Food
French
Agnes b Le Pain Grille
Shop 1, 111 Leighton Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2577 2718
Open: Sunday-Thursday noon-11.30pm (last orders at 10.30pm), Friday and Saturday noon-midnight (last orders at 11pm)
(Branches in Causeway Bay, tel: 2577 0370; Festival Walk, tel: 2265 7680)
Signature dishes: Fish soup, mussels with white wine and cream, grilled lamb chops with garlic confit, rosemary sauce and mixed vegetables.
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Amigo
Amigo Mansion, 79A Wong
Nai Chung Road, Happy Valley
Tel: 2577 8993
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Turtle soup with light curry flavoured cream, roasted oyster and grilled fillet steak with shallot red wine sauce, king prawn baked with gruyere cheese, pan-fried sea bass with mushrooms, Grand Marnier souffle.
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L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon
Shop 401, 4/F The Landmark, Central
Tel: 2166 9000
Open: Monday-Saturday 7.30am-10am, daily noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Sea urchin with lobster jelly and cauliflower cream, beef burgers with foie gras, spaghetti with black truffle, parmesan and egg, steak tartare, Chartreuse souffle.
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Bistro Le Fauchon
Shop 2310-2311, 2/F Gateway Arcade, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2956 3286
Open: 11.30am-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Goose liver pate, onion soup, grilled quail.
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La Brasserie
B/F The Marco Polo Gateway, Harbour City, 13 Canton Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2113 7925
Open: noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Pressed duck (one week advance notice), gratinated burgundy snails, bouillabaisse, daube of beef bordelaise.
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Brasserie on the Eighth
8/F Conrad Hotel, Pacific Place, Admiralty
Tel: 2521 3838 ext 8240
Open: Sunday-Friday noon-3pm (Sunday from 11am), nightly 6.30pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Alaskan crab salad with mango and avocado, bouillabaisse with rouille, veal cheeks braised with aged port wine sauce, Provencale-style rack of lamb with tarragon sauce, chocolate mousse with passion fruit coulis.
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Cafe de Paris
23 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2810 0771
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm (Friday and Saturday 6.30pm-11pm)
(Branch in Stanley, tel: 2813 4822)
Signature dishes: Pan-fried foie gras with grape-ginger marmalade, mussels in white wine and parsley butter sauce, rib-eye steak with Cafe de Paris butter.
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Caprice
6/F Four Seasons Hotel, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 3196 8860
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Ravioli of langoustine, sweetbread and chanterelle mushrooms with shellfish sauce, smoked scallop skewer with rosemary, truffle capellini and pumpkin emulsion, warm duck foie gras with sweet and sour red berries.
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Chez Patrick
26 Peel Street, Central
Tel: 2541 1401
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
(Branch in Wan Chai, tel: 2527 1408)
Signature dishes: Venison, carpaccio,
sea bass (menu changes weekly).
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Dap
1/F, 102 Austin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 3526 1228
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Angus beef carpaccio with truffle and Parmesan cheese in light anchovy sauce, sauteed foie gras with apple chutney, roasted suckling pig with marinated grapes, roast rack of lamb with port wine sauce.
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La Fourchette Bistro Moderne
Shop 007, LG/F Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Tel: 2522 8830
Open: 8am-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Vegetable salad with seared tuna, crab cakes with crushed avocado, grilled rib-eye steak with bearnaise sauce, chocolate cake with pistachio ice cream.
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Gaddi's
The Peninsula, Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3171
Open: noon-2.30pm, 7pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Scallop carpaccio and black truffle, poached pike souffle with pan-fried crayfish, roasted pigeon with white beans and pan-fried goose liver.
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Le Gouter Bernardaud
Shop 2028-2029, Podium Level 2, IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2295 3955
Open: 8am-10pm (Saturday, Sunday and public holidays from 11am)
Signature dishes: Croque monsieur, tartine chevre on Poilane bread, French-cut US pork chop with mashed potatoes, grilled eggplant, onions and tomatoes.
