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Nice place for casual dining & Mercedes fan
2015-12-27 4424 views
I am a big fan of Mercedes Benz so I am excited to see its themed restaurant opened in Central. Honestly, I expected it to be pricey and unfriendly before I stepped into this restaurant, well, exactly the cocky type of famed restaurant. Then, the experience with Planet Hollywood decade ago wasn't impressive at all. I just discounted Mercedes Me on a personal basis. In fact, the restaurant is much smaller than I expected and I assumed there will be more Mercedes signature items on display but not
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I am a big fan of Mercedes Benz so I am excited to see its themed restaurant opened in Central. Honestly, I expected it to be pricey and unfriendly before I stepped into this restaurant, well, exactly the cocky type of famed restaurant. Then, the experience with Planet Hollywood decade ago wasn't impressive at all. I just discounted Mercedes Me on a personal basis. In fact, the restaurant is much smaller than I expected and I assumed there will be more Mercedes signature items on display but not really. I reckoned that they will change the display model of the car on a irregular basis and they tried to refrain from making the restaurant feel too much like a pub. The decor is hip yet casual and the service on a Monday is very good too.
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 A simple 2-page menu
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 Not many tables inside the restaurant, mostly small tables to accomodate 2-4 people
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 The restaurant does have a decent range of wine selection but very much over-priced.  Since we didn't bring our own wine this time, we ordered the Keenan Merlot from Napa Valley as recommended by the sommelier. It surprised me that it's Merlot taste was quite well rounded and matched all the dishes we ordered.  Given the price they charged at $960/bot, we'd better pick some different (my preference always lies in Old World wine like Bordeaux & Burgundy). 
Napa Valley Red
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 Organic 100% grass fed steak Tartare
Wherever there's a beef tartare dish, I will give it a try...I am just addicted.
The steak tartare here was good portioned and the taste was more on the light side.  Guess it'd better eat it without mixing with any other ingredients in order to get the beef taste.
Organic 100% grass fed steak Tartare
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 Hamachi Tiradito
A refreshing dish with Hamachi mixed with mango dressing with a touch of lemon.  The chef kept a good the balance of the dressing not to supercede the fish taste.  The hamachi was indeed very fresh and tasty. 
Hamachi Tiradito
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 Baked Angel Hair Pasta
Angel hair is best to be prepared in a simple tomato sauce due to its pasta nature.  Here we go with this interesting and unusual way to bake the angel hair with seaweed, roasted garli aioli and prawn jus.  We couldn't really taste the texture of angel hair and it reminded me of the Chinese chow-mein which is crispy but not greasy.  We love the prawn taste in the background that stands out yet not manipulating.  A very interesting dish!
 
Baked Angel Hair Pasta
$220
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 Australian Aged Wagyu Skirt
We were told to go for medium for this wagyu steak otherwise it will be chewy.  And they are right, the texture of this wagyu is not the ordinary type of Australian wagyu, we found it tasted more like the U.S. steak with a strong beef taste.  Not exceptionally good but it's good enough given the price they charged and the size of the steak.  
Australian Aged Wagyu Skirt
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Napa Valley Red
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Organic 100% grass fed steak Tartare
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Luxury showroom and fine dining restaurant?
2015-12-18 4051 views
As far as luxury brands go, Mercedes is one of the most enduring and well known brands on the planet, especially if you're a car nut. I've always been more of a Beemer guy and BMW is my luxury car of choice. But the world of luxury car brands is a competitive beast, and many of the well known brands are looking to expand their base with more accessible entry level cars. It seems that Mercedes is taking another approach to help their luxury brand become a little more accessible with the introduct
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 As far as luxury brands go, Mercedes is one of the most enduring and well known brands on the planet, especially if you're a car nut. I've always been more of a Beemer guy and BMW is my luxury car of choice. But the world of luxury car brands is a competitive beast, and many of the well known brands are looking to expand their base with more accessible entry level cars. It seems that Mercedes is taking another approach to help their luxury brand become a little more accessible with the introduction of the Mercedes Me concept.

Partnering up with Maximal Concepts in Hong Kong, the crew that run Mott 32 (see post here) and Blue Butcher (see post here), Mercedes Me is one of the first concepts stores that blends a Mercedes showroom with a full restaurant. Located very conveniently in the Entertainment Building in Central (underneath HMV), the restaurant slash showroom is noticeable with a stylised logo that is both serious and whimsical at the same time... Oh, and don't forget the flashy Mercedes vehicle that on the night of our visit was the safety car from Formula 1 Grand Prix.

