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Item: jean may
Rating: 4
Author: hamishbigmoreeats

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24465

Wan Chai

$401-800

French

hamishbigmoreeats

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Heard about this place for ages and was surprised to know bookings now have to be made 2 months in advance.

Overall a good experience, great service and tasty dishes, but certainly not worth the hype or a 2-month wait, and very pricy for a casual, weekend lunch.

Snacks:
Shimeiji frites with Parmesan (6/10)
Chicken liver parfait (6/10)

Starters:
Beef tartare (8/10)
Country terrine with apple chutney (7/10)

Mains:
Stone bass (7/10)
Duck al orange (9/10)
Homemade strozzapreti with mussels (5/10)

Dessert:
Sticky date pudding (6/10)

Choice of unlimited still/sparkling water at HK$20 per head. The starting bread and butter were both average, bread was cold and butter was just like margarine. Starters/snacks were pleasant. Nothing special about the terrine or Shimeiji frites, but beef tartare was well seasoned. Toasts on the side for the chicken liver and tartare were very greasy.

The real star was the duck, cooked perfectly with beautifully roasted carrots. Fish was average, and disappointing pasta - mussels were a bit sandy and pasta was undercooked.

Dessert of sticky date pudding was really rich, would have been better if there was less sauce. Much, much too sweet and underwhelming date flavour, but a good winter warmer.

Would recommend if you’re going for something casual but for a slightly more special occasion, though personally unlikely to revisit.