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米其林3星中菜。環境優雅,服務不錯。食物偶有佳作,釀蟹蓋值得一試。其他不過不失, 性價比偏低。Michelin 3 star Chinese restaurant;Good service, Elegant decor;Very good stuffed crab.Nice View.Value for money? Dragon's viewther than the need to fork out a few Ks, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the only Michelin 3 star Chinese restaurant. I was doing my research on OR before going there with my wife and sister-in-law. Most of the reviews here focused on their dim sum lunches - which kind of worries me because we were about to go there
環境優雅,服務不錯。
食物偶有佳作,釀蟹蓋值得一試。
其他不過不失, 性價比偏低。
Michelin 3 star Chinese restaurant;
Good service, Elegant decor;
Very good stuffed crab.
Nice View.
Value for money?
Dragon's view:
Other than the need to fork out a few Ks, I wasn't quite sure what to expect from the only Michelin 3 star Chinese restaurant. I was doing my research on OR before going there with my wife and sister-in-law. Most of the reviews here focused on their dim sum lunches - which kind of worries me because we were about to go there for dinner.
The entrance wasn't as intimidating as I had imagined. It was quite unassuming in fact. The place seemed to be smaller than T'ang Court or Lei Garden, for example. But the ceiling was reasonably high and the tables were spaced pretty far apart from each other.
Anyway, we were quite lucky to get a table next to the window with a lovely view.
After we orderd tea, we were also served with some homemade XO sauce, chili sauce and a dark coloured sauce which tasted like black truffels mixed with olive oil and some preserved vegetables.
These were what we had that night:Complimentary Appetizer - Typhoon Shelter Eggplant and Marinated Eggplant: Not really different from what you get at most Chinese restaurants that serve "typhoon shelter" cuisines except that it tasted quite bland.
I'm not entirely sure whether it's a good idea to use oily battered eggplant as an appetizer in the first place. The marinated eggplant (beneath the fried one) was not bad though, a piece of cold eggplant marinated in what seemed to be light soy sauce.
Stuffed Crab Shell:
Apparently a signature dish of Lung King Heen (lit. "Dragon View"). This was excellent. Instead of using "Portuguese Sauce" and mixed with pork meat for example, this was simply a crab shell packed with a lot of fresh and tasty crab meat. The layer of breadcrumbs covering the crab meat was light, crunchy but not oily at all. Recommended.
Battered Pork belly with pancakes: The texture of the batter tasted very much like the typhoon shelter eggplant or the battered sausages you buy from tuck shops in high schools. (Well, at least those sold in my high school). The batter was supposedly made of "Nam Yue" (fermented tofu) but I could hardly taste it.
The timing of the pork belly was good. The meat was almost half fat and half lean so some may find it too fattening. The pancakes were not bad but overall I thought there wasn't much chemistry between the components. I felt this was overpriced.
Black truffel with mixed mushrooms and fungi: The waiter drew our attention to a black truffel based menu recently introduced at Lung King Heen. The name seemed interesting. I somehow thought it was some sort of vegetable hotch-potch with black truffels.
However, this was essentially a vegetarian version of the stuffed crab shell. It had some finely chopped vegetables, a lot of mushrooms which included black truffel. Pretty good but pricey. (It was about $2XX per piece.) Seasonal Vegetables in Fish Broth: We wanted some green and this was recommended to us. Just a small pot of pak choi in a fish broth. This was nothing special. The veggies were fresh. However, the fish broth wasn't bursting with aroma and flavour - it was pretty average. Most Maxim run Chinese restaurants could do this. I was expecting a lot more from Lung King Heen. I was pretty disappointed with this.
Lung King Heen Fried Rice:
Luckily, this last dish was good. Packed with lobsters and crab meat. Very flavourful with chopped spring onions. The rice were seperated from each other - which is what a good fried rice should be like.
Recommended. Mango and pomelo sweet soup:
This famous Hong Kong Chinese dessert was very good. The sweet mango taste mixed very well with the tangy pomelo. Easily one of the best Mango & Pomelo sweet soup around town.
To conclude:
No complaints about the service other than the fact that they took away my beer before I've finished it - which could have caused a pub fight in some places.
Before the bill came some complimentary "sweeteners":
About HK$4,500 including service and a bottle of red (HK$1,300)...Remind me to buy the new version of Michelin so I'll know which restaurants to avoid. (J/k)
Alright, to be fair, the stuffed crab shell was very good. The other dishes were just average though and not worth the price they're charging. Of course, you have to factor in the view, elegant decor and good service.
I don't think I'll return for dinner but I might give their dim sum a try.
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