** Pierre

25/F, Mandarin Oriental Hotel
5 Connaught Road Central
Central, HK
中環干諾道中5號香港文華東方酒店25樓
Ph: 28254001
Lunch Mon-Fri 12pm-2:30pm; Dinner Mon-Sat 7pm-10:30pm

excellent
complimentary truffle foam with hazlenuts accompanied by fine-cut Parmesan (?) biscuit

good
63° eggs, black risotto made as a foam, green asparagus, Bellotta, Parmesan
pan-fried fois gras, cherry, lin chi mushrooms and celery

average
complimentary bread & something (see below)
filet of cod, sweet & sour butternut velouté, pochas beans & squid ink gnocchi
grilled Chilean sea bass Nantua, yabbies with flat parsley and green cabbage
slices of veal, polenta & summer truffle
grilled US prime rib eye

poor
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price: 2 course "express" lunch 360pp, additional course 80

value for money: 2 $$$

complimentary bread

complimentary truffle foam with hazlenuts accompanied by fine-cut Parmesan (?) biscuit

complimentary something (?)

63° eggs, black risotto made as a foam, green asparagus, Bellotta, Parmesan

pan-fried fois gras, cherry, lin chi mushrooms and celery

filet of cod, sweet & sour butternut velouté, pochas beans & squid ink gnocchi

grilled US prime rib eye

slices of veal, polenta & summer truffle

grilled Chilean sea bass Nantua, yabbies with flat parsley and green cabbage

comments
underwhelming. possibly because caprice was so good. best dish was the complimentary truffle foam which was really tasty and a good start to the meal. the famous 63° eggs were OK, borderline average but can be given a "good" as it's quite novel. fois gras delicious - but really, that's the least that a michelin 1 star french restaurant can do. (b's tip: take out the celery from the fois gras dish!) mains were disappointing. everthing tasted nice, but it was all quite ordinary. go to caprice!