The interior was designed by one of the hottest names in the industry in award-winning Joyce Wang who was in charge of revamping AMMO and Hay Market. And yes this was very elegant especially under these dim lights.
Our first starter - cucumber and garlic ($55) in a watery chilli sauce wasn't as elegant as the decor though. This reminded me of a miserable dinner at Momofuku Daishō. Wasn't a very good dish we had here. A very poor start which was a little unexpected (3/10).
It was a little late for dim sum but agent-i insisted that we should try these signature crispy sugar coated BBQ Spanish Teruel pork buns ($60) and we were glad we did. Very lovely texture from the buns and the Spanish pork meat sauce provided quite a treat for us (6.5/10).
Why would we want sweet and sour pork ($180) here? Because we were craving for some! I was suspecting that they were using Iberico pork here but didn't check with our server on that. Anyways, this was pretty good. Love the flavors from the aged black vinegar and the dragon fruit balancing out the acidity nicely (6/10).
Pan fried South Australian scallops and minced prawns ($320) - for the price they were charging, we were expecting a lot more from this pan fried scallop and minced prawn. Very bland and couldn't really taste the flavors from the scallops and prawns. A very disappointing dish (3.5/10).
Wok fried kale, dried shrimp, minced pork and shrimp paste ($140) - very decent but nothing to write home about (5/10).
Here came the best dish out of the night - fried glutinous rice with preserved sausage and dried shrimp ($180). The portion was pretty good. Love the fact that there's not too much oil in it and it's full of preserved sausage, mushrooms and dried shrimp. The texture was perfect too. Yum (8/10).
Just got room for one dessert and we ended up having something less traditional Chinese - green tea coated chocolate mousse ($60). This was very neat. The green tea coating was very thin and it felt as if I was having a cookie with a soft chocolate filling (7/10).
While we were pulling out, we walked right past this counter where the chefs were preparing their Peking ducks. They were looking pretty juicy so it's fair to say, I will definitely try to lay my hands on one of them next time I visit.
I thought the food was reasonably good although there were two dishes that didn't work out for us. A glass of red wine and the bill added up to $1200 for two and we didn't even have seafood or abalone. That's pretty steep.
Food Rating: 5/10
Price: $$$$
Address: Standard Chartered Building, 4-4a Des Voeux Road, Central, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Central
Tel: +852 2885-8688
Website: www.mott32.com
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