December 10, 2009
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A night at the HKJC
Havn’t been to the Hong Kong Jockey Club House at Happy Valley for a long time, I eventually had a dinner there 2 weeks ago to show my support to my girl friend who had a Belly Dance show there with her tutor and dance mates..
The Dinner show took place a the Charter Ball Room, with the normal cocktail service at the door and dinner eventually started at around 1930.
Frankly after all these years I have never found their food good, just very average, of course if you have friends or relatives who are the members of the club and ask you to go , there is absolutely no harm since they have paid their membership fee anyway.
There were 2 Menu selections for the evening however have to be pre reserved before that evening….therefore no last minute changes…
Prawn, asparagus and red bell pepper terrine or Tri-colour melons, buffalo mozzarella, mesclun mix and raspberry vinegar dressing
Clear Ox tail soup with smoked tomatos Madeira and thyme or curry cauliflower and roasted cumin soup with home made scallop tortellini
Pan seared chix breast with pumpkin sauce or Pan fried French red mullet fillets on braised fennel and asparagus compote dil parisienne potatoes and saffron sauce
The 2 main courses were the disappointment of the night….both were dry, and so dry that even worst than the food being reheated in the aircraft……what a pity!!
Passion fruit pavlova with tropical fruit coconut ice cream and Bacardi anglaise or Iced chocolate parfait timbale grand marnier sauce and berries
Pralines
Comments (3)
I love the dessert plates! And yes, I agree with you about the food. The membership rules are strict too, such as no cell phones allowed inside a couple of their restaurants. Plus the dress code as well!
But how was the belly dance show?
@CurryPuffy - oh yes their rules are quite pretentious….
@christao408 - the belly dance was good it’s a hard work of 4 years learning, but I promised not to post the pic too bad…