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La Mer Brasserie
1/F LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 2523 0200
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, nightly 6pm-10.30pm (Friday and Saturday until 11pm)
Signature dishes: Le Plateau La Mer, Nicoise salad, cod a la Marseillaise.
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Mirepoix
Shop 2A, 2/F Carfield Commercial Building, 75-77 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 3101 2828
Open: 6pm-2am (advance booking required)
Signature dishes: Pan-fried foie gras, souffles.
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Le Petit Paris
Shop 2076, Level 2, IFC Mall, 8 Finance St, Central
Tel: 2805 5293
Open: noon-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Pork rillettes, pan-fried goat cheese with tomato confit, cold seafood platter, poached slices of turbot with steamed potatoes and hollandaise sauce, traditional duck confit with a Madeira and foie gras sauce.
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Petrus
56/F Island Shangri-la,
Supreme Court Road, Admiralty
Tel: 2820 8590
Open: 7am-10am, noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Smoked Scottish salmon fillet with a royal caviar cream, Brittany turbot fillet stuffed with lemon confit, vanilla mille-feuille with jam.
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Pierre
25/F Mandarin Oriental, 5 Connaught Rd, Central
Tel: 2825 4001
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2pm, Monday-Saturday 7pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Degustation menu, rack of lamb, les desserts de Pierre Gagnaire.
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Riva
27/F The Park Lane, 310 Gloucester Road, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2839 3327
Open: noon-2.45pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Lobster salad, lobster fricassee with creamy Chablis sauce, penne pasta with black truffle oil,
pan-seared Australian rack of lamb with wild mushroom risotto, warm Valrhona chocolate cake with almond crisps.
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Rive Droite Rive Gauche
2/F, 29 Wyndham Street, Onfem Tower, Central
Tel: 2525 1681
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-3pm, 6.30pm-11pm (Friday and Saturday
until 11.30pm)
Signature dishes: Foie gras with compote of pear with preserved ginger, honey sauce and brioche, roasted chicken crepinette, confit of duck legs.
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Savoye Bistro
Hon Man Mansion, 9-11 Wing Hing Street, Tin Hau
Tel: 2503 3222
Open: noon-3pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Grilled beef tenderloin with green peppercorn sauce, Cajun-style roasted garoupa, souffles.
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La Terrasse Wine Bar & Restaurant
19 Old Bailey Street, SoHo
Tel: 2147 2225
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday 7pm-10.30pm,
Friday and Saturday until 11pm
Signature dishes: Vol au vent with escargot in parsley butter, prawn cocktail, coq au vin, aiguilletes of duck breast with morel mushroom feuillete.
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Le Tire Bouchon
45A Graham Street, Central
Tel: 2523 5459
Open: Monday-Friday 11am-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Pan-fried duck liver with raspberry sauce, warm sausage salad with potatoes and mixed greens, tournedos Rossini.
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Voyager Bistro
49 Graham Street, Central
Tel: 2525 2624
Open: Saturday and Sunday noon-2.30pm, Tuesday-Sunday 6.30pm-11pm (Sunday until 11pm)
Signature dishes: Goat cheese salad, mussels, beef fillet, orange creme brulee.
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Beijing
Hong Kong Quanjude Roast Duck Restaurant
4/F China Resources Building, 26 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Tel: 2884 9088
Open: noon-midnight
Signature dishes: Quanjude roast duck, braised fish head with bean vermicelli, pork and bean curd.
$$$
Dong Lai Shun (Beijing and Huai Yang)
B2 The Royal Garden, 69 Mody Road, Tsim Sha Tsui East
Tel: 2733 2020
Open: 11.30am-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Mutton hotpot, mutton shashlik, fried leg of lamb with spices, Beijing-style dumplings, sweetened glutinous rice in baby pumpkin.
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Peking Garden
3/F Star House, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2735 8211
Open: 11.30am-3pm (Sunday from 11am), 5.30pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Peking duck, steamed chicken wrapped in lotus leaves, fried shrimp with sweet and sour sauce.
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