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2017-08-17
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Boyfriend and I were in Langham Place and wondering what to eat when he said he hadn't been to one of the restaurants in the building next door. So, we decided to eat there. But when we arrived, it appeared to have changed to a new place called Roseate Castle. It appeared to be a rose theme cafe. As I'm always trying out new theme type restaurants, I decided we should stay here and eat. Much to boyfriend's chagrin.The place was sweetly designed with all sorts of roses. The lamps also looked like
The place was sweetly designed with all sorts of roses. The lamps also looked like clouds.
There was even a swing and a cage decorated with roses. An area for taking selfies.
Each table had a rose in a jar. A bit like the enchanted rose from Beauty and the Beast. I noticed some of the petals fell, too. Will the Beast find his true love before they all fell?
As we were there for dinner, they offered a dinner set menu. Menu is in English and Chinese. They didn't have a la carte. Sets averaged $300 per person and included a starter, soup, appetizer, main, dessert and tea or coffee.
They did offer a drinks menu as well.
Boyfriend and I each ordered a dinner set and shared everything so we could try it all.
Starter : Shanghai Style Imitation Crab Salad in Zhen Jiang Vinegar. Though it says it's a "French" restaurant, it really isn't as we learned. It's more of a play on fusion food. A mix of East meets West. This is starter was a play on the traditional Shanghai Choi Pong Hai 赛螃蟹 (egg whites scrambled to make it apppear like crab meat). They had the same concept but they added imitation crab meat. Making this a cold dish, it was more like a salad. There was a semi soft egg yolk on top and adding the Zhen Jiang vinegar, it added a bit of acidity to cut through the richness of the yolk. Quite ingenious take on the traditional.
Starter : Sous Vide Escargot with Pineapple Salsa in Homemade Korean Sauce. This starter had several pieces of escargot in it. As it was cooked in sous vide method, it wasn't rubbery and perfectly cooked. There was a bit of spiciness from the Korean hot sauce but was balanced by the sweet and sour pineapple salsa. But from the two appetizers, I liked the first one more.
Daily Soup. Daily soup was cream of corn. This was literally pulverized corn. Sweet though not very smooth as there was still chunks in it. Served in a pretty tea cup with some creamed foam to make it look like a cappuccino.
It came with a piece of homemade bread. Mine had olives in it. It was buttery and soft. No butter was given and yay to that as I don't use the butter anyways. This was good bread for dipping into my soup.
Appetizer: Homemade Sorbet. Like a fine dining restaurant, they offered a moment for a palate cleanser. This was a sorbet made from sour plums. I loved it as it tasted like suen mui tong 酸梅汤 (Chinese sour plum drink). A drink I do like. It cleansed my palate and ready for the next course. What I did find interesting is how they served this. It was placed on a bridge. That was an interesting way to present it.
Main: Orzo with Homemade Char Sui in Sweet Soybean Sauce ($308). This was amazingly creative. Use of beef instead of pork and basked in char sui sauce to make it taste like char sui. It was laid on a bed of orzo to mimic rice. There was a sweet soybean sauce to sweeten the dish. A clever play on the roast char siu rice that you find all over Hong Kong. The beef was cooked perfectly. Moist and tender. And who knew that char sui sauce works so well with beef?
Pan Fried Duck Breast with Black Truffle Risotto ($288). This was not as cleverly successful as the first dish. The duck breast was pan fried but the skin was not crispy. I assume they were trying to play on the Chiu Chow style duck breast as the fatty layer is still prominent and not the Western way where the skin is crispy so does not taste as fat and the meat is still pink and not white like how it's presented here. Otherwise, the duck was perfectly seasoned. The risotto was undercooked and still on the raw side. Not al dente, mind you. Just really raw to the point of crunchy.
Daily Dessert. Daily dessert was rose shaped. One on the left was a cheesecake. On the right was a black sesame mousse. Cheesecake had a nice taste but not soft enough. I think it was in the fridge too long. I prefered the black sesame mousse as it had a strong black sesame taste and was almost like eating the solid form of the black sesame soup dessert. It was also soft and pudding like. Loved it.
We finished off with tea and it was served in tea pots.
This is the chrysanthemum Jinjunmei black tea. I liked this tea as it had a wonderful taste of chrysanthemum.
This is the oolong rose tea. This smelled nice but it wasn't as strong in taste as the chrysanthemum tea. It was lighter in taste.
I noticed they put a lot thought into the plates they used and the decoration of the restaurant. It was like you stepped into a rose garden inside a castle. Each food item was served one at a time and not all together so you had to cramp everything onto your table. Food was creative and tasted good. Some ideas worked very well and was definitely eye opening. I noticed a lot of girls were here so this is definitely a girl geared restaurant. Upon leaving, I notice they will have a tea set soon that is placed in a castle. I'll wonder if anyone tried that. A good place for when I want a girls night out or maybe try their afternoon tea set.
张贴
