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2011-04-05
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Arrived there by accident with my wife - we both needed a treat.Got there after considering all the other restaurants at the Intercontinental, prices have gone up substantially since my last visit. A burger in the lobby costs HK$230 !?SPOON felt cosy and quiet and we got a nice table facing the harbour. Great start.Pleasant service. Got some water at 100HK$ a bottle, could not get any wine as I'm driving. Simple menu - MY wife picked the tournedos and I got the sea bass. We wanted to share the
Got there after considering all the other restaurants at the Intercontinental, prices have gone up substantially since my last visit. A burger in the lobby costs HK$230 !?
SPOON felt cosy and quiet and we got a nice table facing the harbour. Great start.
Pleasant service. Got some water at 100HK$ a bottle, could not get any wine as I'm driving.
Simple menu - MY wife picked the tournedos and I got the sea bass. We wanted to share the Fruit / Vegetable cookpot as a starter.
Starter: really great, unexpected, healthy and tasty.
and then it only went downhill ...
We had to wait for ONE HOUR to get our mains served, obviously the kitchen missed the order and the waiter did not take any notice of it. The waiters were apologetic but still, this is rather unprofessional.
Sea Bass "a la Pancetta": great name for what is in reality a pan fried fillet. The vegetable around it were soft and ordinary. It felt really like any average western restaurant, quite ok presentation - but the taste was very normal, no surprises, and overall far too salty.
Tournedos: it looked much better than my dish and my wife enjoyed it.
Dessert: we shared the cheesecake as it was presented as their signature dessert ..... !!!??? ... that was really so banal, both in appearance and taste. This was really pathetic.
The bill came to just under 2000HK$ and honestly this was absolutely NOT worth it at all.
That my first visit and the last. ROBUCHON is so much better value, with elegant dishes with always an element of surprise that made the dinner memorable.
SPOON is way off the mark.
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