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2014-05-06
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My mentee G at work is going back to the UK after a 9-month secondment in HK. I wanted to farewell her at a restaurant where she could enjoy the view of HK one last time before leaving for good. Among my choices were Pearl @ the Peak, Ritz @ the ICC and View 62. In the end, I picked the latter (selfishly for my sake as I have never tried it!).I arrived ahead of G and was being seated at a table by the window which I specifically requested for at booking (although not much need for it as almost a
I arrived ahead of G and was being seated at a table by the window which I specifically requested for at booking (although not much need for it as almost all their tables are set by the window, I still wanted to play safe). The server politely handed over the iPad wine list and the food menu but without much intention to offer help at that moment and turned away. A quick glance through of the digital and printed menus gave me a sense of dizziness, almost like what you would feel reading on a moving car or onboard a plane, then I realised the floor was gradually revolving, and that's why.G arrived and was amazed by the stunning view and the fact that it is a revolving restaurant so she got to have a full 360 panoramic view of the HK skyline (from Wanchai). A full rotation takes about an hour to complete, which means most diners who come here for a decent meal should have more than sufficient time to enjoy a full turn.
We started the night with some wines. The iPad drinks menu was kind of confusing to navigate through and not very user friendly; after a few laughs over playing around with it, we needed some help from the server to locate the right page to pick the wines. G ordered a glass of house Chardonnay and me house Sauvignon Blanc, both Spanish as we deliberately wanted to stick with the theme of the cuisine.
We were too busy doing catch-ups to have almost forgotten about ordering food. The poor patient server was like turned away at least 3 times before he could get our orders. We decided to go “light" with Tapas for sharing in lieu of the mains so we could try more different dishes. We obviously had put dieting behind us and ordered 8 dishes, then finished off the meal with a dessert.
“Carabinero" spanish red prawn sashimi” - fresh with cool presentation.
Ibérico "bellota” 36-month ham (50g) - ok… hm, you know, the usual, taste buds not exceptionally fascinated by it. I’ve had better 36-month at other places.Ibérico ham toast with tomato and figs - fresh figs balanced off the oiliness of the ham, nice combination.
“Boquerones en vinagre" marinated anchovies and potato chip - great combination and good companions to the wines; cool presentation as well.
Clams with spanish green sauce - clams were jet fresh though the dish was a bit salty.
Grilled squid with ink sauce - different from the usual you get from other Spanish restaurants, here they give you a full blown adult squid instead of the babies. Also, the squid is not cooked in its ink but with daps of the ink placing around the squid alongside some hollandaise sauce. Bit of a let-down as I’d prefer more ink.
Bisqué de marisco" seafood soup with prawn, egg and almond - taste lacks complexity and I am not sure if I appreciate the chopped hard boiled eggs and almond which felt a bit out of place to me.
Lamb spare ribs with "salsa de tomato” - Nicely done with meat tender and soft.
Lemon tart with berries jam - just so-so: the tart shell was way too hard - I couldn’t even dig my fork in it without a hard push; the lemon curd filling too sweet although presentation scores.
We were a bit carried away with the food and had stretched our stomachs a bit, but it was a perfect night with great view, ambience and food. Without us knowing, it was well passed 11pm and the server had to come politely ask us to move to the bar area where there was live music playing should we wish to continue as they needed to clean up the restaurant area, had we realised the time. We would really love to, but G had loads of packing to do before flying off the next day so we had to call the night off at that point.Todo lo mejor! G. Good luck in your future endeavours - way to go! And it was certainly a pleasure getting to know you, my very bright Cambridge mentee.
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