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SCMP Reporter

Thai
Ayuthaiya
Shop G23, Festival Walk, Kowloon Tong
Tel: 3105 5055
Open: noon-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Deep-fried prawns, clams with Thai basil, chilli and kaffir lime, wok-fried baby lobster, lime and lemongrass sorbet.
$$-$$$
Cafe Siam
40-42 Lyndhurst Terrace, Central
Tel: 2851 4803
Open: noon-10.30pm
(Friday-Saturday until 11.30pm)
Signature dishes: Banana flower salad with peanut dressing, soft and crispy noodles with chicken in mild Burmese-style curry sauce.
$$-$$$
Chedi
38 Elgin Street, SoHo
Tel: 2868 4445
Open: Monday-Thursday noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm, Friday-Sunday noon-11pm
Signature dishes: Deep-fried soft shell crab, fried rice with seafood, tom yum kung, tamarind duck.
$$-$$$
JJ's
Grand Hyatt Hotel,  1 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Tel: 2584 7662
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Monday-Saturday 6pm-10.45pm
Signature dishes: Corn baskets with prawns and chicken,  catfish salad,  duck red curry, grilled squid.
$$$-$$$$
L16
Hong Kong Park, Cotton Tree Drive, Admiralty
Tel: 2522 6333
(Branch on The Peak, Tel: 2520 1616)
Open: 11am-11pm
Signature dishes: Chicken in pandanus leaf, pigeon with hot basil leaves, roasted duck in red curry, seafood and rice in whole coconut, green bean coconut cake.
$-$$
Lanna Thai Restaurant
Unit 1101, Times Square, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2506 3303
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Saturday-Sunday noon-4.15pm,  6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Baby lobster with red curry sauce, charcoal grilled New Zealand lamb chop.
$$-$$$
Mai Nouveau Thai Cuisine
Thai Shop 6, 2/F Knutsford Steps,  1 Kimberley Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2730 1300
Open: 11.30am-midnight
Signature dishes: Fried king prawns with garlic, pepper and herbs, baked mullet with Thai spices.
$$
Phukets Thai
1/F, 51 Elgin Street, Central
Tel: 2868 9672
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Char-grilled beef fillet in spicy dip, glass noodle salad with minced pork, squid, prawn and spicy sauce, beef in green curry.
$$
Simply Thai
Shop 1104, 11/F Food Forum,  Times Square, Causeway Bay
Tel: 2506 1212
(Branches in Mong Kok, Tel: 3542 5725 and 2396 6569; Kowloon Bay,  Tel: 2796 7818; Sha Tin, Tel: 3523 1638)
Open: Monday-Friday 11.30am-3pm, 5.30pm-10.15pm, Saturday-Sunday 11.30am-10.15pm
Signature dishes: Grilled beef tenderloin with mixed greens and citrus  dressing, fried organic brown rice with green vegetables, tofu, ginger and chilli.
$$
Sukhothai
2/F Sun Hung Kai Centre,  30 Harbour Road, Wan Chai
Tel: 2598 7222
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Grilled king prawn salad with pomelo, crispy snapper with tamarind chilli lime sauce, fried money bag filled with  scallop and prawn.
$$
Thai Basil
LG005, Pacific Place, 88 Queensway, Admiralty
Tel: 2537 4682
Open: 11.30am-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Soft shell crab tempura rice paper rolls, vegetarian fried organic brown rice with green vegetables, tofu, ginger, chilli and shallots.
$$$
Thai Lemongrass
3/F California Tower, 30-32 D'Aguilar Street, Central
Tel: 2905 1688
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, Monday-Thursday 6.30pm-11pm, Friday-Saturday 6.30pm-11.30pm, Sunday and public holidays 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Deep-fried prawn cakes,  spicy and sour prawn soup,  roast duck in red curry,  steamed whole fish.
$$$-$$$$
Thai Orchids
G/F, 39 Tong Chong Street, Taikoo Place, Quarry Bay
Tel: 2856 9848
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Deep-fried soft shell crab, mixed seafood curry,  pad thai.
$$
Tru (Thai and Vietnamese)
2/F Grand Progress Building,  15-16 Lan Kwai Fong, Central
Tel: 2525 6700
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-3pm,  6pm-11pm
Signature dishes:  Fried barramundi with garlic, chilli, tamarind and Thai basil, duck breast stuffed with lychee, cherry tomato in red curry sauce.
$$$-$$$$
European
Amber
7/F Landmark Mandarin Oriental,  15 Queen's Road Central
Tel: 2132 0066
Open: Monday-Friday noon-2.30pm, Saturday-Sunday 11.30pm-3pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Watermelon with vine cherry tomatoes and matured goat's cheese, 11-hours poached Kurobuta pork belly, Margaret River Wagyu beef.
