Upper Modern Bistro (已結業)

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We went for an Easter dinner and it was one of the best meals we have had in Hong Kong in a long time. Reading this review you may feel I am waxing eloquent, but truly that's how I felt after the meal. The overall experience was greatly satisfying and dare I say stimulating all senses as well. Our cabbie had trouble finding the place initially, but we figured it out. Hindsight, it was providence as we were really hungry by the time we got to the restuarant. Chef Phillippe Orico has done a fabulo

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We went for an Easter dinner and it was one of the best meals we have had in Hong Kong in a long time. Reading this review you may feel I am waxing eloquent, but truly that's how I felt after the meal. The overall experience was greatly satisfying and dare I say stimulating all senses as well.

Our cabbie had trouble finding the place initially, but we figured it out. Hindsight, it was providence as we were really hungry by the time we got to the restuarant.

Chef Phillippe Orico has done a fabulous job with the food. I understand he has worked at Pierre at the Mandarin before and also at St. George at the Hullet house before.

Back to Upper Modern Bistro, the ambience is very easy going. The attempt is to serve really tasty Michelin quality food in a neighbourhood restuarant bistro style setting. I like this style as it is easy going and takes the effort of having to dress up to go to a really upmarket restuarant and the pretense that comes with territory.

The food was divine. It's deliciously light and the balance of the flavours was just majestic. The standard of the food is incredibly high. Infact the only thing that made my dinner heavy was franlkly the loads of bread I had before the meal.

The service is one of the best I have experienced in Hong Kong. They are very attentive and come to the table at the right time with the right questions and with some humour as well. Again the balance is incredible. The humour is of the right tone so as to not feel either overly friendly or in any intrude into your privacy. Brilliant.

We ordered :

Seafood Bruscheta - Totally six peices - two each of Crab, tuna and salmon. delightful and sets the tone for the evening.

Seafood Bruschetta

Foie gras Creme Brulee - It's served with thinly sliced bite size croutons. This is "pate"ish, but extremely light. The caramelized sugar on top seems to cut the fat of the foie gras and makes it decadent, but very light to the palete and the stomach. Really Really good. Must have on my list if you go to the restuarant

Foie Gras Creme Brûlée

Tuna & Squab - I didn't what squab was to begin with. Had to google it up. It's apparently a very young pigeon, typically under 4 weeks. This is served sushi style with asian herbs sprinkled on it. It tastes delightfully and stimulatingly fresh on our tongue. Infact we ordered a second round of this. Really Really good. Must have on my list if you go to the restuarant

Tuna & Squab rolls

For the mains, we ordered :

French Pigeon (served medium) - with shiitake mushrooms, piquillos, carrots and mustard seeds. I tasted a small piece and it was very tasty. My friend who ordered it relished it and said it was probably the best he has had. Sorry somehow the photos didn't come through for this one.

Crispy Sole Fillet with crab meat, smoked eel and baby spinach - this is a house speciality and for the right reasons. This is a must have for anybody who prefers fish in their mains. I will leave it at that.

Crispy Sole Fillet

Lobster Macaroni & Cheese - This was served with salad on the side. I am not a big fan of Macaroni & Cheese and I did't taste, reeling as I was with the subtle flavours of the Crispy Sole fillet. My wife said it was really really good. What I did see was the Macaroni was longer peices and not the mini bits you generally see in a kid's meal or the breakfast that Hong Kongers love.

Lobster Macaroni & Cheese

For deserts, we ordered :

Warm Chocolate Cake - divine - with a soft centre, I wonder how the kitchen arrived at the balance. I will just leave it at that.

Warm Chocolate Cake

Dolci of Mandarin Salad - this was again a very stimulating desert and left us wanting for
more

Dolls of Mandarin Salad

We were discussing on the table whether it's the same chef who did the starters and the main and the desserts. Either way, it's incredible.

The underlying theme was lightness of the food and the stimulation the flavours generated. It was consistently delivered across all parts of the dinner

It's a little expensive, but I will go again and pay for this culinary experience.

Highly recommend.

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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Reviewing this place feels like a chore. I'm not fancy enough to care about big name chefs and wacky architecture. Other people already did all the spadework in the previous reviews. So I'll be terse, but that in itself should not be understood as negativity.I was standing on my head when I took this picture. I really liked the seafood bruschetta. From left-to-right, er, um, right-to-left, we have: smoked salmon, crab, and mystery fish. The mystery fish was delicious, I really would eat that pie

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Reviewing this place feels like a chore. I'm not fancy enough to care about big name chefs and wacky architecture. Other people already did all the spadework in the previous reviews. So I'll be terse, but that in itself should not be understood as negativity.

