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2005-11-13
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Friday this week was a late late lunch and we decided to head down to this place, having heard that it had risen again from the ashes of the previous kitchen. This is a tiny place seating less than ten, more like a shop with a kitchen tacked on as an afterthought. It has a lovely prix fixe lunch, offering a good choice of dishes Foie gras was available grilled, pan fried, served in chestnut soup, as a terrine, in tartines, quiches, almost every which way. So many choices, so little time This
Foie gras was available grilled, pan fried, served in chestnut soup, as a terrine, in tartines, quiches, almost every which way. So many choices, so little time This place serves the real French stuff. French foie gras, with its clean flavour and delicate texture is no longer widely available as menus have now been taken over by the more liver-y, coarser, stringier and cheaper Hungarian or Chinese product.
Appetizer was a gem of a slice of grilled foie gras, perfect crust, generously sprinkled with fleur de sel and cracked pepper, with warm cubes of granny smith apple on the side and very good bread. Had to have Sauternes with that, and since the restaurant didn\'t have a liquor licence, we BYOB\'d a half bottle by purchasing it from the place, going for a walk outside, and bringing it back in . This had the staff rather worried, and they decided to refund us the wine money which we couldn\'t possibly take, so it ended up eventually as a tip LOL.
The main - braised ox cheeks and ox tail with caramelized carrots and broad beans ; tender and flavourful from long stewing, with a good sauce and served with red rice. All harmony and rounded edges. Lovely. I like it that this place seems to understand plain french provincial cooking, simple stews and confits served plain, nothing jazzed up. It\'s almost like the food you\'d find in little french towns in the Dordogne.
Finished off with a tiny slice of apple pastry and a teaspoon\'s worth of vanilla ice cream. Good crema on the coffee. For HK$140 (the foie gras was an extra $60, but well worth it), this was a lovely afternoon detour to Perigord, smack in the middle of a Hong Kong wet market.
1 set lunch (with foie gras), 1 smoked gooseliver terrine = $ 264
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