Plat du Jour

Exceptionally good bistro food. The best I’ve had in Hong Kong. An exceptional value as well. Highly recommended.

I went here for lunch, at a price range of around $ 200 for lunch I would expect a proper bread for starter but it quality is quite disappointing. I have ordered Tuna nocoise salad and their daily special Grilled swordfish.
For the salad, their presentation is average. Taste of tuna and salad dressing are blanded. I have also had a zip of their lobster bisque which is way better than their salad, smooth and flavorful.
Grilled swordfish is a disappointment, its way overcooked which made it «FLAKY» and dried. The goodside is they used tomato sauce sautée zucchini and squash which is very good but it doesnt go well with this particular fish. I rather they have a sauce and a creamy potato purée or some sort.
I had a bit of their pork chop from my friend, they used quality pork chop and cooked it to medium well done, its still juicy so I guess I have ordered the wrong dish.

Factoid: There are more white collared workers in Quarry Bay than anywhere in Hong Kong, even Central.
So let’s not underestimate the potential in Quarry Bay. Taking a $ 70/​15mins cab ride from Mid-​Levels to Quarry Bay, you’d find the best French cuisine for that amount of money.
It looks pretty small and cozy from the outside, but I only realized later than they have a lot of space behind the curtain. So don’t worry too much about reservation, you will have a good chance to get a table here without booking.
For less than $ 200 you can have a proper two courses meal and for ~$ 40 more you can have all three courses. The twist: some of the menu items need to pay extra. So if you go for the options that costs extra, you may still need to pay a good sum. Still, it’s probably within the range of below $ 400.
I got my foie gras and ribeye. Foie gras was fresh and not overly fatty/​oily. Ribeye was your usual ribeye, but the sauce made it better than average. Got a glass of pinot noir too, making it almost my «standard» dining meal anywhere I go.
The price and the comfortable environment definitely makes it worth the ride to Quarry Bay. Bonus point if you actually work in Quarry Bay too.

Tucked down a tightly packed New York looking road, this is a cozy little French Bistro that made me think I was back in West Village for dinner instead of Quarry Bay.
Came with a group, and shared as is the Hong Kong way. Really loved the enormous red cheese slicer that was used to shave our Grana Padano on the charcuterie platter, the stand outs of the evening were the gravadlax– lovely and smoky served simply with a bit of crème fraîche and toasted baguette as well as the most wonderfully cooked lamb chops that were perfectly seasoned. Other than the mutton at Bowrington Road’s Hot Food Centre this is probably the best lamb dish I’ve had in HK thus far. Full bar was there, but I only had wine.
To roundup: Great concept, awesome service and decent pricing scheme. I’m a fan!

Best meal I have had in 4 days in HK by far. The beef was excellent, everything was fresh and well prepared, the desert was fantastic. If I were staying here any longer I’d eat here every night.

A two course French dinner for under HKD200 a head? Impossiblé you say? Mai oui says I.
Plat du Jour is a friendly French restaurant in Island East, very handily located close to One Island East, Oxford House and the rest of the Tai Koo Place complex. It’s the ideal spot for a quick classy business lunch, but, this time, I went for dinner.
Apparently it’s the first stand-​alone restaurant owned by Swire properties, so it makes sense that it caters for a massive Swire complex full of bankers and consultants. You’d think that with this sort of target market the prices would be a tad inflated, but, this is post GFC (apparently) and I guess the theory is that these hard-​nosed types aren’t going to stand for ballooning client entertainment costs. I’m not complaining.
You’ve got all the white linen and candle lit ambiance of an expensive (and dare I say it — snooty) French restaurant without the equally snooty price tag, and the food at PdJ is still great.
They do an express lunch service — handy for those billing by the hour, but I’m talking dinner here. The evening menu features some very tasty looking starters, mains and desserts — which will set you each back HKD185 for two courses or HKD225 for three.
I went with the slow cooked pork chop with celeriac and green apple remoulade and toasted walnuts and crème brûlée with berry compote dessert — it was yummy! But I think I’ll try the light chocolate mousse next time, variety — spice of life and all that.