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2017-01-25
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L'Atelier de Joël Robuchon, one of the most famous 3 stars French restaurants, locates in Central that earns my high recommendation in the past. For lunch set, it is also one of the cheapest 3 stars in the world. Cheapest, actually may not be the right word to describe as a 3 course lunch set (includes additional hors d'ouevre, bread basket, coffee, and peti four) is priced at hkd 498. With one additonal soup or appetizer will bring up to hkd 598; and with 2 main course will further pump up t
A special occasion to celebrate my dad's birthday, we decided to let him try one of the finest French cuisine lunch in HK. With all four of us picked the 3 courses lunch. Each of us picked different food as my review will only focus of my course selection.
Again as usual, there comes the gorgous fresh bread basket as the real starter. There are a few variety of bread selection includes, mini croissant, french baguette, sourdough, bacon bread stick, etc. They are all freshly made, and it is a treat to just enjoy this basket of bread as they are all wonderfully prepared. It would be only in my dream that every morning I could have this type of top quality bread for my breakfast. Haha
For hors d'ouevre (snacks), it comes with 2 type, one is the corn paste with bacon and the other one is the deep fried truffles stuffing. Starts with the corn paste with instant intense corn flavour that wakes up your taste bud along with the truffles stuffing that they recommend to eat after the corn paste. Quite nice as the presentation is gorgous. With a few pop corn on the side makes the texture just a bit more complex and interesting.
For starter, I picked their recommended, "La Saint - Jacques". The scallops carpaccio with sea urchin and cavivar. First of all, the dish looks gorgous just like a painting. The sea urchin is sooooo sweet and creamy matches perfectly with the scallops carpaccio. The cavivar (provide a slight saltiness) with additional gold flick to me is more like a garnish (to provide an extra luxury touch) in this dish as the sea urchin is so good. Definitely wonderful!
For main dish, I picked the Le Veau. This one … I am in a bit of mixed feeling. The meat is definitely good but maybe I am more used to the waygu type of beef, which is loaded with fat and melt in your mouth. This is definitely very different. It is almost a bit chewy. Flavour is good, which matches quite well with truffle slice. Of course, all main dish comes with their signature mesh potato on the side. Robuchon's mesh potato for me is always considered as the golden standard as the rich butterly flavour and the smoothness that I have yet to find any other restaurant can match them.
For desert, definitely it is a no brainer to go for the chololate mousse and ice cream. It is definitely one of the finest chololate ice cream. I dont see anywhere you can find a better chocolate ice cream, and I am not sure how I can cope with regular ice cream served in the supermarket again. Maybe with exception of Godiva ice cream!
As usual, Robuchon service is excellent. My mom has recently broke her arm, and they nicely re-arrange the seating to a table instead of sitting at the bar. Also, for birthday occasion, they will arrange birthday song and take photo for your group. You will actually get a hard photo print when you take the bill. A very nice touch. Again, lunch set comes with coffee and peti four.
Overall, it does not disappoint. Even though my veal may not suit my preference but all other dishes includes my wife and parents are good. The scallop with sea urchin is just so good in my opinion. My dad had the lamb for the main, which is extremely tendered and juicy according to him.
We are not really wine drinker, so we skip all the wine thing, but Robuchon's wine selection is exquisite. It will be impossible not find anything that suits you.
With excellent service, top notch ingredient, profound taste of dishes definitely earn my high recommendation. In particular for lunch as dinner will mostly cost you 3 times as much. Therefore, consider hkd 600 per head is almost a bargain for a 3 stars restaurant.
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