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2016-08-13
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We came here on a Saturday night for dinner on the recommendation from a few different friends. The restaurant is a French bistro that is part of the Piccolo Concepts group. The ambience was casual dining with a French seaside touch to go with its name Le Port Parfume, which literally means fragrant port, which in turn is what Hong Kong means in Chinese. Upon arrival, we were served with bread, which came with some butter and sea salt. The bread was warm but it was really average and there was o
Upon arrival, we were served with bread, which came with some butter and sea salt. The bread was warm but it was really average and there was only one type of bread.
The selection on the menu was not extensive and we ordered the following dishes:Appetizers
1. Clams a la plancha : The cooking was very simple but the clams were so fresh that you really did not need to add much to it other than fresh herbs, garlic and butter, which was what was done here. As you can see from the picture, the clams were quite big as well. I would not say that it was great value for money however because you could have bought those clams from the wet market and made an equally delicious meal at home as it was so easy to make.
2. Baby squid and chorizo omelette : This dish tasted alright but somehow I just didn't feel that the ingredients marry well with each other, it felt more like the ingredients just happened to be in the same dish. Some of the squid were overcooked as well while others were cooked just right. Also, the dish feels like it would fit in more in a Spanish restaurant rather than in a French bistro....but there u go...
3. Green asparagus & escargot in herb butter : This dish was well made, the sauce was delicious and creamy, which went well with the snails, which were quite big by HK standards. However, it was a big turn off that the dish was served to us within 5 minutes of using placing an order and the sauce was just lukewarm rather than hot, which means that the dish was obviously reheated rather than made fresh. Mains
1. Lobster spaghetti in lobster oil : This dish tasted delicious with the pasta absorbing all the intense flavour from the lobster and lobster oil. The taste was exactly what you would imagine a lobster pasta to be. The lobster meat was also not overcooked. However, not quite sure what those little shreds of seaweed were doing in the dish as they were quite tasteless, though at least they did not spoil the taste of the dish. Overall, still a highly recommended dish
2. Braised beef cheeks in red wine sauce : Again a fantastic dish, tasted just like you would imagine from a dish like this and the beef cheeks absolutely melts in your mouth. However, the accompanying mash potatoes was disappointing, as it wasn't creamy enough and there was still little chunks of potato cubes in it.
DessertBlue cheese ice cream : Initially we wanted to order the floating island as it seems to be a highly recommended dish in most of the reviews here for this restaurant. However, as soon as we saw the dessert menu, our eyes were immediately drawn to the blue cheese ice cream as it sounds less common and just a little bit more exciting and we did not have the stomach for two desserts. For those of you who are doubting how you could put blue cheese into ice-cream, you've got nothing to worry mates - this dessert was the highlight of the night, this was soooooo good!! The blue cheese was not over empowering, well balanced by the right amount of sweetness from the ice-cream and crunchiness of the honey crumbs! We were in heaven.
PS: Corkage is free here and mind you the portions here are quite big. Overall, I would say that the food was nice but it wasn't wow (except for the blue cheese ice-cream!). The damage for the two of us was HK$1500 (note: we didn't order drinks) so I wouldn't exactly say that it's good value for money though I heard the set lunch set here is an extremely good bargain for the same food.
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