I had a very enjoyable dinner at the drawing room in Mid Nov.
This was my first time to visit. The tables were too close, the food was a bit dissapointing, but the excellence of service of one of the Managers (I believe so - he was wearing grey suits) complemented it. And they got an impressive wine list to choose from!

We had the 4 course menu for each of us, plus a bottle of white wine recommended by the restaurant within our desirable price range and we were too full to finish the petit four in the end!

Before I move on to the food, I would really want to say a BIG THANK YOU to that Manager/ waiter who served us that night.
He, together with the rest of the crew in the restaurant was very considerate and had strong attention to details, :

#1: I told the restaurant that we would be celebrating my friend's birthday while I made the booking. However, on the day, I completely forgot to inform the restaurant which one of us was the "main character" of the night! When we had our second/ third course, I got an unfamiliar number calling my mobile, I picked up and the other end of the phone said gently "Hi, we are calling from the restaurant that you are dining at the moment, can you please tell us which one on the table is the birthday girl tonight (followed by very secretive instructions so that i could let them know who was the birthday girl without any of my friends noticing)"

This is very kind and I am impressed. Thanks for saving me the embarrasament while my friend could happily have her name written on her dessert plate with a candle! Also a polaroid picture!

#2: We were not prepared to splash out on wines. And the sommelier politely recommended some nice wines which we could choose from the very extensive wine list. He did it in a much nicer/ polite way than the sommelier in Mandarin Grill!

#3: The restaurant was full on the evening that I went. But as soon as all of us arrived, when we looked around and before we even tried to raise our hands to request for menus/ wine lists, the grey-suit manager already brought them along.

Moving on to food, thank you for the very detailed explanation.

The bread was warm. I love the onion bread!! but would be much better if we can get a wider variety of olive oil/ balmasic to choose from.

High school 時跟朋友們同遊 portugal, 那鴨飯的味道依然叫我地非常回味
仲記得當年18歲, 卜卜脆, 4個傻人拎住 travel guide 大地任我行
當時, 我地去到邊都一定一定要叫鴨飯.. 記得個陣臨上飛機都要特登食多次先走...
那瀰漫在回憶裡的鴨油飯香.... 我地終於係香港搵到喇!!!

好坦白, 我覺得澳門既葡國菜同回憶中落差太遠
憑我既味覺記憶, 澳門既葡菜並不算太正宗
就算在英國生活多年, 正宗又好味既portuguese restaurants 真係少之又少....

估唔到, 係lkf, 我地竟然可以再食多次個鴨飯!!
而席上也是當年一齊去portugal 既好友!!

餐廳裝修得非常有葡萄牙風味, 特別係門口o個d tiles...

我地被安排坐於另一邊的房間內...等遲到既朋友時, 我地狂掃d暖暖既麵包..
佢地既butter 都唔錯.. 所以我地都encore 左一次個butter!

for starter,
我地叫左個翡翠螺沙律..
不過個salad 冇乜菜, 但有勁多翡翠螺!! (veggie: 翡翠螺 = 7:1!!)
但我地係prefer 多d菜架其實!

之後再叫左個萬眾期待既鴨飯 + 馬介休炒蛋...個鴨飯真係有8成似記憶中的味道呢!!
d 飯有好香既鴨油香... 不過略嫌d鴨肉"鞋"左dd...
可能回憶真係永遠是最美的... 總覺得係lisbon 食既真係最好食... (而且好平!! )

個馬介休炒蛋咸左d d..

甜品方面...
叫左個apple crumble & 木糠布甸...
very very average...

drinks, 只係叫左個panna + 1 glass of house wine + juice...

埋單around $300 per person...
li 個價錢...
食回憶既味道 = 抵!
係中環have a decent dinner = 抵!
但係 $300 以portuguese standard 食葡萄牙家常小菜就貴左d....
因為葡萄牙食飯真係好平!!!

Had long been warned by friends that Zuma was just the expensive version of Roka, and Zuma Hong Kong is overpriced.
I never tried Roka in Hong Kong, only had it several times in central London as it was so close to my old home there!

One of my very good friends came back for good in Hong Kong, and she was very interested in trying Zuma despite all the bad things we had heard about this restaurant. so we decided to give it a shot.

Table was booked on a busy Friday night. When we arrived there by 8, the bar area was already so packed & we were led downstairs to the restaurant area. Similar to all restaurants serving comtemporary Jap cuisine, the decor was clean and neat, with a big open kitchen in the middle.

I was trying to get a special last-minute birthday cake for my friend!
As we drove around Kowloon City & searched on openrice - we found this little gem!
This boutique cake shop is well decorated and very neat and clean..
Once I spotted this grapefruit cake sitting in the glassed cabinets and I know I had found the cake...

I haven't tried any kinds of grapefruit cakes before...

This cake tastes so good!! A strong scent of grapefruit with every bite of it
there is even a layer of real grapefruit in the cake

I would definitely try other flavours next time!

Had the set lunch with pairing wines with my friend.
The food was much worse than i had expected, way below the level of other Michelin-starred French restaurants in Hong Kong
Petrus @ Island Shangri-la did a better job in terms of food / service / ambience, though it is ranked lower by the Michelin guide this year....
The Oyster I had was the best course amongst all, despite its greenish weird presentation.
The mains were the worst.. i dont think it's worth the price at all..