I'd been keen to get into the restaurant for a while, and had been stymied by trying to book in on a Friday and Saturday night, it seemed that Mercedes Me was doing well enough that you couldn't book a decent time on a popular night. As it turned out, we were able to secure a table as a 'walk in' early on a Sunday night, which suited me just fine. Not knowing what to expect from a restaurant in a car showroom, I was impressed with the fit out. I shouldn't have been surprised by the lux fit out that combined a very modern restaurant with a homage to one of the most recognisable car manufacturers on the planet.
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 Mercedes Me takes a very creative approach to food. Executive chef Edgar Sanuy has created a menu that is a melting pot of cuisines from regions such as Japan, Latin America and Spain to create a menu that is designed to share. Sections are labeled 'Raw' 'Cold' 'Hot' and 'Grill', which covers a pretty wide variety of delectable looking options. With so many great looking choices, we knew that we'd have to come back for multiple visits before we'd be happy.

Starting with the 36 month, 100% acorn fed Iberico Jamon, we were immediately impressed with the generous serving of the Spanish delicacy. Served on an interesting looking plate that reminded of bitumen from the street outside, the Jamon was served with a tomato salsa and little toasties (which were replaced by the eagle eyed staff when we ran out). It was a case of beautiful food, served very simply and the salty ham was delightful, especially when combined with the sweet tomato salsa.
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 Our next choice was the sustainable blue fin tuna with cucumber and bathed in a wonderful ponzu sauce. I loved that Chef Sanuy had opted for the sustainable blue fin tuna, which was in alignment with his philosophy of great fresh produce. The large squares of tuna had been marinated the ponzu sauce and were lovely and fresh, each square an explosion of flavour. Freshness came from the cucumber and sweet avocado pieces and there was a little bite from the Spanish onion garnish that sat atop. We quickly devoured the tuna and then wished we had a spoon to finish of the ponzu sauce that was left in the bowl.
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 There was something not quite right with our next dish of organic 100% grass fed steak tartare with pickled egg yolk and fifteen secret ingredients. It was hard to put my finger on at first, I mean the dish looked beautiful with splashes of colour from the pickled egg yolk, contrasted against the red of the beef. Crisp tuile completed the look, poking out of the beef tartare to give a very modern take on the classic French dish. There was also nothing wrong with the sweet tartare, that was clearly for high quality beef. No, it was something subtle, but very important. There was no real bite to the dish, it just tasted very sweet and needed some contrasting punch, I think something like pickled gherkin would have made all the difference. Maybe there should be sixteen secret ingredients?
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 We were back on the right track with the Southern Pacific scallops, served with bitter orange, baby shiso, apple and yuzu-jalapeno. It continued the trend of beautiful looking dishes and was served with the scallops sliced very thin and served raw. There was a hint of colour from the yuzu-jalapeno sauce that thankfully didn't pack too much of a punch and worked wonderfully with the delicate flavours of the scallop.
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 By far my favourite dish of the night was the quintessentially Spanish dish of octopus with potato foam sprinkled with paprika and then finished off with puffed pork skin. I particularly loved the thick tentacles that were expertly cooked to just the right texture and had a wonderfully sweet flavour that was enhanced by the paprika. The potato foam was as light as air and almost dissolved as it touched the palate. But, who could overlook the puffed pork skin, little light bubbles of the best pork crackling ever, it was a delightful dish. Even the girl, who's not normally a fan of octopus thought it was a good dish.
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 While there is a literal plethora of savoury dishes on the Mercedes Me menu, there were only two desserts on offer, and only one that appealed. It was easy to choose the caramelised Catalan cream foam with vanilla ice cream, orange pieces and honeycomb. I mean, really, it just sounds delicious, right? And it was superb, mostly. There was a serious amount of the super sweet Catalan cream foam, which to begin with was simply stunning, but as it became clear that there was the proverbial 'bucket load' of the sweet stuff, it overloaded the senses. There was a little respite from the pieces of peeled orange, but there was nowhere near enough to balance out the dish. This one either needed less Catalan cream foam (nooo!) or much more of the orange pieces to balance out the sweetness.
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 I wasn't sure what to expect when checking out Mercedes Me. I was hoping for a great little meal that had a bit of kitsch factor by being in a Mercedes dealership. What we found was a beautifully contemporary styled restaurant with food that was treated with respect. Sure, there were a couple of little hiccups, but they quite possibly had more to do with my palate than anything inherently wrong with the food.

