Le Rêveur at Flower Market (Hong Kong, CHINA) ★★☆☆☆

After getting back from Beijing late last night, I slept in a bit in the morning before going to see how mom's doing at her home. But first thing first, it was time to grab a late lunch near Flower Market, just a stone's throw from her place.

Le Rêveur at Flower Market touted as a French café cum restaurant was a place that entered my radar screen right around the start of the pandemic. I read a lot of good things about its ambience and food but never had the chance to experience it personally. Almost three years later, I am finally here.

Garden green salad – I was debating between having the soup or salad but ended up taking the healthy route (since I had way too many roast duck and lamb last week). A little surprised with the way they served it up. It almost felt like that the leaves and tomatoes came straight out of the fridge.

New Zealand king salmon fillet, eggplant lentils salad, Turkish egg and Greek yogurt – The sous vide king salmon wasn't bad but they've got the cold salad with eggplant, lentils and rocket leaves which tasted as bland as the previous garden green. If I was the chef who was tasked with designing the menu here, I would make sure that there were varieties, even in the side dishes. Perhaps some grilled green beans and potatoes that came piping hot with the salmon? That would be a nice contrast to the stone cold garden green.



Parisian-style hot chocolate – I didn't bother to order dessert but did however have the Parisian hot chocolate.

I was given some warm milk to pour into the chocolate. This was fine but all that work didn't translate into a nice thick French-style hot chocolate like the one served in French cafés (Angelina?).

Expectation was high after I read all the raving reviews over the course of the past three years but I guess people just decided to give it very high marks simply because French cafés/restaurants were so rare to find near Flower Market.

Food Rating: 4.5/10

Price: $$$$

Address: Shop B, G/F, Welland Court, 244-246 Fa Yuen Street, Prince Edward, Hong Kong

Closest Metro Station: Prince Edward

Tel: +852 9881-4170

Opening Hours: 9:00am - 9:00pm (Sun - Tue, Thu), 9:00am - 10:00pm (Fri - Sat)