[Review 4586] Consistently good @ La Saison by Jacques Barnachon

01/09/2015
La Saison by Jacques Barnachon
尖沙咀金馬倫道33號The Cameron 2樓
2/F, The Cameron, 33 Cameron Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/consistently-good-e2485849


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La Saison means “season” in English so you would expect exquisite food all year round with the menu designed by Jacques Barnarchon, Michelin-starred executive chef of L’Etang du Moulin in France.
He has been working alongside various top-notch chefs including Philippe Gobet, a pastry chef of Michelin three-star restaurant managed by Joel Rebouchon.
Jacques was first featured in the 1996 Michelin Guide with a “two forks” rating.
Before I brag about how delicious the food was, La Saison is one of the few French dining restaurants in Tsim Sha Tsui and seeing Benny Li 李純恩 dining there last year, what more can I say!!!
This is my second time there and the food was consistent as the first visit so I think it deserves a comment on tripadvisor.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Assorted bread:
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Started off with assorted bread which was yeasty and delicious with a choice of salted or non salted butter.
The salted butter made the bread taste delicious hence I finished the bread quickly.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Amuse Bouche:
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The amuse bouche really aroused my appetite because it was far more delicious than other amuse bouches I have tried.
It just clicked with me because the cheese puff had a decent cheesy taste and the other one with salmon had a gorgeous cheesy biscuit base.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Leek and potato:
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The leek and potato gazpacho was like potato in concentrated form hence it had a strong potato taste with crisp thin potato slices.
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★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
blue lobster lobster with green tea jelly:
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The lobster dish was really pretty with a layer of green tea jelly with cod roe equally spaced on the edges and lobster resting in the middle.
The sweet lobster and green tea jelly blended together perfectly.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tomato gazpacho with marinated cucumber and fennel served with red pepper sorbet
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The gazpacho was refreshing and appetizing while the red pepper sorbet awakens your appetite.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Steamed sea bream with tomato confit and rabbit mustard sauce:
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The fish was delicate and silky with a perfect slice of crispy sea bream fish skin on top paired with an interesting rabbit mustard sauce that had a unami aftertaste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Black Angus beef tenderloin with seasonal vegetables morel mushrooms on beef juice served with mashed potatoes:
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Before I describe the taste, you can see how perfect the tenderloin was.
It was uniformly seared with a juicy red centre that was soft and juicy.
This was exactly how it tasted a year ago!
There were lots of morel mushrooms which you mix in the mashed potatoes for a fantastic taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Raspberry souffle with vanilla ice cream:
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Finished off with the raspberry souffle which actually had real raspberries blended into it, hence the natrual taste.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
apple tart with apple sorbet:
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The apple tart was flakey with crisp sweet apple slices.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Finished off with Earl Grey tea which was aromatic and strong.

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Ended the meal with petit fours.
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★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Let's see if I am third time lucky next year!
See you in 2016.

[Review 4585] Three-Sauce Simmer Pot @ 黃記煌三汁燜鍋 Simmer Huang Chinese Food

30/08/2015
黃記煌三汁燜鍋 Simmer Huang Chinese Food
灣仔摩理臣山道9號天樂廣場1樓
1/F, Morrison Plaza, 9 Morrison Hill Road, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/three-sauce-simmer-pot-e2485584

Simmer Huang is a chain restaurant with branches in the mainland China, Australia, Singapore, Malaysia and other countries.
It is interesting because they have a restaurant in Australia.

Food is simmered in the pot, hence the name simmer pot.

No soup or water is added to the pot while cooking so that the nutrition in the food is preserved.
I liked the way all the ingredients were freshly packed in tubs and placed in the pot.
A very gooey sauce!
Ready to eat!

All the meats were tasty and the sauce tasted really good with rice.

After we finished all the meat, soup was added and it was turned into a hotpot!

[Review 4584] Hungarian and Mangalica pork feast @ LIS Café

30/08/2015
LIS Café
香港仔黃竹坑道55號如心南灣海景酒店P3樓
Podium, Level 3, L'hotel Island South, 55 Wong Chuk Hang Road, Aberdeen
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/hungarian-and-mangalica-pork-feast-e2485502

I love buffets and at LIS they are doing a Hungarian and Mangalica pork buffet theme.

The hotel was not as far as I thought because I got a bus from Hysan place which got me there in about 10 minutes.

Arrived at LIS cafe and I was greeted with lots of food!

Seafood and salad:

My favourite smoked mackerel and sausage rolls:
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Meat glorious meat!
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Braised Hungarian pork belly
Grilled items, Quesadillas, noodles and sashimi:

They had a good selection of teas so I was happy

The dessert selection was good because they had sweet egg twists 蛋散 (Daan Saan), taro pudding, pandan pudding and these chocolate donuts.Tried the buffet items as well as the a la carte, the Mangalica pork quesadillas were scrumptious because the pork was soft as cotton.
If you google the Mangalica pig you will get this funny looking pig which looks like a sheep hence its name sheep pig in Chinese.

Also tried the Hungarian pork slices which were meaty and tender.

The bouillabaise was thick and strong with a lots of crab blended in it.

The scallops were sweet and springy:

Buffet items I had:


I loved the pandan pudding, it had a strong pandan taste.



The egg twists were good as well because they were crisp and sweet.

[Review 4583] Green tea and sprite more like! @ 滿記甜品 Honeymoon Dessert

30/08/2015
滿記甜品  Honeymoon Dessert
西貢普通道10號A,B,C地下
G/F, 10A, B, C Po Tung Rd., Sai Kung
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/green-tea-and-sprite-more-like-e2484914

Tried the Green tea lime soda.
Wasn't impressed because it was just sprite/7up mixed with green tea that cost $30 and it just tasted of sprite.

It would have tasted much better if it was freshly squeezed lime with soda water and not sprite!~

[Review 4582] Iced Lychee matcha from Pacific Coffee @ 太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee

29/08/2015
太平洋咖啡 Pacific Coffee
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓1038A及1041B號舖旁
Near Shop 1038A&1041B, 1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/iced-lychee-matcha-from-pacific-coffee-e2484900

I don’t know why I tried it but it was obviously going to be matcha mixed with Monins syrup.
Basically, it was matcha with a grassy bitter taste balanced by the sweetness and fragrance of the lychee syrup.
It is also smart how they have used the drinks sleeve to advertise.