CappuccinoAddict

I'm glad to hear the positive feedback about The Ledbury! I wasn't able to get a reservation at Gordon Ramsay; one of these days I'll make it over there. It seems to require a lot of advance planning, since it's such a small restaurant.

The only place I've been to where they left the bottle in front of me was L'Atelier de Joel Robuchon in Tokyo. I did take the opportunity to examine the bottle, but I didn't self-pour, ha! Wonder what they would have said had I done that!

VivoPerLei

I have made a 10:00pm reservation at RGR and been seated at 8:00pm before. Maybe worth a shot? Just depends if someone leaves early. Petrus is also another great restaurant in the Ramsay empire

sig05

My sister and her husband were just at Ledbury a few weeks ago and echoed the same positive experience I had with my wife during our honeymoon. They said dinner was fantastic - we did the set lunch menu.

CappuccinoAddict

Wow, did they call you and ask if you wanted to come early? Or did you ask them?

VivoPerLei

I called them to check.

I also tried this at Ledbury and Le Gavroche and ended up with very late meals, so a bit of luck is involved

emma69

I was just wondering if anyone had tried dinner at Tin Lung Heen in Hong Kong (at the Ritz on the Kowloon side) I am thinking of dinner there when I am in town, and just wondered if anyone had any experiences to share?

diningdecadence

not been myself, but have read comments that suggest the yum cha is better than dinner

emma69

Thank you - I am not a huge dim sum fan, so the items on the dinner menu do appeal a bit more.

CappuccinoAddict

I'm late on reading the news that Michelin is coming to Bangkok. Any predictions for stars?

trueblu

Had lunch here with my family about 6 months ago: mixture of dim sum and other menu items.

I thought that the food and service were superb. The "western style" of e.g. bringing out dishes one at a time was a bit irritating and came across as pretentious. We didn't manage to snag a windowside table, but still had amazing views.

Overall, really enjoyed it, and for lunch, it was decent value.

tb

emma69

Thank you! Appreciate your views.

offerendum

We had Lunch at Le Petit Nice. The hotel/ restaurant is beautiful located with direct seaview.



The restaurant is bright, but not really fancy.



In fact it shows some wear and tear and is in need of a renovation.


Therefor the view from our table was great, even if it was such sunny that I had to eat with my sunglasses.


So so non-alcoholic cocktail:


We took the Lunch-menu which is priced with 100,00 € per person. That was what we got:



Nice start


Good bread with seaweed.




The oyster was very strong in taste, carpaccio was fine. My company didn´t like both and couldn´t even eat the oyster. Sad, but I doubled my experience....


A fresh tatar with an interesting smoked flavour – I liked it, my company not. So I ate 2....




This dish was one of the best tuna I ever had with a very nice and fresh sauce. Nevertheless it could have get some more attention in detail regarding presentation as you can see. As my company don´t really like raw fish I had 1 and a half.



A solid dish.

Desert


Over all a good one with fresh flavours, but not the greatest one of my life.
Funny was that it came with a beef jus on the side. I told them we don´t eat meat at the beginning. So they brought my company one without it, but obvious they couldn´t imagine that a male really don´t eat meat.

Post-desert

Interesting in a positive way! Wasn´t fishy by the way....

Petit fours


I liked the food, it was a enjoyable experience. Nevertheless I´m not sure if I would rate this place with 3 stars, it´s nearer on 2 stars in my eyes. The view on the sea is great, the restaurant itself could get some renovation. Service was attentive and professional. My company didn´t eat very much, as many dishes were raw and she found the kitchen too experimental.

exerda

Sushi Taro in DC for my birthday yesterday; had the kaiseki menu. It was quite nice, and deserving 1 star IMHO... but I actually like Kaz Sushi Bistro's sushi better (it's more creative and edgy; the Sushi Taro fare was super-fresh and with a great variety of fish, and was very well-done, but it was in the end "just" fish & rice). Worth the price and very good, anyway.

offerendum

The restaurant of chef Michel Kayser holds 2 Michelin-stars and I found the menu interesting.
When we arrived and the gate opened I found one of the most special ways I ever took to a restaurant:


After I parked the car we were greeted friendly and escorted to our table. The restaurant is furnished very nicely and on our table was a beautiful floral-decoration.


We were the first guests, but it filled up quickly. Soon I had to learn that at the table next to us sat at least one moron. He was speaking to his cell-phone for a while, not the best manners.
After we got some cocktails (fruit-juices) they brought us this nice selection:


As my company wasn´t too hungry we took the menu Nature Sublimée. The bigger menu must be shared by the whole table. Price for our menu was 82,00 € per person which is fair.
First we got bread and well-presented olive-oil:



Very good Amuse Bouche:


First course was “Floating island with truffles from Provence on Cevennes'boletus soup”

This was a great and memorable dish! I would eat it again every minute, as the taste was so good. I can´t praise it enough!

More bread....


The main-course was “« Tielle » from Sète, Lobster, squid and prawn tartlet,
Marinière sauce with Muscat from Château l’Ermitage


Also a good dish!

For desert I had “Confit "Frecinette" banana in a kalamansi juice, Tonka seeds meringue, Coconut sorbet and foam”.

Creative, very good – what else could you expect?

My company had “Chocolate lovers paradise cake“.

As she already had enough I got another half desert..... It was great, even if I liked my desert even more, but this is personal taste.

Petit fours:


I really enjoyed our meal, it was great food. At the way out Michel Kayser asked how we liked our meal and had a little chat. The 2-star rating is absolutely justified, I can only recommend the restaurant.

estnet

Wish I was there