Common Room - Cold Food In Tiny Portion

Price: $$

Cravingness: ★★☆☆☆

My third and very last restaurant for the Dining City Restaurant Week was Common Room. I was not too sure at the beginning if the dinner menu worth a visit during the RW, but the menu did not look bad so my plan went on.

Common Room is located at the heart of Lan Kwai Fong, Central. With a light projection of its logo on the floor of Wo On Lane, you could probably guess Common Room is a pretty hip place to dine in. The furnishing at Common Room is rather rustic and woody, very lounge like and cool.

On the RW Menu, there were a few choices for each courses to choose from. Most of the item were on the normal a la carte menu.

They have a special Valentine's menu in Febuary, how cute!

Cocktails

Common Room is famous for its cocktail and it really did live up to its fame. The cocktails were delicious but are rather pricy ranging from HKD100 - HKD160 on the a la carte menu.

Flatbread - HKD88

The flatbread was served cold which was disappointing given that it was the first dish of the night. Taste wise it was not bad but the truffle was weak.

Chicken Liver & Foie Gras Pate - HKD138

After my first savouring of Chicken live Pate at Salon 10 (Link for my review on Salon 10), I fell in love. Common Room's pate was pretty nice too. The pate here was tangy with a silky and creamy texture. One downside is that they only served 5 thin slices of toast which was definitely not enough for the pate. However if you ask for more toast, they charge you HKD38! Meh...P.S. They don't even serve house bread.

Madison Lobster Roll - HKD158

Quite disappointingly this lobster roll is served cold as well. What's the point of serving a cold toasted bun? Anyway, the filling was nicely seasoned with paprika and lemon juice, and had chunks of lobster meat to chew on.

Portabello Mushroom & Foie Gras Sliders

Finally a hot dish was served tonight. The slider duo is a cute dish to serve for girls but a you-are-joking dish for the boys. The sliders were pretty much bite size. Both of the buns were nicely toasted and gave a crispy texture. The portobello mushroom was juicy and sweet. Originally I thought the foie gras burger only has a piece of foie gras for filling but there was actually a beef patty in it. The beef patty was juicy and tender but the foie gras was pretty bland in taste. All in all I don think the portion justify the price.

Molten Chocolate Cake

The molten chocolate cake was quite nice for dessert as it was not too sweet.  The chocolate lava was not too melted in the middle but had more a rich and creamy texture to it. 

Strawberry Panna Cotta

The panna cotta was very nice if the roe on top is removed as I did't think their texture compliments each other. The panna cotta was smooth and bouncy but I just wish there were more fruits.

My friends raved about this place but I am not sure if my dining experience was nice enough to even earn an overall 2 stars out of 5.

Rating
Food - ★★☆☆☆
Service - ★★☆☆
Ambience - ★★★★☆
Overall - ★★☆☆☆


COMMON ROOM

Address (E) 1/F, Wo On Building, 8-13 Wo On Lane, Central, Hong Kong
Address (C) 香港中環和安里8-13號和安樓1樓
☏ 2525 3599
Opening Hours: Mon - Fri: 12pm - 2.30pm, 6pm - late; Sat: 6pm - late; Closed on Sun
Reservation Available? Yes
Walk In Possible? Yes
Website: https://www.blogger.com/www.common-room.hk


Date of Dining: 24 Feb 2014
Bill Per Person (Dinner inc. alc) - HKD$400

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