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2021-04-15
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Well, my evening was just about spoiled by being a few minutes late. Was stuck in traffic on Queen's Road Central, so I phoned up to say we are near but expect to be a few minutes late. The receptionist said well in that case you can't order the dinner but only the light refreshments! Spoke to the manager and was told after some discussions that if I arrive no more than ten minutes late we would be alright! What is this? A restaurant or a concentration camp? The manager explained that they didn'
So, after the lady receptionist said I couldn't order the dinner at 7.28 pm a few blocks away (alongside the Landmark), the manager asked me to selecthe main dish while on the phone. So I said pigeon for me and the fish for my companion.
Arrived 7.35pm.
Anyway, the staff gave good service.
On arrival, the waiter informed me the chef would like to give us a pigeon pie to try out. May be that's their olive branch for being so draconian and so full of themselves? Alright, let's see.
Here is an even tempered review of some of the dishes. Two Michelin star. So let's take a look at that level of expectation.
Abalone on some pastry tart with some green mashed veg. The abalone slice tasted OK. But the tart was not very relevant.
Scallop moussee on a piece of simmered daikon, with some chrysantemum petals. No scallop taste. The diakon was normal Japanese. The dashi was normal Japanese.
Green dough sheet wrapped around sushi and rice, horseradish cream - The green dough sheet sort of takes away from the sushi.
Minced chicken meatball on a stick, with sansho pepper. Nothing special. Not distinguished from the same in many Japanese restaurants.
But their French / European cuisine was much better.
White asparagus with a miso and brown suger (?) puree. The puree was interesting. The asparagus was OK. Things started to look a bit better.
Lobster with barley (?) and a lobster sauce - Best dish of the evening. By far. The sauce was excellent.
The pigeon pie came. It was huge. Full of foiie gras. The pigeon was red, hardly cooked. The pastry looked nice and brown but really not good. We said let's each have a quarter of this dish. Unfortunately the pigeon tasted like nothing.
And when we finished that slice of pie the waiter asked if we were ready for dessert? Ah, so it was not a "gift" nor an olive branch after all. It was a sneaky change of main course. I wasn't going to have another pigeon dish anyway, but my companion wondered what happened to the fish main course.
Dessert was good. Not Michelin star good, but good enough.
That's it.
And we finished our meal at 9.35pm, before most of the other tables who got there before us. So much for the petty worries for themselves and not thinking for their guests. Big minus on service.
张贴