This is one of the little gems in Central that is not very full during lunch time. The both times I am there, the restaurant is not very crowded. Run by a Japanese family, Ichigo is clean, comfortable and only focuses mainly on tonkatsu and other deep fried dishes like creamy crab croquette and shrimp.

You have a choice between the different cuts of pork - hirekatsu (pork fillet/猪柳）, special cut pork loin(特级猪排） and rosu (pork loin/猪排）as well as pork loin stuffed with rod or salted leeks etc.

My favorite is the fillet cut (I had it twice) as the pork is soft, juicy and and lean, The pork loin is slightly fattier, thinner cut if you prefer this instead. I prefer them the way they are without the stuffing. My brother had the one stuffed with roe, which is an interesting idea, but I think the originals are better as this version was a little salty. My friend had the katsudon (fried pork with onions/eggs over a bowl of rice) - it was rather good but again I find the cut a little too thin and fat.

There's also a lighter tonkatsu sauce that's used in this restaurant that's not the same as those thick starchy sweet mixture you get from the bottle in the supermarket. It's light, tangy and balances the deep fried dishes very well. The restaurant also makes its own sesame dressing for the free flow shredded cabbage.

One really nice thing about this restaurant is also the rice that they use. It's good quality koshihikari japanese rice, with a nice sheen and really soft but chewy texture.

Service was good but they can seem a little short-handed at times. Overall, a very pleasant dining experience.

I would definitely revisit this place. In fact, since it's lunch tim, I think I will be going now with no reservation....writing this makes me hungry..

The pastries, coffee and the afternoon tea at Cafe Le Salon de The have been widely loved by Hong Kong patrons and many OR reviewers. I am a fan myself, frequently indulging in the ice creams, baguettes, croissants and the delicate cakes and pastries.

Today, I am going to write about the daily lunch which no one seems to mention in these reviews. As usual, no pictures from me (as I am excitedly devouring the food) but I am hoping that my words can convey enough for you to try for yourself.

The Cafe Le Salon delivers absolutely delightful and reasonably priced daily specials that range from classic french bistro dishes and also absolutely delicious pasta. If you can get one of the seats at the balcony areas of landmark (which are for robuchon clients but not part of the restaurant), you get even a better deal with the service charge waived!. The only trouble is that for the balcony seats, you need to go early as they don't take reservations and you have to order, pay first at the counter and then take your seat at the balcony.

I've been there a few times and here's what I've tried.
Food
(1) Daily pasta
This has been quite a failproof dish at Robuchon. They really do great pasta. Last time the daily special was a warm aldente and absolutely delicious tagliatelle (broad egg noodles) with a green pesto sauce (this sauce was not very green but had hints of pecorino cheese), topped with thick cut parma ham and (you won't believe this), thin slices freshly shaven earthly white truffles!! (for HK$120). Unbelievable value! I was completed satiated after eating this.(despite the portions were small)

(2) Cheeseburger with Kagoshima Beef and Handcut french fries
It was a small burger with two (not too thick) Kagoshima beef patties with cheese, lettuce and some tomatoes. This is a very unimpressive looking anemic burger but wow, it packs a punch of taste and flavor. The beef was very well seasoned and the tomatoes were fresh and the lettuch were already thinly cut. It was very perfect for me because I could never eat a really fat burger and have all the flavors of the ingredients at the first bite. This one was perfectly manageable! Absolutely great. The fries they were great too. Fat fries fried to a crisp outside but soft inside.

(3) Roast of the Day
This also changes from day to day. Some days, they have roast baby pork, roast beef or roast chicken. I would have love to try baby pork but on my day it was roast chicken. The roast chicken was the only dish that did not surprise me positvely. Don't get me wrong, it was tasty and fleshy, meat was tender and succulent but the seasoning could have been tastier. This was served with the signature superbuttery mashed potatoes and small lettuce hearts. OVerall, it will satisfy your craving for a delicious roast chicken but it won't send you swooning.

