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2011-06-14
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Located on the 22nd floor of a renovated building in Wan Chai close to the gas station, there were 11 of us celebrating a colleague's birthday. I had never heard of this place so did not know what to expect. Walking in we were led to a closed off corner (well separated by a curtain) which afforded us expansive views of Happy Valley and Mt Butler. The skies were exceedingly clear for HK and fluffy white clouds zoomed by followed by omnimous dark rain clouds. The visibility allowed us to enjoy
The menu was a set menu with a choice of 2, 3 or 4 courses for lunch. Lots of choices but I would have liked more than one dessert choice and beef on the mains. There were two fish dishes which was one too many. I ordered the onion soup - came to the table too hot and required some blowing - I'd prefer if it came ready to sip. Piece of bread and lots of cheese made for good taste. But my neighbour was offered ground pepper on her soup, declined but was given pepper anyways - staff needs to pay more attention to guests. The soup was tasty, I'll have to give them that.
For mains I had the grilled swordfish. The size of the portion was just right - two pieces of boneless fish fillet, grilled. The fish was quite fishy in smell and they could have done better by use of spice, lemon, whatever it is that skilful chefs use to hide fishy smells from fish. I prefer my grilled fish with more visual evidence of grilling but instead got an off-white colour fillet. Preference is for some colour in my fish. The sauce was interesting and was close to overwhelming the fish, but the chef held back enough that it was not intrusive. The fillet laid on top a bed of potatos - nice and creamy not lumpy. Taste wise, I would give this dish a 7 out of 10. Presentation wise - only 5 out of 10.
For dessert I had the white chocolate mousse. This consisted of some chocolate mousse in a small cone (not bad but left me with chocolate fingers), white cream and strawberries. Dessert - 6 out of 10.
The best part of the lunch was the bread - we had a basket of french bread and sun-dried tomato buns. The other people liked the buns but I liked the french bread much more. Add some black rock salt to the whipped butter and spread on the warm bread is a meal in itself.
Service - quite attentive, (they gave us bread basket refills and water refills) but one waiter had an arrogant air about him (little "chuen"). I would class the service as professional/efficient rather than friendly and warm. If you want your waiter to be your next best friend - this is not the place. It is more like haughty LV counter service.
While my review does not seem entirely complementary, it must be taken in the context of the price. For close to $300 per person for the 3 course lunch, in a high rise building, in busy Wan Chai, I expected a lot more. The restaurant did not deliver. Maybe for $150-$200 per person, I can see a more positive outlook.
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