New Hong Kong restaurants: The Flying Elk – rich, satisfying Nordic dishes at Central sister to Frantzén’s Kitchen
Step into Swedish chef Jim Löfdahl’s modern Nordic cabin in the heart of Hong Kong to taste unusual ingredients, cooked fabulously with one exception. The menu is short but satisfying
The menu at Nordic restaurant the Flying Elk in Hong Kong’s Central district, like that at Frantzén’s Kitchen in nearby Sheung Wan, is brief, with lots of interesting and unfamiliar ingredients such as Kvibille cheese and sea buckthorn.
Both restaurants are branches of chef Björn Frantzén’s establishments in Sweden; Frantzén in Stockholm has three Michelin stars.
The menu is divided into three sections: snacks, medium-sized dishes and desserts.
From the snacks menu we ordered gougères (HK$40) and deep-fried pig’s ears (HK$40). We loved the rich, decadent, sweet-savoury mouthfuls of light puffs filled with Allerum cheddar and drizzled with chestnut honey. We weren’t as impressed with the pig’s ears because the breading was too thick and you couldn’t really tell what you were eating – it could have been deep-fried anything.