(4) Other dishes available
Lamb cutlet with thyme and potatoes/ Salmon with white butter sauce etc. I haven't tried these.

(5) Desserts : Great as usual (especially pear caramel tart)!

Service
I think they are too thinly staffed for the big area they have to cover (including the balcony). It's hard to get the attention for waiters and they are constantly busy. They looked completely overworked.

AmbienceThe balcony areas are nice because you do get a lot of privacy as it is one table to each balcony. Though each table can only sit a maximum of four people.. Great for dining alone too since it's pretty private.

Overall, I love this place. and I would highly recommend it for a casual lunch with friends after working out in your wallet at the Landmark!

I revisited Vbest recently having much fond memories of the genuine taste, fresh ingredients and I am still a fan after more than 10 times. This is a great Chinese restaurant if you are hoping for a peaceful, quiet, delicious and low caloric meal. Great place for ladies' Chinese lunch. Generally the food here is lower in oil content compared to most Chinese restaurants and they dont' use any MSG. Usually, with less oil and no msg, you would need really good ingredients to make the food taste just as good. This place is exactly that. However, please be forewarned that this is NOT the place for birdnests, sharksfin, abalone and the like. It does not have glitzy decorations nor a swanky "impress your client" menu. It's a good place to take your best friends for a hearty homecooked meal plumped with great ingredients and good tea.
The lunch deal is pretty attractive at HK$69 which comes with a main dish, vegetables and option of rice or noodles. However, this can be sometimes boring as one main dish per person is really not that interesting for Chinese food. I do wish they can offer a two/three main dish option with smaller portions of each.
For dinner (these dishes also available for lunch)
My favorite dishes are
（1）Spring onion frogs legs (姜葱田鸡）. One of the most succulent, freshest, fattest frogs legs. Mildly flavored sauce lets you really taste the tender fleshy thighs and the sauce is incredible with white rice. For those who haven't tried frogs' legs, it tastes like a miniature chicken drumstick but more plump, tender, juicy and yet muscular.
(2) Vermicelli with shrimps (粉丝虾）：As quoted by previous reviewer, this is one of the best dishes. Fresh crunchy shrimps, smooth transparent glass noodles with finely diced spring onions sprinkled on top. Light and seafoody flavor all infused into the glass noodles. Yumm!
(3) Fish dumplings with spinach (破菜鱼水饺）: No fishy taste but you can tell there's quite a lot of fish and fresh green spinach minced in the filling. Healthy and tasty. The skin is "al dente" and not too soft, it has a northen dumpling chewy texture.
(4) Spicy dumplings: 红油抄手: The dumpings have smooth slippery skin with a meaty pork/vegetable filling and it's tossed in this fragrant dark chilly oil with spring onions. Once you have one, you would want to eat all of them.
(4) Omelette with onions and potatos: (can't remember the chinese translation) This is a homely dish and something my mum would make at home for me.. The thick firm omelette is fried with lots soft potatoes and onions, it's slightly salty but really substantial and will fill you up really quickly. If you are looking to fill up quickly with one dish, this is it.
(5) Fish Cakes (鱼饼）： Many of my friends love this and think it is one of the better fish cakes but I have never been a fish cake fan and I shan't comment.
(6) Smoked duck breast (熏鸭胸）：Smokey, slightly sweet slices of duck breasts. Some friends do find this a little sweet but I love this dish with the balance of smokiness and sweetness all presented in each bite of the thinly sliced duck breasts.
(7) Ma po To Fu (麻婆豆腐）: This is a not too spicy version and comes in a small bowl. For friends who can eat a lot of spice find this a little too mild though I still like it as the tofu is not that overly smooth type but has some airpockets and steeped in flavor of the sauce and the minced meat in the sauce is the perfect complement to white rice.
(8) You can also pre-order the chicken a day ahead. It's steamed chicken with fragrant chinese wine. Very delicious. but i don't plan ahead enough to eat this often. I've only had it once and it was great.
(9) Five spiced beef (cold cut): 五香牛辗。 The cuts have a good balance of the fat parts and the lean parts. Some places have the beef completely soft and melty (which i don't like) but this one has bite and has a strong beefy flavor.

