The St. Valentine's Day is held on Tuesday this year. Since it’s not an official public holiday, we’re more willing to have the ‘pre-vday’ dinner in weekend than the exact day. We started planning since early Feb. I didn’t expect it would be such difficult. My ideal restaurants were either fully booked or only provided vday menu on the exact day (which means no ‘pre vday menu’). Finally, I came up with Agnès b. Unlike the others, Agnès b provided the celebrating menu ($1680+10% service charge for two persons) from February 6th to 14th. We decided to go on Sat evening.

Oh my… I was bewitched by its beautiful decoration of the entrance when we arrived the Agnès b. le pain grillé. Embracing by the shining plants on both sides, Agnès b brings out the strong Parisian romantic atmosphere; it reminds me the avenue des Champs-Élysées (The most beautiful avenue in Paris).We settled in a nice corner with the view of the HK skyline. We first received our ‘welcome cocktails’ before the dinner started. The cocktail was mixed up by Gin, Mint and Milk. My partner said it tasted fine but I didn’t really fancy it, simply I dislike milk mixed with gin… it’s Vday celebration, I was hoping the ‘welcome cocktails’ would be somewhat like cosmopolitan, rose wine, sparkling champagne, etc. A bit disappointed at this point indeed.

The appetizerz arrived, actually both of them adopted similar ingredients but presented differentiatedly. I chose this one for mine, they twisted the salmon marinated into rose shape, served with red beetroot, crab meat, blinis, dill sour cream. Tasted pale but looked so delicate. The other one is the salmon & crab meat tartlet with capsicum & lemon, which seasoned with lobster mayonnaise. Well, simply like the tartlet tasted fabulous and nice decoration with flower on a side.

It was a great night! Nice dinner, nice service by friendly staffs, entertaining performance by the Russian musicians, well environment by nice decoration (Halloween theme) and the signature -20C ice room in this house made the night!I especially like the Russian ornaments in gzhel style placed in the restaurant. Gzhel, a brand of Russian ceramics, painted with the distinctive blue and white pottery. It reminded me the old Tang dynasty also produced something similar, which is fabulously artistic. The Russian musicians dressed up in traditional Russian costumes. When they started playing the Russian folk music, it created such lovely Russian countryside atmosphere, the Russian night began:

We started the appetizer with a big platter of mixed combination. From left to right, we had the Smoked Salmon Roll with Red Caviar and Cream, Cold Pork Jelly in Russian Style and Smoked Duck Breast with the Cranberry Sauce. The whole dish looked presentable and rich in ingredients. I especially like the cold pork Jelly, tasted special and savory in its texture.

The style of Crabtree’s Tearoom is exactly the same as its products: elegant and sophisticated.

If the weather is not too hot, it’s highly recommended to reserve a table outside the tearoom, which is a nicely designed bird’s net. Before the foods arrived, I was already impressed by the set of equipments, which is our beloved floral print, very strong English style. The flower tea wasn’t really strong in taste but smell really good! The high tea set finally arrived. Wow! The pastries are quite big in size! I especially like the fruits tarts, not too sweet and just right in taste. The chocolate desserts were fine, rich in its coco taste! The overall environment and the high tea set matched well together, it’s another kind of appreciation of art. It’s lovely to spend a warm afternoon with a brunch of ladies here, no rush, just relaxing!

Seeing so many comments here that giving many positive sights of this restaurant, I couldn’t miss my chance to come over and give a try.

Oh, a petit tip for the food bloggers: it’s recommended to choose a table on the upper floor instead of the ground floor. You’d simply enjoy and.be attracted by this enormous sea view. Anyway, back to the topic of “food”, we ordered Fettucinui Carbonara and Roasted Spring Chicken. Indeed it took a bit long for us waiting.(maybe I was hungry?) I had been drinking couple glasses of drinks to ‘kill time’. The Fettucinui arrived firstly. Personally I think it’s quite a huge dish. The taste of cheese is absolutely rich and strong. I could say I was kinda ‘full’ after eating a bit (the chicken wasn’t arrived yet!!!)

This is a restaurant combined the elements of “Français” and “Chinois”. Principally, its colors of design based on pearly white with ‘petit’ black. It looks plain in ‘heart’ but sophisticated in styling. My first impression when walked in the restaurant was like returning back to Paris…