Beet (已結業)

Item: Beet
Rating: 5
Author: clarasy

4.5

19 食評

味道

環境

服務

衛生

抵食

2192

中環

$401-800

多國菜

clarasy

等級4

118

First time here and was quite impressed! A casual fine-dining French restaurant that uses the best seasonal ingredients and does very well in terms of execution, with sides and sauces that put each dish perfectly together. The tasting menu starts with a few snacks, which included potato chips and dip, chicken skin and mushroom tart - all very light and delightful. First course was heirloom tomatoes, a nice refreshing appetiser. Then next was the supplemental Hokkaido scallop with city's and bread crumbs. It required a supplement of $150, but was totally worth it! The scallop was very fresh, and the creamy yet tangy emulsion nicely complemented the sweetness of the scallop. After that was their "Beet's Bread & Butter". Unlike most restaurants, they actually serve their bread as a course on its own, and quite rightly so. Their sourdough was freshly baked, super warm, dense and soft inside, with a hint of tartness which I very much liked. The crust was crunchy but not too hard, as it sometimes can be at some places. The other type of bread, some kind of bun, was relatively ordinary, but nice and soft nonetheless. Their "caviar butter" was also very nicely flavoured, and very soft and easy to spread. Moving on to the mains, my favourite was the fish course. There were monkfish and threadfin, and both were very flavourful and fresh. The threadfin also had that perfectly crispy skin. A superb dish! For the meat course there was a choice of chicken or beef, and I opted for the latter (supplement of $230). The portion of Japanese A4 Kagoshima wagyu was quite generous, and it had beautiful marbling. The meat was super tender, fatty in a good way, but I was hoping for more intense beefy flavour. The accompanying braised onion and garlic chips were on point, making it a very good dish still. Finally the dessert was roasted koji ice cream. Now, I'm not usually too excited about ice cream desserts, but this was exceptional! The koji ice cream had the simple elegant taste of spice, while the brown sugar tuiles, which melted in my mouth, gave more complexity of flavour and added an extra element of sweet indulgence without being too heavy. The dinner ended with some petit fours and decaffeinated tea, providing a nice small conclusion. The overall dining experience was enjoyable and I was quite pleasantly surprised with the quality of the dishes. It's pretty good value too, at just $895 for the tasting menu, and $1275 including all the supplements (the Hokkaido scallop and the wagyu). There aren't super fancy ingredients like truffles, caviar, sea urchin etc. but they do use top quality seasonal produce and make the best of it. Would highly recommend this place to anyone who want a nice dining experience with really good food, but without the exorbitant costs or formality that usually come with fine-dining.