Overview
Restaurant Views: 1,845
Awards
- MICHELIN Guide
- OAD
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Asian Restaurants 2024, 36
- La Liste
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La Liste, #142
- Restaurant Ranking
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Restaurant Ranking 2023, #119
Chef
Chan Yan-tak
Cuisine
Cantonese
Foodle Reviews
This trip, i am most surprised of my meal at Lung King Heen. The consistency is crazy. Best pecking this trip & need seconds for that delicious bbq pork bolo bao with pine nuts.
(Yes I prefer LKH’s pecking than XRJ HK 😂🙏🏻)
Probably its been 5-6 years not go HK, LKH still one of my favorites!
One of the few restaurants that lived up to hype. Never mind they lost their 3rd Michelin star but the food here is definitely way above most Cantonese restaurants in HK, and, I would even daresay, Macau and Guangzhou.
Their dim sum was exactly of the quality I was taught by my shifu decades ago. The dumpling had the right proportion of wheat flour to potato flour; with the proper kneading. The transparency of skin (thickness) was textbook standard. And the tart pastry was superbly impressive.
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One of the few restaurants that lived up to hype. Never mind they lost their 3rd Michelin star but the food here is definitely way above most Cantonese restaurants in HK, and, I would even daresay, Macau and Guangzhou.
Their dim sum was exactly of the quality I was taught by my shifu decades ago. The dumpling had the right proportion of wheat flour to potato flour; with the proper kneading. The transparency of skin (thickness) was textbook standard. And the tart pastry was superbly impressive.
I often lament the loss of wok skills among Cantonese chefs because much food these days is sous-vide, braised, steamed, or, horrifyingly, reheated. Here though, frying skill was impressive in all the dishes—not so much wok hei, but the right amount of caramelisation via Maillard reaction between the ingredients and the high temperatures of the iron wok.
In honesty, I considered this meal a ‘refresher’ on the classic principles of Cantonese cooking.
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A nice and long lunch at this 3-star with bubbly
Full account of lunch is here: https://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2018/10/sweet-bubbles-for-lunch.html
Dim sum is always better than the other dishes at this so-called Michelin 3 star restaurant.
Full account of lunch is here: https://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2018/09/sweeping-menu-again.html
Lung King Heen has always been good but never great, catering more to tourists and people ticking off a list. Mom was visiting Hong Kong for the first time in years, so I took the parents out for an introduction.
As usual, the meal was decent but not really special the way a 3-star should be.
Full account of dinner is here:
http://www.diarygrowingboy.com/2017/10/meet-fockers-cantonese-fine-dining.html
First Chinese restaurant to receive three stars in the Guide Michelin. Excellent cooking.
So full marks on the glamour here, but what was a shame was that on arrival (admittedly a few minutes early, we were asked to wait outside in a rather curt manner by the rather bland, conference centre, like balcony – this was understandable (just) as we were there before 12:30pm, but to be kept waiting until 12:36pm without explanation – not good. Anyhow, after an unfortunate beginning, on entering and being placed, we were well looked after. Some great moments, but ultimately few in number... More
So full marks on the glamour here, but what was a shame was that on arrival (admittedly a few minutes early, we were asked to wait outside in a rather curt manner by the rather bland, conference centre, like balcony – this was understandable (just) as we were there before 12:30pm, but to be kept waiting until 12:36pm without explanation – not good. Anyhow, after an unfortunate beginning, on entering and being placed, we were well looked after. Some great moments, but ultimately few in number and ultimately is was a surprise after the meal that the restaurant had 3 Michlelin stars.
The pastries, oils and dim sum in particular were absolutely divine. We were aware from multiple reviews that these aspects and dim sum was their forte, and we were glad to have experienced. There are only so many ways in which these dishes can be above A-grade but there was no dispute as to how good they were. The pork cubes produced a moment of sheer happiness and are worthy of being acknowledged.
The pastries, oils and dim sum in particular were absolutely divine. We were aware from multiple reviews that these aspects and dim sum was their forte, and we were glad to have experienced. There are only so many ways in which these dishes can be above A-grade but there was no dispute as to how good they were. The pork cubes produced a moment of sheer happiness and are worthy of being acknowledged.
The lesser end of the scale however, was discovered during the rice, soup and desserts which I felt were completely bland and even the petits fours of jelly cubes seem to have virtually no flavour and were a huge disappointment. Chinese desserts would appear to be a refined taste and based on the Michelin starred Chinese desserts had, the traditional ones are simply not for me. I appreciate my tastes will be different to many, but the boring nature and bland, almost savoury overtones present within these traditional soup deserts simply do not excite or entice me. Therefore, as an experience, this was a pleasant one with a couple of very pleasing moments but nothing more and I struggled to see why this restaurant had been awarded 3 Michelin stars.
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Address
8 Finance St, Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Hours
Tuesday: 12:00 - 14:30; 18:00 - 21:00
Wednesday: 12:00 - 14:30; 18:00 - 21:00
Thursday: 12:00 - 14:30; 18:00 - 21:00
Friday: 12:00 - 14:30; 18:00 - 21:00
Saturday: 11:30 - 15:00; 18:00 - 21:00
Sunday: 11:30 - 15:00; 18:00 - 21:00
Phone
+852 3196 8888
Website
http://www.fourseasons.com/hongkong/dining/restaurants/lung_king_heen/