Sunday, January 28, 2007

Press Room

Restaurant: Press Room
Type: Western, with seafood and cheese focus
Location: 108 Hollywood Road Hong Kong, 2525-3454
Ambiance: 4/5
Food: 4/5
Service: 3.75/5
Expected damage: HKD 300 pp, with no drinks
Our Menu:
Soup: Blue crab bisque - a healthy serving, with a dollop of creme fraiche (I think). A tad bit on the salty side
Main: Fish & Chips - 4 Monkfish strips, with seasoned batter and thin-cut french fries. The batter was pretty good, not too thick, but it had a problem sticking to the fish. The total portion filled about 55% of my stomach.
Comments:
  • The interior of the restaurant feels like a Wall Street kind of feel, but not as exclusive as some places. It's a single large hall with dark wood flooring and walls.
  • They have a small area where they shuck oysters and prepare the other cold seafood, such as crabs. I noticed that their dungeoness crabs were taken out of vacuum-packed plastic wrapping. Not sure if that is good or bad, but it wasn't from a tank.
  • The cheese plates looked good, with four pretty good servings of cheese. They also have a huge blackboard listing the wines and cheeses of the day/week.
  • Service was fine for us, but looked like they had some issues to work out with other tables. For instance, they brought a cheese plate to a table sans crackers.

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