$$$$$
Belgos East (Belgian)
G/F Oxford House, Taikoo Place,  Island East, Quarry Bay
Tel: 2250 5020
Open: 11am-11pm
Signature dishes: Parmesan and spinach mussels, sole with grilled vegetables and goat's cheese.
$$
Black Sheep
G/F, 330 Shek O Village, Shek O
Tel: 2809 2021
Open: Monday-Friday 6.30pm-10.30pm, Saturday, Sunday and public holidays noon-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Roasted sweet pepper soup, fresh artichoke salad with three sauces, moussaka, grilled swordfish.
$$$
Bricolage 62
62 Hollywood Road, Central
Tel: 2542 1991
Open: noon-10pm (Thursday-Saturday until midnight, Sunday until 9.30pm)
Signature dishes: Green bouillabaisse, pear and goat cheese salad, burgers, pizza, steak and fries.
$$$
Chesa (Swiss)
1/F The Peninsula Hotel,  Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3169
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Thinly sliced air-dried meat, barley cream soup with vegetables and air-dried beef, raclette du Valais, traditional Swiss cheese fondue.
$$$$
Daisy
35 Tung Choi Street, Mong Kok
Tel: 2384 8998
Open: noon-3.30pm, 6pm-11.30pm
Signature dishes: Sauteed mushrooms, baked pigeon with risotto, creme brulee.
$$$
The Dublin Jack (Irish)
1/F, 17 Lan Kwai Fong, Central
Tel: 2543 0081
Open: noon-midnight
Signature dishes: Irish stew, fish and chips, steak sandwich.
$$-$$$
FINDS (Scandinavian)
2/F LKF Tower,  33 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 2522 9318
Open: noon-3pm, Sunday-Thursday 5.30pm-1am, Friday-Saturday 5.30-3am
Signature dishes: Grilled venison with parsnip puree and blackcurrant sauce, blini with lavaret roe, cauliflower soup with black truffle, almond raspberry tart.
$$$$$
Fourth Floor Restaurant and Bar
Harvey Nichols, the Landmark,  15 Queen's Road, Central
Tel: 3695 3389
Open: noon-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Breaded frog's legs with garlic butter escargots, pig's head with honey and cloves, pumpkin ravioli with leek and mild camembert filling with sage and walnut emulsion.
$$$$$
Grand Place (Belgian)
Shop 1050, Podium Level One,  IFC Mall, 8 Finance Street, Central
Tel: 2234 7343
Open: 11am-10pm
Signature dishes: Tomatoes stuffed with Belgian shrimp, gratin of Belgian endives with ham, mussels cooked in white wine with celery and onion, braised rabbit leg with mushroom and bacon.
$$$$
Ivan The Kozak
(Eastern European)
G/F 46-48 Cochrane Street, Central
Tel: 2851 1193
Open: noon-2.30pm, 6pm-11pm
Signature dishes: Rabbit and venison dishes, chicken and mushroom crepes, Ukrainian pea and bacon soup.
$$$
Lot 10
34 Gough Street, Central
Tel: 2813 6812
Open: Monday-Saturday noon-2.30pm, 6pm-10pm
Signature dishes: Steamed asparagus with baked fresh crab meat in mozzarella cream cheese sauce, seared Canadian sea scallops, Norwegian salmon loin in Dutch red rose cream sea, molten dark chocolate cake with vanilla ice cream.
$$$$
Orange Tree (Dutch)
17 Shelley Street, Mid-Levels
Tel: 2838 9352
Open: 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Lamb fillets and eggplant baked in puff pastry on creamed leeks and rosemary jus, combination of grey shrimps, smoked eel and matjes herring, mussels in white wine sauce.
$$$$
The Press Room
108 Hollywood Road, Central
Tel: 2525 3444
Open: Monday-Friday noon-midnight, Saturday-Sunday 10am-midnight
Signature dishes: Fruits de mer, free-range chicken breast coq au vin, duck bolognaise, profiteroles, cheese platter.
$$$$
Swiss Chalet
G/F, 12-14 Hart Avenue, Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2191 9197
Open: noon-2.45pm, 5pm-10.45pm
Signature dishes: Sauteed frogs legs in saffron sauce with mushrooms, tomatoes and mixed rice, barley soup with air-dried meat, deer medallions with herb and mixed mushroom sauce,  traditional cheese fondue.
$$
The Verandah
1/F The Peninsula, Salisbury Road,  Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: 2315 3166
Open: 7am-10am, noon-2.30pm, 6.30pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Hickory smoked goose liver escalopes on minted melon salsa, wild mushroom tortellini in a truffle butter sage, cod fillet with angel hair pasta in a wild mushroom broth.
$$$$-$$$$$
Zest (French and Italian)
57 Wyndham Street, Central
Tel: 2526 7993
Open: noon-3pm, 6pm-10.30pm
Signature dishes: Spinach and gorgonzola salad, crab tartlet, Tasmanian salmon with crushed potato and caper aioli, creme brulee.
$$$$



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