Food marathon Part I

Instead of drowning myself in sorrow, I took a more positive approach to weather the day of getting a yr older. The celebration came down to meeting up with good friends, chatting for four hours straight over gourmet meals at fancy restaurants.

Friday night, we got ourselves a table at Zuma, renowned to be one of the best japanese fusion restaurants in the world. Located at Landmark, the place was surprisingly huge, with sushi bar, indoor and outdoor dining space. The crowd was predominantly caucasians, or chinese who only know english, all dressed up, and reminiscent of what you would expect to see in nyc, with people who seem to have plenty of money to splurge, know the way to enjoy life, come to the restaurant to see and to be seen.

The food overall was fine but not great. I was expecting much more sophisticated and innovative dishes than what I had that night. There's no doubt that they used the best ingredients that were available, the lobster sashimi was indeed very fresh and still retained the saltiness of the sea. The beef tartare was fresh to taste instead of greasy. The scallop was cooked perfectly without a bit of roughness. I guess my problem with the meal is that the dishes didn't surprise me at all...the presentation was very pretty, the ingredients were very fresh, but the flavors were very ordinary. My other problem is that the dishes were way too small and not value for money..a guy can walk out feeling hungry after spending hkd1000 per head...




A fashionable guy slightly gay looking walked in with four girls, all dressed in tight sparkling short dresses with plunging neckline, parked at a table in the open terrace. Normally I wouldn't pay too much attention or criticizing other diners, but that guy looked too much like a pimp and the girls looked like working girls. Well.. at least they should be the expensive ones to dine at Zuma.
Second dinner at Fish at Marriot. The weather was perfect with sea breeze, and the restaurant has very nice ambience with a swimming pool on the side. We had fried calamari, lobster and crab cake, spicy seafood pasta and char-grilled blue nose with fries on the side. Reminded me of the food in Tassi.

I LOVE the birthday cake from Joel Robuchon, which is a passionfruit with white chocolate cake. This is what I like to call a dreamy cake.

More food pictures to come...to be continued......