ReviewReview: Zest by Konishi – French-Japanese restaurant close to perfection; no wonder booking a table is difficult

Zest by Konishi, chef Mitsuru Konishi’s French-Japanese restaurant in Hong Kong’s Central district, is almost always full – and for good reason

Highlights of the nine-course degustation menu were fantastic sashimi, a perfectly cooked fish course, and tender, tongue-tingling duck breast

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Slow-cooked wagyu beef consommé at Zest by Konishi in Central was perfectly cooked, as was almost everything we tried on the French-Japanese restaurant’s nine-course degustation menu. Photo: Nora Tam

Published: 4:30pm, 6 Dec 2019Updated: 4:30pm, 6 Dec 2019

We’ve been hearing lots of good things about Zest by Konishi, which is in the two-storey space that once housed modern French fine-dining restaurant ON Dining Kitchen & Lounge, in Hong Kong’s Central district.

The French-Japanese restaurant by chef Mitsuru Konishi has, however, always been full when we have tried to book, so we have not been able to try it out – until recently.

Diners can choose between a degustation menu for HK$1,480 plus 10 per cent, or ordering à la carte.

As the price for a three-course meal would have been about the same, we ordered the tasting menu so we could try more dishes.

The interior of Zest by Konishi in Central. Photo: Nora Tam

At first glance, the tasting menu – listing nine courses – looks daunting. Three of them, however, are amuse bouches and one is a petit four, which means it’s really only five courses.