It was very quiet during our Sunday evening dinner, with only a few tables taken up. This was both good and bad. Good, because we had excellent and attentive service from the many wait staff on hand (there were more wait staff than diners). Bad, because I had the feeling that Mercedes Me would have the most amazing vibe when filled with patrons sitting at the bar and tables sharing a meal and lusting over the Mercedes in the showroom.

Now, as I said, I've always been partial to BMWs and had to sell our little Beemer when we moved from Brisbane to Hong Kong. I'm not going to say that dining in Mercedes Me has changed my mind, but I have been thinking that the new Mercedes AMG A 45 looks quite interesting...

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    Spanish x Japanese x Peruvian Mercedes?! Really?
    2015-12-13 3465 views
    Seems to be the hip place to be among others lately. Seems like a must try restro for everybody to see and to be seen. Well ya, but once's enough. Wine list is quite extensive. Food list, no so many options. They consist of a confusing mix of Japanese, Spanish, and apparently Peruvian choices (wine list plus others from other countries).Food - so so. Nothing out of the ordinary. Mind you it's not Spanish x Japanese x Perusian fusion cuisine. They literally serve a bunch of Japanese dishes and a
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    Seems to be the hip place to be among others lately. Seems like a must try restro for everybody to see and to be seen. Well ya, but once's enough.

    Wine list is quite extensive. Food list, no so many options. They consist of a confusing mix of Japanese, Spanish, and apparently Peruvian choices (wine list plus others from other countries).

    Food - so so. Nothing out of the ordinary. Mind you it's not Spanish x Japanese x Perusian fusion cuisine. They literally serve a bunch of Japanese dishes and a bunch of Spanish dishes, interweaving in the menu (may be a bunch of Peruvian dishes too but I can't make out). I personally find it weird as I don't think Spanish and Japanese (food) make a stunning couple.

    We asked their server to recommend their signature dishes but couldn't really get a lot out of it as he practically recommended the whole menu. We particularly did not like the 2 main courses which were the king crab legs baked with mayonnaise (why Mayo to cover its taste if the legs were fit for eating own their own?) and Iberico pork which tastes just like any ordinary piece of pork.

    Desserts we ordered were some chocolate special they only offer to VIPs normally (we are not their VIPs though) and a bowlful of Catalan cream which tastes cream, and nothing but cream.

