RÙN — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Rùn is a one Michelin starred Chinese restaurant located at the 5-star St. Regis hotel.

The restaurant has a modern design with high ceiling. The tables are spaced out, with some sofa seats in the middle.

I visited at lunch time on a weekend and the restaurant was full. (I booked the table 3 months in advance!)

For this visit, I tried most of the signature dimsum and a couple of signature dishes.

🧐Tips: Most of the dimsums come in 3 pieces on the menu. But if you only have two people on the table, you can order two pieces instead☺️

Here is the list of what I had: 🦀 杏香荔茸松葉蟹鉗 Deep-fried Matsuba Crab Claw $148 🍏 娘惹香辣鹹水角 Glutinous dumplings in Nyonya style (3 pieces) $88 🥟 墨魚子糯米小丸子 Steamed glutinous dumplings with minced pork, shrimp and caviar (3 pieces) $148 🥩 錦繡球黑椒和牛酥 Deep-fried diced wagyu beef, black pepper sauce (3 pieces) $128 🦞 金蒜龍蝦春卷 Deep-fried lobster spring roll (3 pieces) $168 🥟 三文魚籽蟹肉菜苗餃 Steamed crab meat dumpings (3 pieces) $98 🦆 煙燻滷水鵝肝 Marinated smoked foie gras $228 🍚 櫻花蝦烏魚子炒飯 Fried rice with mullet roe $138 🍮 鮮忌廉葡撻 Baked Portuguese egg custard tart (3 pieces) $88

Deep-fried Matsuba Crab Claw is definitely my favourite dimsum🤩 The crab claw was wrapped inside a taro paste, and then almond flakes was added on top. It was then deep-fried to golden! The outermost shell was crispy, while the taro was light and fluffy😍

這個杏香荔茸松葉蟹鉗，外層非常香脆，裏面的芋泥軟滑，加上鮮味嘅蟹肉，真的是太好吃了😋

Spicy deep-fried glutinous dumplings in Nyonya style. It came with a crisp in the shape of leave - how photogenic is that?!🤩

Marinated smoked foie gras was definitely my favourite dish at this place! 😍

The smoky taste made this dish unique. The foie gras was served in a pot filled with smoke. It was bit firmer than that you would have from a Western restaurant but it was still creamy.

🤓Tips: If you have the flour leave from the other dimsums (like Spicy deep-fried glutinous dumplings/ fried crab claw), you can eat it with the foie gras. I think the contrasting texture would make it taste even better 👅

Another dish that I loved was the fried rice with dried Sakura shrimp and mullet roe. The Sakura shrimp was fried to a crisp texture and the mullet roe was very flavourful! 😍

Dessert: Baked Portuguese egg custard tart - nice flaky pastry filled creamy custard.

Petit fours : 杞子桂花糕/ 杏仁餅 osmanthus & goji Berry jelly/ almond biscuit

For the other dimsums, the presentation and the taste were both excellent. Also, the service was very nice. Unfortunately, I felt that it lacked a “wow” factor and the price was a bit steep. I was more impressed their smoked foie gras and fried rice with mullet roe!

⁣ ⁣ 📍 Rùn Chinese Restaurant, One Harbour Drive, Wan Chai, 2/F, The St. Regis Hong Kong, Hong Kong 潤 -灣仔港灣徑1號香港瑞吉酒店2樓

🚇Nearest Station: 🇭🇰 Wan Chai Station 灣仔站⁣ 💵 🦀 杏香荔茸松葉蟹鉗 Deep-fried Matsuba Crab Claw $148 🍏 娘惹香辣鹹水角 Glutinous dumplings in Nyonya style (3 pieces) $88 🥟 墨魚子糯米小丸子 Steamed glutinous dumplings with minced pork, shrimp and caviar (3 pieces) $148 🥩 錦繡球黑椒和牛酥 Deep-fried diced wagyu beef, black pepper sauce (3 pieces) $128 🦞 金蒜龍蝦春卷 Deep-fried lobster spring roll (3 pieces) $168 🥟 三文魚籽蟹肉菜苗餃 Steamed crab meat dumpings (3 pieces) $98 🦆 煙燻滷水鵝肝 Marinated smoked foie gras $228 🍚 櫻花蝦烏魚子炒飯 Fried rice with mullet roe $138 🍮 鮮忌廉葡撻 Baked Portuguese egg custard tart (3 pieces)...

An extra symbolic birthday lunch with my bf because it was our first time together celebrating my birthday💕 The Michelin-starred Cantonese fine dining restaurant offers a range of dim sum, meat signatures and seafood specialities with a few modern twists. ————————— 𝑴𝒚 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘 🍽 𝗧𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲 : ▐ Seafood Specialties Menu (available for limited time) 香港瑞吉酒店三週年海鮮美饌(期間限定)▐ ▐ Fried rice, lobster, sea urchin, seaweed 龍蝦海苔海膽汁葷油燜飯 $288pp▐ It was perfectly al dente with slightly fluffy and sturdy texture! The sea urchin sauce and lobster gave the umami taste to it😋

▐ Steamed rice roll, abalone (6 pcs)脆皮鮑魚腸粉 $168▐ The right amount of crispy abalone rolled in the steamed rice roll to give a pleasant contrast of textures😋Dipping in the sauce will deffo raise the umami taste.

▐ Marinated smoked duck liver 煙燻滷水鴨肝 $228▐ Scale up for a decadent starter, the chilled creamy texture of duck liver slices blended in the air with apple wood smoke. Each bite of it melted in your mouth to give you a blissful sensation.

▐ Barbecued Ibérico pork, honey (half) 蜜餞西班牙黑豚肉叉燒 $184▐ The perfect BBQ pork has marbled cuts with a good lean meat-fat ratio to maintain its juiciness during roasting😋 The meat was juicy, smoky while not being overly sweet

▐ Braised minced fish soup, assorted vegetables 家鄉拆魚羹 $258▐ This silky smooth soup was beautifully fragrant, soft texture and tastes mildly sweet. Added the shredded veggies and crisps was refreshing and gave it some textures.

▐ Deep-fried diced Wagyu beef puff, black pepper sauce (2 pcs)錦繡球黑椒和牛酥 $92▐ The crispy pastry wrapped up the wagyu and black pepper sauce. It was finished off with a beautiful crust with moist wagyu.

▐ Baked Japanese egg custard tart (3 pieces) 酥皮日本蛋蛋撻 $88▐ The fresh-baked fluffy shelled with a hint of saltiness that balance its sweet and firm pudding centre.

▐ Chilled pink guava cream, sago, coconut jelly 椰果石榴甘露 $88pp ▐ I am not a fan of pink guava, but this dessert was so tasty which the aroma of it was not too strong but just rich enough to make the special refreshing taste standing out.

▐ Chinese Petit Four (free) ▐ The free cookie and the red bean-matcha pudding was unexpectedly tasty.😋

🌐𝗔𝘁𝗺𝗼𝘀𝗽𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 : The space is made beautiful with light woods. The elegant decor contrasts modern with traditional.

🤵‍♂️ 𝗦𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗰𝗲 : Attentive and helpful.

💰 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗲 : It is pricey but the food is good. And it created the excitement and surprises on dishes for reaching a Michelin 1-star standard. Will deffo come back for trying more dim sum next time!

𝐓𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐥: HKD 1965 (includ. tea /...

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