Rubato HK Café
Hong Kong style fast food restaurant · Quincy
412 Hancock St, Quincy, MA 02171
Highlights
Crispy fried chicken bolo bao, HK French toast, and soy milk
Crispy fried chicken bolo bao, HK French toast, and soy milk
"Some of the best Asian food around Boston is actually in Quincy. One of the newest and best places that should be on your radar is Rubato, a Hong Kong-style daytime cafe that inspires us to constantly brave I-93 traffic at lunchtime. It’s counter service with a few bar seats, and the menu has crispy fried chicken sandwiched on a bolo bao that we haven’t stopped thinking about since we first tried it. Get that, and a savory bowl of ji cheung fun with beef brisket and curry fishballs for the kind of lunch that will make your next three meals disappointing." - tanya edwards, jonathan smith
"Some of the best Asian food around Boston is actually in Quincy. One of the newest and best is Rubato, a Hong Kong-style daytime cafe that inspires us to constantly brave I-93 traffic at lunchtime. It’s counter service with a few bar seats, but the food here is worth eating on the curb outside, if it comes to that. In the mornings, the bar along the window is littered with plates of Hong Kong-style french toast filled with duck egg custard, and we haven’t stopped thinking about their crispy fried chicken on a bolo bao since we first tried it. Get that, and a savory bowl of ji cheung fun with beef brisket and curry fishballs for the kind of lunch that will make your next three meals disappointing. photo credit: Joe St. Pierre photo credit: Joe St. Pierre photo credit: Joe St. Pierre Pause Unmute" - Tanya Edwards
"A Quincy modern spin on a Hong Kong–style cafe that won Eater Boston’s Best New Restaurant award in 2023, singled out as a can’t-miss spot in Quincy for its inventive, Hong Kong–inspired cafe dishes and modern reinterpretations." - Erika Adams
"An acclaimed Hong Kong–style cafe presenting an upscale, Cantonese-American tasting experience on Saturday nights throughout April, branding the series as a late-night tasting event that elevates classic Cantonese flavors into a multi-course format." - Tanya Edwards
"A modern spin on a Hong Kong-style cafe, Rubato has been a crowd-favorite addition to the Boston-area restaurant scene. It has scooped up awards left and right since its opening, including a spot on Bon Appétit’s list of the best new restaurants of 2023 and Eater Boston’s best new restaurant in 2023. Go for decadent French toasts oozing with creamy egg yolk, bouncy ji cheung fun (rice rolls) with toppings including beef brisket and curry fish balls, and one of the city’s best fried chicken sandwiches. Must-try dish: You can’t go wrong with each of the orders mentioned above, but if you’re stopping in between meals, it’s hard to beat a cup of warm, housemade soy milk with a crunchy stick of you tiao (fried dough) for dipping." - Erika Adams