So what is the downside? It's a little bit expensive for some dishes (like the small vermicelli with prawns HK$ 168). Other dishes like dumpings are about 55 which is quite reasonable. I am always willing to pay more for a quiet nice ambience so you can have a good conversation without feeling like you have to yell (as in some chinese restaurants).
Service is decent and polite. The owner is a polite, well-presented man and his sons occasionally help out at the restaurant. Basically a family run place with lots of soul and great simple food. Let me know if you like it!

Oh my gosh!!! The reviews were so good here on Openrice. I was so excited to try this restaurant out. I love Italian food and had just been back from Italy last month and was craving for all the true Italian flavors. I visit Italy often because of my job.

The antipasti table was beautiful from far but up close, you can tell the ingredients were not true classic Italian. My imagination of a truly sumptuous Italian antipasti table should include sharp Italian rucuola, Italian radicchio, Parmagiano Reggiano, San Daniele/Parma ham with melone, carpaccio, buffalo mozarella with italian tomatoes, porcini mushrooms, langoustines. Nope, none of the above at the antipasti table. I was expecting much more and I have to say I was quite disappointed with the spread. Maybe I was expecting too much for this price (HK$170-200 set lunch). That got to be it! There were cubed cucumbers with feta cheese, grilled vegetables (egg plant, peppers), artichokes (this was the best part of the antipasti table) with beef, roasted pumpkin with potatoes, some cold cuts, risotto salad etc. Passable overall but no wow factor.

I had one of the HK$200 set lunch - sea bass with vegetable crunch and ham. Sea bass was slightly dry and the skin wasn't crisp and salty enough. Vegetable crunch almost felt like a Chinese American stir fry you find in NY-Chinatown and there wasn't much flavor. Maybe I should try a pasta next time.

I was by that time pinning all my hopes on that beautiful dessert buffet spread, which had been raved about. Tiramisu was pretty delicious (but not as good as Domani). All the little pastries were like pretty gems to look at but I did not have a memorable bite in any of them. The chocolate cake and prune cake were just ok. In fact, the chocolate cake was so pale that it was the color of light brown sugar and definitely not the dark, almost black color.

The place was new, white, shiny and modern. The service was kind but not polished.

Am I too critical??? Or my expectations too high? I really like writing glowing reviews but somehow this is just not one of them.....Maybe it's just a bad day ...for them and for me.

Sup 1 is situated at the beginning of Gough Street, on the same block as the infamous 九记牛腩。It's very understated and the signboard is barely visible when you enter the place. The restaurant sits probably about 20-30 people max and is very cosy and modern at the same time. The menu changes every week according to what's in season.

Food
Set lunches are a great deal (between HK$78-108) per set - including salad/soup, main dish and coffee and is available every Monday- Saturday. The daily salad was a mixed green salad with slightly sweet balsamic dressing and shredded cold duck meat. Overall the dish has a refreshingly fresh, crispy and tangy flavor. Main dishes included spaghetti with clams, roasted chicken breast with ham and cheese, wagyu beef cheeks, pork chops with chorizon tomatoes, sole fillet with shrimp sauce etc.

The spaghetti with clams (white wine/olive base) used really large meaty flavorful clams but the spaghetti could been more infused with the seafoody flavor. It was a tad over-cooked as well. The sole fillet came with shrimp sauce and a big pile of dense, creamy mashed potatoes. The sole fillet portion was generous and the fish was cooked just right, tender inside and well flavored and crisp on the outside. The shrimp sauce was cream based was tasty and came also with some halved shrimps. However, it did not add much to the already well-flavored sole fillet. Set also comes with pretty good coffee.

Service

Attentive, efficient and friendly.

Overall, great place for lunch in Central.