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2010-11-08
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Resto @ HK Central: French – a Brasserie @ the Gateway hotel Décor: typical of a traditional French bistroAmbiance: lots of people, big parties, lively for a Friday nightSitting: fairly close to your neighborFood: The pan seared foie gras is over cooked, the steak tartare is overly spicy… too much paprika… too strong of a burning sensation on the palate. The grilled lobster is satisfactory, the Chateaubriand is over cooked when we ordered medium-rare… it came as medium or close to well-done. Giv
Resto @ HK Central: French – a Brasserie @ the Gateway hotel
Décor: typical of a traditional French bistro
Ambiance: lots of people, big parties, lively for a Friday night
Sitting: fairly close to your neighbor
Food: The pan seared foie gras is over cooked, the steak tartare is overly spicy… too much paprika… too strong of a burning sensation on the palate. The grilled lobster is satisfactory, the Chateaubriand is over cooked when we ordered medium-rare… it came as medium or close to well-done. Given the time needed for the preparation of a re-order of the chateaubriand, we changed to filet mignon and steak, both were very well prepared.
Service: courteous and friendly… however, due to the presence of a big party, the waiters had to run all over the place making the waiting time for food and service slower than expected. The guests at the table beside us asked to be moved to another less noisy part of the restaurant. The Chef felt quite bad for us, as we had to endure the noise and the big party. He offered us a Chassagne Montrachet 1er cru from his personal collection which we finished half a bottle and returned the other half to him… good wine is not to be wasted!
Wine: Rather limited wine list for a restaurant in Hong Kong, in particular the selection of French wine is too limited. Selection of wines from other countries is more than prominent. We ordered a 2005 burgundy and had to return it because the wine has possibly not been store properly. A second bottle of the same wine was offered… slightly better but almost as bad. We accepted it, rather than making a scene.
Cost: about HK$750 per head with wine (average quality wine) for diner.
Value for Money? Reasonable… badly prepared food was taken back in exchange for a new dish without question or argument.
General: the cooking could be improved…We have been coming back to La Brasserie, from time to time... Last time we came here was about a year and half ago… for no-nonsense bistro style French food… will come back again.
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