**** Caprice

6/F Four Seasons Hotel
8 Finance Street
Central, HK
中環金融街8號四季酒店6樓
Ph: 31968860
12noon-2:30pm; 6pm-10:30pm

excellent
green lentil velouté with Alaskan crab cappuccino
wagyu beef flank, pommes pont-neuf and fondant tomato in black pepper sauce
hazelnut dacquoise with light lemon cream, praline feuilleté and caramel ice cream

good
blue fin tuna tartare with fine de claire oysters and nori seaweed
prawn and eggplant ravioli with enoki mushroom in miso nage
dark chocolate marquise with marinated raspberries and vanilla ice cream
petit fours (complimentary)

average
foccacia with olive oil (complimentary)
bread - baguette & brioche (complimentary)
spring vegetables roll (accompanying green lentil velouté with Alaskan crab cappuccino)

poor
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price: 550pp for 3-course set lunch (incl. service charge)

value for money: 3 $$$

foccacia with olive oil

butter (salted & unsalted)

green lentil velouté with Alaskan crab cappuccino (and spring vegetables roll)

the spring vegetables roll

blue fin tuna tartare with fine de claire oysters and nori seaweed

prawn and eggplant ravioli with enoki mushroom in miso nage

wagyu beef flank, pommes pont-neuf and fondant tomato in black pepper sauce

dark chocolate marquise with marinated raspberries and vanilla ice cream

hazelnut dacquoise with light lemon cream, praline feuilleté and caramel ice cream

petit fours
(raspberry marshmallow, milk chocolate, orange cookie)

comments
a well-deserved 2 michelin stars. excellent food, and though we rarely care to comment on service, must say that the service here was excellent. we were well-cared for, but did not feel intruded upon. waiters not snobby either. very comfortable environment. ok the food. the green lentil velouté with Alaskan crab cappuccino was divine. frothy, light, not too heavy. flavour just right. the spring vegetables roll that accompanied it was very average. too "healthy"(i.e. strong "raw vegetable" taste). b tried a bit of the blue fin tuna tartare. was very fresh. a good choice for tuna lovers. the prawn and eggplant ravioli with enoki mushroom in miso nage was great, but made b think it really was just 3 fancy giant wontons. (b forgot that she is not really a fan of fusion.) b wished that she had ordered the wagyu beef flank, pommes pont-neuf and fondant tomato in black pepper sauce. that was fantastic. b tried a bit of the medium-rare (hk 30%) wagyu, and it was perfect. really really good, could possibly be the best steak b has had in hk so far. desserts. hazelnut dacquoise with light lemon cream, praline feuilleté and caramel ice cream. this is a must must must try. the hazelnut dacquoise base and lemon cream was perfectly matched. delicious! the dark chocolate marquise was also fantastic. petit fours good. b's favourite was the milk chocolate ganache. overall really good. pricey, but set lunch was good value considering a la carte prices (average 380 for an entree).