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2010-11-15
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I came here for Sunday brunch with my family. The restaurant is reminiscent of the interior of an old French steam train (complete with baggage racks and old suitcases). I liked the tiled floor and ceiling decor, which gave the whole place a very "French" bistro vibe. When we arrived at about 1:30pm, the restaurant was almost full, so if you are going as a big group I would recommend booking in advance. We were placed at a small table close to the door. I wasn't too happy that the four of us
When we arrived at about 1:30pm, the restaurant was almost full, so if you are going as a big group I would recommend booking in advance. We were placed at a small table close to the door. I wasn't too happy that the four of us had to squeeze into a small square table which was clearly designed for two, but the waiter helpfully helped us expand the square table into a round table to give us more space.
We ordered the simple lunch set (HK$118) which came with starters, soup, choice of main, coffee or tea and dessert.
The bread came first and I was pleasantly surprised to find that it was "freshly" baked. ("Freshly" in quotations as it is baked from pre-made frozen dough.) The dough was slightly too thin but the bread was warm, crispy on the outside and soft in the inside. Not a bad start.
Starter of the day was duck breast salad.
The duck breast was not particularly flavorful, but at least it was not 臊. The mixed green was nice and fresh, with a light dallop of honey mustard dressing. Soup of the day was cream of mushroom soup.
The soup is a bit grainy as they have made it with real mushroom bits. I thought it was only so-so as the vegetable stock was made with a tad bit too much celery which overpowered the mushroom. We tried all four choices of main:
Pan-fried seabass
- The seabass was perfectly cooked, with crispy skin.Black truffle gnocchi
- This was my favourite dish for the meal. We smelled the black truffle the moment it landed on our table. The gnocchi was not overpoweringly sour (as they can be sometimes) and blended perfectly with the cheese and black truffle sauce. It wasn't fresh black truffle, but it sure taste good!
Ham and cheese omelet with smoked salmon
- I was pleasantly surprise to find that my omelet was made with some sort of dried meat, rather than the boring old ham. The restaurant served the slightly runny omelet with a toast, which made for perfect Sunday brunch fare. The portion was also quite generous too. Oven-baked spring chicken with vegetable
- This was probably the most disappointing dish of the meal. The skin was nice and crispy, but the meat was a bit too dry for my taste. The portion was also on the small size for guys.For dessert they served brownie with a scoop of chocolate ice-cream. I was really too full by that time to finish the brownie, which was a bit on the dry side. My only
point was that by the time this dish was served 50% of the ice-cream has melted (perhaps it stayed for too long at the counter waiting to be served). The pool of melted ice-cream was slightly off-putting.
All in all, I find the restaurant to be value for money. The food was not "the best of HK", but definitely delightfully surprised to be able to get a meal for that price. The service as conscientious as well and the manager is very friendly. (They were willing to make us a cup of "cha chan teng" style honey lemon water even though it was clearly off menu.)
张贴
