Restaurant Petrus — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

There's something about traditional fine dining that makes me feel out of this world. Whether it be the perfect table setting, the widely spaced tables or top notch service, it carries a whiff nostalgia of what fine dining is and should be.

Tableware, cutlery, glasses were gorgeous and perfect. Especially the tableware...

Nowadays for the same price point and hype from the newer fine dines, you could be sitting at a table lined with parchment with no place but the napkin to hide your legs and eating out of industrialized tableware. Anything nice and the staff would alert you that it was especially sourced by the restaurant... errrrrr.. what's become casual chic is really just a lowering of standards in a way. But anyway, it's nice to refresh yourself by coming to restaurants such as this and enjoying the ambiance and service.

We ordered off the a la carte instead of having 2 sets of the tasting menu. We took all of the starters (beef tartare, cep, prawn and slow cooked egg) and opted for a lobster with corn, black garlic and coconut sauce, as well as the river trout with potatoes, sweet jam and yellow wine sauce. You can see from the photos that the two mains looked similar, something for the restaurant to think about.

We ordered separately 4 glasses of their wine from the museum collection, but the waiter selected both our white and red from their "Unlocking the Cellar" series (they were the same price). I think next time we would ask for more full bodied red although their recommendations were nice.

All of the dishes were delicious and I cannot recommend any over the other. I was surprised by this. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ deserves a few of these.

We ordered the Fig dessert and cheese platter for the dessert. My view here is not to order the chese as it was after all only a cheese platter and not so eventful and you may as well order another dessert and see what they have in store for you then. The brilliant Savarin cheese was notable and we went out to look for more after lunch.

Great experience, would definitely do this again, I miss these...

Our guest from overseas asked for French food. We obliged by bringing her to the Restaurant Petrus at the Island Shangri-La Hotel in the Pacific Place area.

I had the six-course Chef’s Signature Menu: the Daniel Sorlut oyster was huge, tender and fresh and it was served with sliced physalis and shallot cream; then came an artful presentation of a due of quinoa salad, smoked trout and petite vegetables; after which, the creamy spelt risotto with wild mushrooms and foamy vin jaunt sauce was served; the Langoustine paillard and Oscietra caviar was the conversation dish of the evening - and we all wished that there was more; the penultimate dish, a grilled monkfish with celeriac and champagne sauce was filling although the fish was a bit overdone; and, after all that, I barely had room for the delightful fig tart and yoghurt ice cream (which I was happy to share).

My wife started with the excellent red prawn salad with heirloom radish. It was then followed by the hay-smoked Charolais beef tenderloin with Jerusalem artichoke. She also asked for the optional white truffle.

My guest had the duck foie gras terrine Mandarin with three-spice powder to start and it was served with apple puree and tiny green apples. The foie gras could have been cooked a tad more. Her main dish was the Averyron lamb rack with ricotta and Brussels sprout which was also overcooked.

The dinner was very good but could have...

• ℙ𝕖𝕥𝕣𝕦𝕤 - 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝔾𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕊𝕥𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕣𝕕 𝕠𝕗 ℂ𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕤𝕚𝕔 𝔽𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕔𝕙 ℂ𝕦𝕚𝕤𝕚𝕟𝕖 🏆🍽️🇫🇷•

Fine dining is always about the experience as much as the food. Dome-shaped ceiling, crystal chandeliers, elegant drapery - the fabulous dinning room is like an art piece, but it also comes with the unobstructed view across the harbour 🏙️

Despite the traditional and classic vibes that Petrus has, their food, however, shows a certain modernity. Went there for lunch on a weekend, food quality was average (probably because it’s lunch set?)🙈 But given the vibes and unbeatable service, it was an enjoyable dining experience afterall 😙🤩

𝙇𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝 𝙈𝙚𝙣𝙪 sᴛᴀʀᴛᴇʀs Tuna Loin 🐟 - 𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘦𝘯𝘢𝘥𝘦/ 𝘏𝘦𝘪𝘳𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘮 𝘛𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘰/ 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦 𝘝𝘪𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 Obsiblue Prawn 🦐 - 𝘞𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴/ 𝘓𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘯/ 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘯 ᴍᴀɪɴ ᴅɪsʜᴇs River Trout 🎣- 𝘈𝘶𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯/ 𝘊𝘭𝘶𝘣 𝘚𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘸𝘪𝘤𝘩/ 𝘠𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘰𝘸 𝘞𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘚𝘢𝘶𝘤𝘦 Boston Lobster 🦞 - 𝘍𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳/ 𝘡𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘪/ 𝘓𝘰𝘣𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘰𝘢𝘮

ᴅᴇssᴇʀᴛs 🌟 Lychee 🍧 - 𝘖𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘦𝘢/ 𝘙𝘢𝘴𝘣𝘦𝘳𝘳𝘺/ 𝘚𝘰𝘳𝘣𝘦𝘵

🌟 ᴍᴜsᴛ-ᴛʀʏ ᴅɪsʜᴇs

💌 Was slightly disappointed by the Boston lobster in terms of its texture, it was not as soft and tender as we expected, may be overcooked a bit 🥲 Meanwhile, we are all surprised by the lychee desserts, rich layers of textures and flavours explode in your month, was a delighting finish of the meal! 🫶🏼

📍: Petrus - Admiralty, HK 💰: HK$ 688/person (3 Courses) 🎖: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (4/5)

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