Eat Drink Hong Kong

5/F The Mira HK
118 Nathan Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2368 1111

36 Elgin Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 6151 0820

136 Tung Lo Wan Road
Tin Hau
Hong Kong
Tel 2895 0788

36 Staunton Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2104 9697

Fenwick Pier, 1 Lung King Street
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2559 5882

41-43 Elgin Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 3106 2526

26/F QRE Plaza
202 Queen’s Road East
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2575 8980

Shop 1B, Lippo Centre
89 Queensway
Admiralty
Hong Kong
Tel 2868 1711

G/F 33 Mosque Street
Mid-levels
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2530 4828

I was nursing a half glass of Kingfisher beer, gazing across the harbour towards Kowloon and gently chiding myself for having passed up the gulab jamun in Grand Marnier. A boat chugged by and a light breeze played with the leaves of the plants that decorate the Moghul Terrace at the Viceroy. Inside the tabla player was beating out the rhythm as the singer sang of her love; some things are universal. But not gulab jamun in Grand Marnier, I’ve only ever seen that on the menu at the Viceroy.

I seriously considered ordering a second dessert, for the sake of research I’ll have you know, but I wasn’t sure I had the space left to research it properly.

I’d arrived about ninety minutes earlier, beer, poppadoms and an intriguing menu had arrived shortly after. The Viceroy is, of course, best known for being an Indian restaurant but it also serves a range of middle eastern dishes and while I’d gone there for the Indian food it was very tempting indeed to mix and match.

The restaurant does offer a range of set dinners from both the Indian and middle eastern menus starting at $158 per person, there is also a special menu for kids.

The items on the middle eastern menu that particularly caught my attention were a kingfish shashlik, Moroccan herbed chicken and roasted prawns.

It was a tough choice but I eventually chose tandoori prawns ($138) for starters. Two huge ones that were firm and tasty, with onions and peppers. Another option had been salmon and cheese samosas ($68) but in the end I was delighted with my choice.

The breeze had stiffened a bit but not enough to worry me unduly. I ordered another Kingfisher and watched a crane barge lumber towards Causeway Bay. The next dishes to arrive were saag gosht ($98) and dubikiwale dum aloo ($68). The saag gosht is a mild dish with pieces of lamb cooked with ground spinach. The lamb was deliciously soft and tender.

The dubikiwale dum aloo consists of potatoes stuffed with paneer, which is an Indian type of cheese, and sultanas and bathed in a tomato and cream sauce. The dishes were a pleasing combination, the dry earthy flavours of the lamb and spinach contrasting well the sweetness of the sultanas and tomatoes. The dishes were mopped clean with nan bread, and I polished off my second kingfisher and ordered a third while I perused the dessert menu.

Now I’ve had gulab jamun many times before. It is the quintessential Indian dessert. I don’t remember ever having been to an Indian restaurant that didn’t have it on the menu though admittedly never in Grand Marnier. But I’d never had aam ki phirni before either. Aam ki phirni is a souffle of rice and milk blended with mangoes. I love mangoes. A decision had to be made and I went for the mango souffle. It was delicious, smooth, creamy, chilled to perfection and studded with cubes of fresh mango. It was a good decision.

I finnished the beer, paid my bill and left but that gulab jamun is going to be tugging at my conscience, I don’t think it will very long before I am back for seconds.

L G/F 83-85 Hollywood Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2857 7683

B14-16, G/F, 45 Tai Hong Street
Lei King Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 3101 1091

G/F 17 Elgin Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 3104 0800

The Village Shop
8 Wo On Lane
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2522 1398

G-01 Regal Hong Kong Hotel Plaza
68 Yee Wo Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2890 6648

G/F 15-19 Luard Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 3105 8990

1/F Metropark Hotel
148 Tung Lo Wan Road
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2600 1000

19 Irving Street
Causeway Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2576 5444

18 Blue Pool Road
Happy Valley
Hong Kong
Tel 2575 7730

3202 Harbour City
Canton Road
Tsim Sha Tsui
Kowloon
Tel 2956 2882

2/F The Repulse Bay
109 Repulse Bay Road
Repulse Bay
Hong Kong
Tel 2292  2822

G/F 13 Old Bailey Street
Central
Hong Kong

2/F Sun Hung Kai Center
30 Harbour Road
Wanchai
Tel 2827 9938

1/F 42-46 Gloucester Road
Wanchai
Hong Kong
Tel 2866 3277

Shop 1015, Level 1, IFC Mall
1 Harbour View Street
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 3188 0111

3/F Hilltop Plaza
49 Hollywood Road
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2201 4585

Ga1-3, Kwun Fung Mansion
Lei King Wan
Hong Kong
Tel 2885 3287

B1, Grand Tower Arcade
639 Nathan Road
Mongkok
Kowloon
Tel 2380 0705

G33-35 Olympian City 2
18 Hoi Ting Road
West Kowloon
Tel 2740 4751

B/F 38-44 D’Aguilar Street
Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2810 1510 / 2810 1276

G/F Ho Lee Commercial Building
17-19 Lan Kwai Fong
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2845 5577

G/F 49 Graham Street
Soho
Central
Hong Kong
Tel 2525 2624

The Peninsula Hotel
Salisbury Road
Tsimshatsui
Kowloon
Tel 2315 3166