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Roasted pigeon, artichokes, baby spinach & lemon chutney at On Dining |
On Dining* is the Upper Modern Bistro crew's second restaurant, a larger (2-storey) and slightly more upscale restaurant and bar in Central, in the same building as Arcane (which is also excellent).
I'd read a couple of times on my friend's blog
Diary of Growing Boy about ON's pigeon, so that's basically why we were here. Oh, that, and we were celebrating a birthday.
But more on the pigeon in a second, let's do this chronologically.
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Spicy beef & tuna tartare, Parmesan crisps |
Having recently had amazing
beef tartare with oyster creme, this beef + seafood combo was quick to get my attention. The textures were good - fine, chunky but not too much - and it had a nice cool temperature (I have a fear of overly cold tartare), although sometimes I had difficulty differentiating what was what. Is that a good thing?
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Roasted duck Apicius |
This duck for two was my parents' main course. The service was in two parts - the breasts were carved out first, then the duck was returned to be cooked further (since breasts cook more quickly) and the legs are brought out.
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Roasted pigeon, artichokes, baby spinach & lemon chutney |
The pigeon was the star of the show. You can choose full or half a bird - I went for half and it was just right. I love poultry, game birds in particular, so I've had a lot of pigeon in my time. This is, in recent memory, one of the best I've ever had. Perfect doneness - it was medium rare and well rested - and whatever sauce or glaze they put on it is just magical. Most of said magic was from the superbly well-managed caramelisation - it looks just a little darker than typical "golden brown", but it most certainly was not burnt.
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Solliès figs, black currant, saffron ice cream |
We had a few tiny warm chocolate cakes (excellent) from the bar menu for dessert - which they kindly comped us as we were celebrating a birthday, but we also ordered this simple dish of figs...
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Cheese platter |
... and of course cheese.
*Totally unrelated, and none of my beeswax, but whoever insisted on the name "ON" really needs to spend some time in 2015 using Google.
On Dining kitchen & lounge
29/F, 18 On Lan Street,
Central,
Hong Kong
+852 2174 8100
Lunch & dinner daily
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