December 28, 2012
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Double Eats @ Sunning Restaurant- Having family luncheons at the Sunning Restaurant was a weekend ritual during my childhood. This eatery is still quite popular among the locals here. The restaurant was originally part of a hotel which has long been demolished and relocating to Lee Theatre Plaza is very convenient indeed.From the restaurant promotion – “Since 1948, Sunning Restaurant has been providing excellent services & gourmet in HK. Our famous dishes including Baked Seafood Soup Puff, delicious Escargot with Mashed Potatoes, fruity taste of Stewed Ox-Tail marinated with wine and Baked Alaska dessert. Please don’t forget our freshly baked bread & our daily made secret recipe sauce. We surely hope every guest will have a memorable dining experience and will definitely bring joyful, sweet & warmth to everyone. Please come & try!”
Tonight, I’m having dinner with fellow Xangans @christao408 and @rudyhou. The restaurant entrance has an interesting decor…..
The menu…..
A good variety of bread…..
We like the sweet bread…..
Vegetable red borscht soup…..
Baked escargots on mashed potato, meat is quite tender and juicy…..
Pate served on toast…..
Rack of lamb, tonkatsu style, served with mint jelly…..
Sirloin steak, house special sauce…..
Souffle, lemon flavor…..
The texture is fluffy, served in a see-through container…..
Baked Alaska (oops, caught christao408′s arms in the background)…..
Lighting up the cake…..
A cross-sectional view of this fluffy dessert…..
On another day, getting treated for lunch…..
Sweet bread and mini-toast…..
Cream soup with shredded ham, beef, shark’s fin and vegetables…..
Kurobuta pork fillet…..
King prawns kilpatrick…..
So meaty…..
No dessert this time around, just end the meal with a glass of iced lemon tea…..
Eating at the Sunning Restaurant two days in a row caught me by surprise, but was a pleasant experience. I’m glad to try the king prawns which is now my favourite item in the menu. The prawns are so delicious that I finished most of the contents in the head portion. For diners craving for boutique style local cuisine, this restaurant should be on the “to try” list when visiting Hong Kong.
Sunning Restaurant | 16/FL, Lee Theatre Plaza, 99 Percival Street, Causeway Bay | 2890 2029 |
Comments (15)
I love that place…..especially the soup Cambidore(is that right?) and the beef stroganoff rice……
The dishes look so HK! hah
I love baked Alaska. I could go for a dish of king prawns now. Looks like you had a great time Gary.
wow what’s in the baked alaska?
@agmhkg - That soup is delicious, it’s Potage Campardore. Next time, I’ll try the beef stroganoff!
@CaKaLusa - That’s because I’m in Hong Kong! LOL
@ZSA_MD - I had a blast! Especially with Mr.C and R, never a dull moment!
@happyobligations - Inside the Alaska is some sort of cream, mixed with ice cream and fruit.
Was a fun restaurant. Thanks for taking us there. Nice to have some non-Chinese options for future visits.
i can’t stop thinking about those lamb with mint jelly. the best part of the meal. i’m glad i ordered that. who knew all those considered as HK old-style food.
@rudyhou - I’m glad you like the lamb dish, especially the mint jelly!
@christao408 - haha~~I was fretting if their dishes were okay. Glad that you guys liked the place, especially the Baked Alaska!
You forgot the people in your pics – lol. The food looks like a very nice change of pace. The lamb & the prawn dish is on my list of food to try if I’m ever in HKG.
@CurryPuffy - you kidding me? it brought me back to the years of boarding school in australia. aahh… nostalgia
@ElusiveWords - I’m glad you like the food, Matt. Mr.Chris has posted an entry about this too.