Seafood Bruschetta

I was standing on my head when I took this picture. I really liked the seafood bruschetta. From left-to-right, er, um, right-to-left, we have: smoked salmon, crab, and mystery fish. The mystery fish was delicious, I really would eat that piece of fish on that toast once a day every day. I liked the other things too. Great, A-

Mushroom Tagliatelli w/ Egg

According to the restaurant's website, the motto is "fresh, light, and modern." I'll give 'em fresh, and I'll give 'em modern, but do ask your doctor whether you can indulge in the pasta. It's rather good for a pasta carbonara, but sorry, I'm not originally from HK and I'm thus not the hugest carbonara fan. Neither are my arteries. Good. B

Pork, Sausage, and Lentils

I couldn't find the sausage in this dish, though supposedly it was in there. Can sausage melt? My wife and I are "trying" to eat healthier (yes, those are scare-quotes and not greengrocer's quotes), but somehow we always order the pigfat. The stuff here was better than the pigfat at Blue Butcher, but not as good as the pigfat at ABC Kitchen. Still, pigfat: B+

At the end of the meal I realized that there were no vegetables. And that I should either give up pigfat or cheesy-buttery-egg-sauce or smoking. Probably all of them.

題外話/補充資料： The tiny bar seats they cram you into when you don't call a week in advance are surprisingly comfortable, though not suited for someone with long legs, or a sizable posterior.

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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看了以前的食評，我是有了心理預備才去的。我以為這兒是應該很少侍應，但我今天所感受的，卻是完全相反。侍應很迅速地為我下了 order，食物上菜的時間也不算太慢。I'm impressed. 二人同行的我們點了兩個set lunch.麵包不是我杯菜，因為太硬了。但我的同伴卻停不了口。1. soupI can't hear the waiter speak clearly, but the soup was supreme, the taste was excellent with texture stimulus and contrast from the potato cubes inside. It's like the combination of different levels of taste. It's so deep that I can't describe it all. It's no substitute to have a bowl of good soup in the winter! it's adorable, everyone should try the

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看了以前的食評，我是有了心理預備才去的。
我以為這兒是應該很少侍應，但我今天所感受的，卻是完全相反。
侍應很迅速地為我下了 order，食物上菜的時間也不算太慢。

I'm impressed.
二人同行的我們點了兩個set lunch.

麵包不是我杯菜，因為太硬了。但我的同伴卻停不了口。
1. soup

I can't hear the waiter speak clearly, but the soup was supreme, the taste was excellent with texture stimulus and contrast from the potato cubes inside. It's like the combination of different levels of taste. It's so deep that I can't describe it all. It's no substitute to have a bowl of good soup in the winter! it's adorable, everyone should try the soup and won't get disappointed.

2.

sandwitch with cheese & ham

sandwitch with cheese & ham
I don't recommend it, as it's too heavy and the bread was the same as served before. But the chef made sandwitch of course more delicious with ham & cheese. Seasoning work excellent again. You just can't help but finish it all myself.

3. Seafood bruschetta

Seafood bruschetta

salmon, crab served on a crispy bread, well done again
both of them served with a fresh, well-seasoned salad. It's so hard to find fresh salad well-served and seasoned nowadays!

I was so full after that, as I was half full with the soup in the very beginning.
So next time, starve yourself before come here.

Last but not the least, it's dessert time.
I was amazed and delighted with the presentation of trio. It's just ART! All the curve amazed me.

I love the berry cup as I like sourness in sweet thing. It's more balanced I think.
chocolate mousse was well done, it's so smooth and chocolate favour so strong. You feel it melted on your tongue right away. Totally irresistable.
The cupcake was a bit mediocre, but it didn't disappoint me. The cream was so smooth and the sweetness was just alright, not to scare those who can't take extra sugar. Haha

In conclusion, I will come back again. Next time, I will try lamb and other famous dishes too.
Yeah, I so look forward to my next meal experience there.

題外話/補充資料： remember to book your seat! they have private function all the time when the person in the reception was engaged in the phone, a chef came to lead me to my seats. He could very likely be the famous chef, but he's so down to earth & polite. I like him!

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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2013-12-11

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