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chefs cooking our meal. We both started with mushroom soup which was made with ground fresh mushroom, it was rich but not too creamy, served hot with a basket of interesting and varied breads. I love breads and had a few types, they were served hot.For main course, he had grilled salmon with mashed potatoesAnd I had slow cooked beef in tomato sauce. Of course in true Chinese fashion, we tried each others' dishes. Have to say both were delicious but the salmon more so as the skin was crispy and
I came here for lunch and dinner within one month. This restaurant used to be in a factory building in Chai Wan and we got lost trying to get there. Because it was so out of the way, we never went back. Then last month, I heard it had moved to Wanchai, well that's almost where I work and so we went there first to try for lunch.
Lunch as always in these French cuisine restaurants are great value compared to dinner and the set was I think around $128. For that, there was a starter or soup, choice of 2 main courses, a dessert and coffee. We sat near the kitchen behind a glass window and saw the team of chefs cooking our meal.
We both started with mushroom soup which was made with ground fresh mushroom, it was rich but not too creamy, served hot with a basket of interesting and varied breads. I love breads and had a few types, they were served hot.
For main course, he had grilled salmon with mashed potatoes
And I had slow cooked beef in tomato sauce.
Of course in true Chinese fashion, we tried each others' dishes. Have to say both were delicious but the salmon more so as the skin was crispy and the inside just done and still a bit moist. Cooked salmon is mostly too underdone or too overdone.
The dessert was also well presented and delicious and the coffee was strong and French. So we gave this restaurant good marks and booked to come back for dinner.
Dinner is not as good value at $680 per set. But is is for 6 courses.
We started with a cold seafood platter of cooked abalone, raw scallop, a cooked whelk and a chunk of smoked salmon. Unfortunately, I don't eat raw fish, so gave the scallop and salmon to friend and daughter. The abalone was great and the whelk was firm and not fishy. Everyone said the scallop was fresh and sweet and the salmon was lightly smoked and cut thick.
Then we had a Vegetable and Beef Broth with Foie Gras Terrine. The soup was rich and clear and there was a small piece of cold foie gras terrine on a toasted french bread slice. This was a good soup because it wasn't too filling
The second appetiser was a pigeon cooked in a wine sauce. While the pigeon was very fragrant and tender, it made me think of a Shanghai dish that is quite common. Our friend who doesn't like Western food really appreciated this dish as did my daughter.
There was a choice for main course, one is the oven roasted Iberico pork which had a nice flavour and was not tough as it was just done to the right degree.
The other was a chicken roll which also reminded me of a Chinese dish because it had skin all around the meat. Again our friend who likes Chinese food said he really liked this dish. I was a bit confused as it didn't fit in with the rest of the meal.
There were 3 things on the dessert platter, a stewed apple with ice cream, a passionfruit jelly with cream and a raspberry on chocolate mousse on top of a biscuit base.
So we were rather full after dinner and coffee was good.
Makes me feel quite full even reviewing the meal. But the restaurant was consistent and service was professional and so I am sure we will be back.
张贴
