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2019-02-26
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It was my second visit. My first visit was some time in Nov 2016 and I was seated at exactly the same place. I reserved two seats at the teppanyaki table a few days ago and last time I also had teppanyaki. The view was pretty nice as we were facing some big windows overlooking some greens at HK Park!Honestly speaking, lunch sets didn't seem expensive at such a 5-starred hotel restaurant. We both ordered a Teppanyaki Special at a price of $460+10% which really seemed to be quite a good deal in s
Honestly speaking, lunch sets didn't seem expensive at such a 5-starred hotel restaurant. We both ordered a Teppanyaki Special at a price of $460+10% which really seemed to be quite a good deal in such a location. I remember I had the same set at my last visit but the items were slightly different. I remembered there was a big prawn to choose from last time. The set included a salmon sashimi, green salad, butter flavoured scallops, sirloin or sliced sirloin steak, assorted vegetables, fried rice or fried noodles, pickles and soya bean soup. The server didn't ask whether we wanted fried rice or noodles and assumed that we would order fried rice. No dessert was included in the set.
Sesame and black garlic soy sauce
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The dressing plate with sesame & black garlic soy sauce was served to us very soon after our orders. The sesame dressing was quite tasty. The black garlic soy sauce didn't taste particularly good and the black garlic was too salty (so silly of me to try!)
Green Salad
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The green salad was served very soon. It was quite an average green salad with a lot of sliced "melons". Ingredients were fresh but it was a bit too oily with too much dressing.
Salmon sashimi
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My salmon sashimi broke apart easily for some reason. They were quite fresh taste-wise. The wasabi was super fresh!
Goose liver
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We also ordered goose liver in addition to the sets. It was so interesting to see the pre-cooked food taken out from the kitchen, how the chef handled the food and served the food to you before you actually ate the food yourself. One reason why I like teppanyaki!
Butter flavoured scallops
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The scallops also came along with the goose liver and the chef cooked the two of them together.
The goose liver smelt so good right after the chef had started cooking!
Butter flavoured scallops
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The butter flavoured scallops were very fresh, which were not chewy at all! They were very rich in butter flavour. Even the sauce/soup tasted good with some alcohol in it.
Goose liver with 鮮淮山
$330
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The chef told us the accompanying sides at the bottom was 鮮淮山. Interesting indeed but I found the goose liver better eaten on their own. The goose liver was cooked very well with crispy crust and soft lava interior. The 鮮淮山 was very interesting and didn't taste like 鮮淮山 at all. The 鮮淮山 didn't make the whole dish better though, as I didn't find the goose liver too greasy.
They looked so appealing! My lunch partner and I chose different steak to share. The chef was so considerate in sharing for us while serving the food to us.
Sliced sirloin steak
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Sliced sirloin steak
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They were served in 2 rounds. We asked for medium rare cooking as recommended by the chef.
There were quite some spring onion and garlic inside the sliced sirloin steak. But surprisingly I couldn't really taste them while eating. The sliced sirloin steak was so disappointing this time because I remembered they were really good last time. They were not tender nor rich in beef flavour at all this time.
Sirloin steak
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Luckily the sirloin steak was much better. They were much richer in beef and more juicy. We asked for medium rare cooking as recommended by the chef as well.
We asked for fried noodles instead of fried rice. I remember the fried rice last time had nothing special indeed.
Assorted vegetables
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The assorted vegetables were a bit tasteless. I had to eat them with sesame dressing.
Fried noodles
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The fried noodles were quite good. Unfortunately there was no egg but the fried noodle sauce tasted very delicious. The noodles themselves were quite al dente too! I would say it was definitely better than fried rice.
Pickles
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The pickles were fine.
Soya bean soup
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The miso soup was quite concentrated (with not many ingredients though) which gave me a salty end to the meal, which was not so pleasing to the tongue with such an after-taste. So we decided to order desserts although they were not included in the set.
Green tea with milk jelly served with red bean paste
$99
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Green tea with milk jelly served with red bean paste
$99
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The green tea with milk jelly served with red bean paste was presented in a very pretty box which was cold even by itself. The jelly itself was also very pretty! But the different components broke apart easily in your mouth. The taste wasn't too strong and was a bit too plain in my opinion.
Green tea & vanilla ice-cream with sweetened red bean
$99
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I liked this one better with the ice-cream! They were delicious ice-cream scoops with sweetened red bean. It had definitely gave me a great end to the big feast.
Service was ok but I had expected more given that it was a 5-starred hotel. Not the problem of the chef but more the servers. I remembered that service was also so-so during my last visit so I sincerely hoped that they would work on this for my next visit. The ventilation could have been better as I stink the whole afternoon after my visit. Despite the disappointing sliced sirloin steak, I would say the lunch sets were still quite a good value for money given the decent food quality overall, location and the good teppanyaki show entertaining both your eyes and your tongue!
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