First, this restaurant serves MODERN (ie fusion) cuisine, so make sure you don\'t judge this restaurant like you would the average French bistro, nor a Dan Ryan\'s. Modern fusion food is about small portions and an unusual mix of tastes. This is why the restaurant may appeal more to a more \'international\' audience than it would a local HK one.
Secondly, I totally agree with the positive atmospheric comments - this restaurant has an enviable view of Central/Admiralty that would usually be very costly. The furnishings and decor has been done in good taste, especially at night (when I went), where the dimmed lights give the place a fantastic atmosphere. The bathrooms also have a fantastic view, and are impressive.
Thirdly, the menu. Admittedly, at first, I was disappointed with the menu selection. It looked drab and typical of the overpriced modern restaurants, which is why I ended up looking at the cocktail selection first. The cocktails were not too bad, but were let down by small, correctable issues. For example, their signature drink, the \"Dirty Chocolate\", was let down most by the quality of the chocolate. This is a great pity as it wouldn\'t cost that much more to make the drink sublime.
Now the food - I avoided the set menu and went for their signature dishes - the foie gras / sea urchin appetizer, then their pork chop with black truffle rosti main course. One of the people I ate with had the 6-course set menu and another had the same appetizer as myself, but the wagyu beef for her main course.
The appetizer was their signature dish, and the foie gras combined very well with the berry sauce and the two slices of slightly toasted bread (?). The sea urchin \'sandwich\' was a little disappointing though since it lost a lot of the flavour after it was cooked.
The set menu included some fascinating appetizer combination but what was most interesting was the soup - a cold pea soup base, with crab meat and a lot more. Usually I\'m not a fan of cold soups but this was definitely original.
Main courses - the wagyu beef was well grilled, but lacked any sauce (in this case this was a good thing because sauce is only used to cover up poor quality steak). The vegetables on the side were blanched and steeped in a butter sauce before serving, which accompanied almost any meat quite well. I had the pork chop - their signature main course. At first it looked overcooked and disappointing, until I got to the middle of the pork chop. Combined with their averagely well-made apple sauce, with a bit of the black truffle rosti, the combination was not bad but perhaps not that \'special\'. The set menu\'s main courses, however, were mixed - I can\'t remember each item exactly, but some was fantastic whereas the rest (especially from the grill, like the pork chop) was uninteresting.
Dessert - I didn\'t have any as I was busy trying all their \'special\' cocktails, but the set menu included a very peculiar ginger-based dessert, including ginger-flavoured ice-cream, etc. Full marks for originality and presentation, but the combination of tastes was just a little weird.
Service - A little dodgy, but satisfactory. I\'d expect much better for this kind of place, especially as there were so few tables to serve.
Price - Top price - maybe the view alone was worth it. I wouldn\'t say it was the best value for money though. The price I\'ve put per person below is based on their 6-course set menu + 10%, approximately.
Overall: I\'d say this restaurant can be a 1 michelin star restaurant based on potential, but quite a lot of the details need to be fixed up. It probably doesn\'t help that they don\'t have many customers. If you don\'t walk in with sky-high expectations, and remember it is a fusion restaurant, then it is a great place for a romantic dinner for 2, say. Worth trying.
Overall: 7/10 (with potential to be 9.5/10)
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