Beef Buffet

Gyn Jin is the place you should go to if you are looking for some unlimited beef as your lunch or dinner. After paying HK$70, you can eat as much beef as you want in an hour. If you don't think you can finish them within the given time, just pay HK$30 more and you can finish your meal in 90 minutes.

The beef I talked about here is not steak, but hot pot style. Hot pot is one of the popular eating cultures in Hong Kong, and in the past, when the weather was just a bit cold like in autumn, people would love to go and have hot pot. Now, you don't need to wait for the cool weather as air conditioning sets up the perfect environment for hot pots at any time.

After sitting down, the timer started and the waiter immediately set up a big hot pot with typical soup inside.

Each table would have one dish of beef and pork each, and of course the beef (first image down there) was the leading role in this meal. The second image is pork.

And cooking in action...

Since the beef and pork were already sliced into very thin pieces, you can just dip your beef into the soup for 10 seconds and it is ready. Beef actually does not need to be completely cooked (as you know, steak can be rare or medium), but pork must be cooked thoroughly to kill any parasites inside.

The beef was not bad, and the texture of the beef was okay too. Since this was a buffet set, the beef was not the highest class one. Best beef was the the one with beautiful white pattern like snow, like granite patterns. As you can see from the picture, the beef we got was not bad with a bit fat (or "snowflake" they usually say) but the second dish of beef we got later had very little fat. Maybe that is good to health but that would be a bit too chewy.

The pork was just so-so because of the heavy fat layer. Some people would say the fatty layer would a good thing in pork since that would help ease the rough feeling in the mouth. I don't know but the taste and texture of the pork was just okay.

In general it was not a bad lunch and with this attractive promotion, it seems to be a good value meal. However, if you are looking for some really serious beef hot pot, I would recommend other places to you.