The Press Room - Fancy Ambiance

★★★★☆

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After reading Jason's review on The Press Room, it had been on my to try list for quite sometime but its only today that I went. The drive was originally for the frites, but I forgot to order it until I became full lol. Even so, I pretty much enjoyed my visit there and perhaps next time I could try it.

The Press Room is under the Press Room Group who also owns restaurants like The Pawn and The Classified. The Press Room is the first restaurant that the group founded, the idea behind the restaurant and the group name was from the fact that the location was once the offices of the Overseas Chinese Daily Newspaper back in the 1920s. I generally enjoy dinning in the restaurants of the Press Room Group, the nice and chilling ambiance is probably the main reason I love spending time there. It is always nice spending time in their restaurants with intimate friends and my loved one. (Remark: Please omit SML from the list though)

They have a really good deal on the two courses diner, so we each ordered one and added a salad on top.

Rare Peppered Beef Salad $98  (8/10)

Well balanced salad leaves (Palm Hearts & Watercress) with halved juicy cherry tomatoes and lightly spicy beef topped with shredded parmesan and truffle oil, which indeed was a lovable and appetising salad choice. Portion was generous to share between two. 

French Onion Soup (6/10)

French Onion Soup is no doubt my favourite, I can't resist ordering one if the restaurant has it. The cheese was nicely baked with a decent aroma and tasted the best at the rim where the cheese was crusty and strong. However the soup itself was flat,  so I didn't like it too much.

    

Duck Confit (8/10)

I think it's difficult to make nice duck as their meat is rougher in general. I had tried restaurants that messed up duck confit, but it's still one of my favourite dish.

There were two parts of the duck on the plate, offering two different textures. The duck breast on the right was tender, juicy and savoury, where as the duck leg on the left had a slightly rougher texture but very crispy skin. The wild berry jus was surprisingly overly salty, and hence ruined the spinach which was soaked in the sauce. The whole dish would be much better without the sauce. I enjoyed my duck confit in generally.

   

Slow Braised Lamb Shank ($239) (3/10)

The lamb shank was nicely presented, I bet the big chunk would immediately make a guy smile. I am a lamb lover but this lamb's taste was very strong in an unpleasant way.  The only thing nice on the plate was the buttered potato. My friend and I were hugely disappointed.

TO CONCLUDE

The food was fine in general, it is the ambiance that I like about this restaurant.  Just as I said at the beginning, I would definitely go back sometimes to try out their other dishes as well as the frites. :)

DISHES RECOMMENDED

- Rare Peppered Beef Salad

- Duck Confit 

The Press Room

108 Hollywood Road, Sheung Wan

☏ 2525-3444