Having eaten here several times in the past we wanted to see what the newly renovated resteraunt was like, and find it about half full on a Saturday night.
The decor is a great improvement on the old overly bright décor of old and is done up in muted reds with spotlights onto the tables to give a sophisticated atmosphere.
The prices have also been highly revamped and are more in line with a 3 star Michelin resteraunt than one in a 4star hotel with no Michelin star.
We usually start with the thousand year egg with ginger, but could not bring ourselves to pay $75 for it.
We started with the marinated pork knuckle ($140) and a Szechuan hot and sour soup with seafood ($96). The pork is served off the bone for ease of eating but is covered in a sickly sweet sauce which rendered it inedible to my partner. My soup was bland with no trace of hot or sour, but did include nice seafood.
We followed with the old classic, sweet and sour pork($173) which arrived warm with the thick sauce congealing. We had to send it back to be heated up which was done with good grace. The meat was good quality but the sauce exactly the same as you get in other places for half the price.
Beef with tangerine ($206) was a nice portion of good quality meat, but we could not detect any tangerine flavor it was so subtle.
Rice vermicelli with abalone, bbq pork and vegetables($206) was unremarkable, but perfectly decent.
This two course meal with tea ($22) and two Tsing Tao beers ($132) came to a grand total of $979 made a little easier with a 10% discount if HSBC credit card is used.
To sum up, beautiful new décor, average food, average service and way way overpriced.