Funny thing, lady sitting next to me had low calorie meal which had the same chicken and mushrooms but different veggies and of course, the ubiquitous airline roll and some interesting looking dessert.
 

Date of travel: October 2013
Flight: CX 636 - SIN (Singapore) - HKG (Hong Kong)