Great Food Hall - Salad Bar

I had a lunch here today. The salad boxes are 63 hkd for medium or 72 hkd for large. Thus there's obviously much less expensive around (e.g. Fresca, Catch Juicery).

As per the listing this isn't an entirely vego operation. Most of the salad choices are vego. If you go to the sandwich section the food there looks decidedly non-vego.

This place is an option to get something if you are in Pacific Place. My personal preference nearby is Vegetarian Service in the Admiralty Centre (since the food there is all vego and more competitively priced). That doesn't mean though that what I had today wasn't enjoyable. It was tasty and pretty substantial as should be the case for 72 HKD.

when the occasional salad craving strikes, i head to great food hall in pacific place, admiralty. it's one of the most comprehensive and generous salad bars i know of in hong kong, charging not by number of items but by how much can be stuffed into a bowl (hkd63 for a medium, hkd72 for a large). cheaper salads can be found elsewhere, but here the salads pack a punch.

yesterday i had a medium bowl consisting of spinach, lettuce, rocket, some other leafy green, julienned carrot, black beans, lentils, cannellini(?), onion, roasted garlic, artichoke, broccoli, cauliflower, beetroot and capers. without a doubt i'd hit my five-a-day target.

food has been fresh on all visits and staff always friendly, even when i try to overstuff the bowl.

while meats and dairy are among the salad options, as a vegetarian i'm more than happy with the veggie options on offer. the only problem for vegans might be the suitability of dressings, though it's pretty obvious which are vegan-unfriendly, eg honey mustard, yoghurt. i've contacted them through their website with a suggestion to label those that are vegan and hope they will look into it.

if you don't feel like choosing, they have pre-mixed salads and sandwiches available, some vegetarian, and discounted after a certain time of day.