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Lauren Crothers

49 Graham Street, Central

Tel: 2525 2624

Open: noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm (Saturday: last orders 11pm)

Cuisine: French, focusing on  Breton.

Ambience: With only six tables,  the restaurant  feels intimate, although the street lights  are glaring if you're  by the windows.

Price: HK$714 for two, with two glasses  of house wine (HK$45 a glass), and  service charge.

Pros:  Managing director Martial Hebert   has a warm, straight-forward manner when explaining the dishes and  ingredients. We appreciated his attentiveness.  The food  was exceptional.

Cons:  The house red was served chilled -  we would have preferred  it  at room temperature. The bread basket was  lovely and warm, but the crusts were   tough - although the salted butter more than made up for it.

Recommended dishes: The goat's cheese salad (HK$88) was beautifully presented and the portion was generous. Sitting atop  a bed of fresh leaves was a large hunk of warm goat's cheese.  The rich, cloudy texture contrasted perfectly with the crisp lettuce. The dressing provided a tangy kick and took the edge off the creamy cheese. My guest had the HK$270 three-course set dinner, which started  with tender mussels in hot garlic butter sauce  (above). The set-dinner main course  was lamb fillet, which was succulent and cooked  as requested.  The balsamic and rosemary sauce went wonderfully with the meat. The fillet of beef (HK$148) was also tender and succulent, and came with an assortment of vegetables. For dessert, the palate-cleansing lime sorbet in vodka (HK$45) was zesty and refreshing after a heavy meal,  and the orange creme brulee (with the set dinner) was a highlight. The crust cracked loudly when we broke  it,  and the underlying creamy custard was smooth, with delicate flavours.

What else? Mussels are the restaurant's speciality, and they're flown in twice a  week from Brittany.



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