Opus Grill @ LKF Hotel
In recent years the LKF Hotel (Wyndham St one) has added more quality restaurants to their building. They also house Lily & Bloom, Gold by Harlan Goldstein and the more recently opened Hardrock Cafe. On the 7th floor sits Opus Grill, a steakhouse which also serves up other classics (think lobster risotto and pork ribs) with their own twist. However, tonight, we were determined to attack the possibly most expensive burger in town.
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| "bread basket" Both types (brown and raisin walnut) were warm and soft) |
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| "Opus Appetizer sampler" ($298) Fit for two, this sampler had (from the right) Jamón Ibérico Bruschetta, Cornflake Crusted Scallop, Prawn Cocktail and Foie Gras |
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| The prawns were huge and really fresh - the cocktail sauce on the side had a good balanced tang. |
sadly there was only a piece of scallop between us two - they cornflake crust was crunchy and the scallops perfectly cooked underneath.
Thin crispy baguette with diced tomato and 24-month aged ham with a drizzle of sweet balsamic. Probably my second favourite item next to the scallops!
The apple grapefruit jam on the bottom was way too bitter/sour for me but the foie gras was well-executed, soft inside and a slight crisp from the pan on the outside. My foie-gras loving fried E thought the foie gras was excellent and didn't mind the jam with it either. The ring it sits in is a sauternes reduction which gave it some sweetness to counteract its potentially rich texture.
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| pink grapefruit granita to cleanse our palates..... |
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| "Monopole Burger" ($350) The burger itself: toasted olive and rosemary bread, a 9-oz patty made from rib-eye and NY Strip and melted swiss and gruyere and crisp lettuce inside. On the side are the crunchiest onion rings and potato fries I've had in a while... |
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| cross-section of our burger We asked for medium but it was overcooked by a little. The beef was really lean indeed, perhaps a little too lean because it had a bite. However, unlike any other burger I've had, it was madly beefy in flavour and the 'minced' pieces were not like completely ground but you could see the tiny pieces of beef adhered together. We were warned by our waiter that we shouldn't expect a normal burger and we agreed. The onion rings definitely deserve a mention - they were brown and crisp on the outside, the onion on the inside extremely tender..... loved these onion rings!! The question then is.... was the burger worth its price tag? Sadly, no it wasn't. The elements were good quality but overall could not justify the $350 price. You can buy the Monopole patty raw for <$200 (see their website), get some decent bread to go with it and still have a good amount of change. After we conquered the burger we were way too stuffed to try any dessert, but promised to be back to sample some more... Food: ♥♥♥ - ♥♥♥♥1/2 Service: ♥♥ Price: $$$$$ 7th Floor, LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham St, Central, Hong Kong |
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