One of our offices is located very close to Le Bistro Winebeast so I swear that I have walked by this place a zillion times by now. But all along I have seen it as a wine store and never realize it doubles as a French bistro too.
And there's head chef Johan Ducroquet. I've heard he's working magic. It's also noteworthy that he has a solid resume having trained at a number of Michelin-starred restaurants in Paris (including le Chateaubriand) and worked extensively in France, Spain and South America before.
At lunch, they are offering their a la carte menu as well as a 4-course tasting menu at $448. An optional wine pairing is available for another $100. But we are having a 5-hour meeting in the next hour so the set lunch at $150 suits me just fine.
Everything started in a promising manner beginning with a silky smooth pumpkin soup. I like the modern twist of adding fresh squid and lemongrass cream to the equation to make the taste richer (6.5/10).
But the wheels began to fall off from here. The grilled mackerel with sautéed carrots and seasonal mushrooms was a little fishy and lacking flavors (3.5/10).
Almost equally uninspiring was the pork tenderloin with virtually the same supporting cast. The pork, which was about half-cooked, was desperately lacking some seasoning.
I was peeking over my shoulder to see if my neighbours' pork tenderloin were also as undercooked as mine but only to find that theirs were mostly well-cooked. So why such a big discrepancy there (3/10)?
There's a black coffee or lemon (or berry) green tea that came with the set.
Obviously disappointed as I was expecting something comparable to Serge et le phoque but that never happened.
Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$
Address: 15 McGregor Street, Wan Chai, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Wan Chai
Tel: +852 2479-6833
Website: www.wine-beast.com/le-bistro
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