don't ever say it's a strange combination

A1 CAFE. Between Bourke and Lt Bourke. Along Russell.

A1 Cafe is a typical Chinese Ala Carte Restaurant.
It is always compared to King of Kings(to be reviewed soon) for a certain dish for which I shall mention later.
However, I think what makes A1 special to me is their baked cheese with chicken stripes on rice.
First of all, do not, I repeat, DO NOT be ignorant enough to think that this is some random dish the Chinese made up to woo the westerners with cheese with a combination of rice.
Baked rice is a common dish in Hong Kong. In fact, the default baked dish would be baked tomato with pork chop on rice.
The dish is served on a steel plate, with a layer of cheese on top. Once you cut through that creamy parting of richness, you get fried rice mixed with nicely steamed chicken stripes.
Of course, you can always choose to have chicken chop if you're not that familiar with chicken stripes. Just that the chicken wouldn't be sliced up nicely for you. Easy.
It costs $9.80. A bit steep for a Chinese Ala Carte meal. Yet again, it's really filling and rewarding. Sharing would be ideal, yet big macho man should have no problem finishing them. Note that some people might find the cheese too heavy to handle.

Quality: 9 Service: 7 Value: 7 Variety: 8
Score: 7.75