    One other theory we do not understand is why their servers insist on speaking in English when their English is honestly not exactly brilliantly fluent, and especially when we made it quite clear that we could do with Chinese?
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    Date of Visit
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    Upscale casual dining at its very best
    2015-11-09 4858 views
    Why is it always the case that all the good restaurants often choose to open in October and November? Are they trying to get themselves in-shape and ready for Christmas? If this is truly the spirit, then Mercedes Me Restaurant & Bar is just peaking at the right time.Located in the Entertainment Building on Queen’s Road Central, the new Mercedes Me Store combines a showroom and luxury dining concept all under the same roof, just a stone's throw from Lan Kwai Fong.After checking out their showroom
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    Why is it always the case that all the good restaurants often choose to open in October and November? Are they trying to get themselves in-shape and ready for Christmas? If this is truly the spirit, then Mercedes Me Restaurant & Bar is just peaking at the right time.
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     Located in the Entertainment Building on Queen’s Road Central, the new Mercedes Me Store combines a showroom and luxury dining concept all under the same roof, just a stone's throw from Lan Kwai Fong.
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     After checking out their showroom, it was time to indulge ourselves in the innovative cuisine brought to us by Maximal Concepts, the same folks who are behind Mott32, Blue Butcher, Fish & Meat and Stockton. I was told the cutting edge cuisine served here drew inspirations from the Spanish, Japanese and Peruvian recipes, with an added modern twist. I am eager to find out more myself.
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     We started things off with a couple of cocktails while they were getting our table ready.
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     As a seafood lover, the tiger prawn shiso roll with yuzu-kosho pesto was an easy choice for me. The spring rolls were certainly very crispy and savory. Yum.
    tiger prawn shiso roll with yuzu-kosho pesto
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     Next up was the chicken empanada, a stuffed pastry with diced chicken that was served with spicy pico de gallo. These were quite flaky and with a quick bite, the fillings all started to ooze out. Pretty nice.
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     But the star of the night belonged to this third starter, slow-cooked Spanish octopus with puffed pork skin, potato foam and smoked paprika. Sometimes I am a bit weary of ordering octopus because of its tendency to be very chewy but this was easily one of the most tender ones you would ever find here in Hong Kong. Soft and juicy, you can never beat that combination.
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     Iberico pork "Presa" with smoked piquillo peppers was our lone meat dish of the night and it was a good one as well. Reminded me of another Iberico pork dish from another talented kitchen in Carbone. The meat was flavorful with a fair amount of juice. Not bad.
    Iberico pork ''Presa'' with smoked piquillo peppers
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     Our first dessert was on the house and it was a simple ginger sorbet with white chocolate ganache, passion fruit and ginger flavored crumbs. It looked kind of simple but undoubtedly served its purpose well.
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     Following the complimentary dessert, we realized that we didn't have enough to satisfy our sweet tooth so we winded up order an extra dessert - caramelized Catalan cream foam, Vanilla ice-cream, orange and honeycomb. Like the previous dessert, this was very light and refreshing.
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     All the dishes here are designed to be shared in order to create the ultimate shared-food experience and also give diners a chance to explore different flavors. I have particularly enjoyed the Latin American twist in some of their dishes, which is rather unique in the local food scene.
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      Luxurious Mercedes X Food
      2015-10-04 4749 views
      Mercedes me is a concept store from Mercedes Benz crossing over with Maximal Concept group. The food here features fusion elements and the price is "Central Price". Service here is amazing, as well as the enviornment with all the Mercedes items displaying and a racing car showcasing at the door. Mercedes me has no sales in the shop, it is not a place to sell cars but a restaurant to build the image of the brand. We are here to try some of their signature cocktails and some fine bites. We are sup
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      Mercedes me is a concept store from Mercedes Benz crossing over with Maximal Concept group. The food here features fusion elements and the price is "Central Price". Service here is amazing, as well as the enviornment with all the Mercedes items displaying and a racing car showcasing at the door. 

      Mercedes me has no sales in the shop, it is not a place to sell cars but a restaurant to build the image of the brand. 

      We are here to try some of their signature cocktails and some fine bites. We are super excited to go through them with you. 

      Marshmello Cocktail

      Your waiter/waitress is going to burn the marshmello in front of you while sprinkle fresh sparkling cinemmon in your drink. It was quite sweet in taste and creamy in texture, perfect for ladies in sweet love. 
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       Wasabi Cocktail
      A pungent and pretty spicy drink. As a wasabi lover, I really don't mind having a spicy drink. Mercedes Me uses wasabi powder and to be it really gave a kick at the back of my throat. I really loved this drink but I am not sure if everybody would.
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       trio of crackers made with rice and seaweed, topped with fresh Uni, oyster leaf, ponzu air and sweet fig

      The uni was just savory and soft, which went really well with the crispy lightly salted cracker. The complex bite create a perfect balance in its sweet and savory. One was simply not enough to satisfy our stomach.
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       Duck egg with bacon

      The egg was cooked perfectly with a runny yolk, while duck egg tasted a lot richer and creamier than chicken egg. It was a really enjoyable protein packed dish to have.
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       Prawn springroll

      Super thin wrap which was transparent. The prawn was also super fresh and bouncy and it went well with the pesto kind of dip. 
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       Seabass Ceviche 
      One of the best fish to enjoy especially when they are seasoned right. Interestingly, fish could actually go well with the in-season sweet potatoes. 
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       Cheese with tomato soup

      The cheese was soft and chewy, while the tomato soup actually lightened the taste a little bit. Not to forget about the crispy bread because they were really tasty just by itself, they were garlicky and thin, a good match with to have some cheese to put on top. Five stars for the bread. 
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       The long bar has all kind of drinks for you to choose, why not come chill out with some friends before going to parties in LKF? 
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       Seats here are very comfortable by the way, we can't wait to come back again for more cocktails and food honestly. Good Job! 
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        Date of Visit
        2015-10-02
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        Marshmello Cocktail
        Wasabi Cocktail
        trio of crackers made with rice and seaweed, topped with fresh Uni, oyster leaf, ponzu air and sweet
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        Seabass Ceviche
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        • duck egg
        • uni