Eat like an official!

When I first heard of this restaurant, I really fell for it because the pronunciation is the same as the Government house 禮賓府 so I was a bit surprised that the public could go in for food.
Anyway, it turns out the name of the restaurant is 禮賓傅 which is still pronounced the same but the last word means Master.
Although the name is slightly different, it is still related to the ‘Government House’ because this place serves dishes that were served to officials at the ‘Government House’ because Chef Chung previously catered for government officials there.
Chef Chung has previously prepared dishes for world leaders such as President of PRC Xi Jinping, Premier of PRC Li Keqiang, Prime Minister of Russian Dmitry Medvedev, and former President of PRC Hu Jintao, former President of the United States George Bush and former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Margaret Thatcher.
Lai Bun Fu is themed with elements from colonial days with Chinese antiques and British bits and pieces.











I was really lucky to try their Saturday brunch, which is a 4-course brunch costing HK$368 which has dishes that were served to the government officials.
For a more luxurious experience, diners can choose Free-flowing Prosecco, Italian Bellavista NV Cuvee Brut priced at HK$518, or French Jacques Picard Brut Champagne at HK$618, and unlimited juices and soft drinks at HK$398.



The SATURDAY four course brunch includes three gourmet appetisers, main course, rice or noodles, and dessert.



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Among the three appetisers to choose from are Sesame Prawn Cutlets on Toast, Deep-fried Breaded Crab Claw, Sautéed Minced Pigeon with Lettuce Cup, Peking-style Roasted Chicken, Deep-fried Prawn Mousse Stuffed with Shunde Milk Chips, and Deep-fried or Steamed Egg White Dumpling with Fungus and Mushroom.



From the six above I liked the prawn toasts because you will be surprised to find a layer of foie gras in between!
My second favourite was the dumpling filled with diced mushrooms and fungus and another good one to choose is the minced pigeon.
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Soup (a la carte):

The soup that day was preserved vegetables with eel which had an interesting strong white pepper taste and it was the first time I have tasted eel soup.
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The main dish is a choice from the following:

Stir-fried Vegetarian Shark Fins with Shredded Abalone and Scrambled Egg,


Fresh Crabmeat Stir-fried with Egg White and Milk,


Deep-fried Crispy Angus Beef Brisket with Curry Sauce,


Scrambled Egg with Prawns,

Sautéed Spring Beans with Diced A4 Japanese Wagyu Beef,


Stir-fried Fish Maw Shallot (for an extra HK$90),


half portion of Sifu’s Crispy Chicken with 5 Flavour Condiments (for every 2 diners).



All the dishes above were damn good! So it would be hard to decide hence I suggest going with more people especially the chicken because the five sauces are modern and fruity with roselle, blueberry, red beancurd, green tea salt and lemon!
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For the main course it is a choice of Fried Rice or E-fu Noodles with Abalone Sauce.



Both were good but I preferred the rice because it was tastier and had quite a lot of ingredients in it.
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Lastly, brunch ended with dessert which was a light coconut sago that was not too sweet.

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As well as the brunch menu, the a la carte is also served.

At the end, we were given a lovely crystal filled pen which will go in my crystal filled pens collection!

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Lai Bun Fu 禮賓傅
5/F, 18 On Lan Street, Central

3/3rds = 1 = whole = 100%

Went to this market held by foodie and it was more popular than anticipated because you had to queue at the entrance to go in.

I was immediately captivated by 3/3rd which was just by the entrance selling salads and grilled cheese toasts.


It was now or never to try it because their restaurant is located in Aberdeen which is a place I would never go but saying that it is very tempting to go now that I have tried their salads.
Tallore is my favourite place for salads because their creativity is endless but the salads here are just as good especially their cooked dishes.
For cooked dishes I love the worldwide flavours they have such as:
Cajun, African beef, Gumbo, Burmese chicken, Brazilian chicken, Yucatan chicken, Moghul beef, saffron fish and more according to their FB.

Salads they had at the stall:

Roasted aubergine with saffron yoghurt


Sweet potato wedges


Peas & Beans with Mustard Seeds & Tarragon Salad


Wild Rice salad


As well as salads they have the grilled cheese toast made with a combo of comte, cheddar and raclette with onions!
I would of had that but I was full

For desserts they have pretty meringue mushrooms.


The name 3/3rd is interesting if you look at it from a maths point of view, it means 1.
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Peas & Beans with Mustard Seeds & Tarragon Salad:

This was amazing, I loved the vibrant green peas and there was so much going on in terms of flavour.
It tasted really exotic with an interesting spring onion and ginger taste even though it was not in the salad.
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Wild rice salad :
quinoa, basmati and wild rice, dried apricots, pomegranate seeds.

The rice was good too but it could have been softer because I loved the basmati grains and quinoa that was mixed in it.
The apricots and pomegranate seeds gave it a lovely sweet flavour.
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Unit 22D, Yally Industrial Building, 6 Yip Fat Street,

Wong Chuk Hang, Aberdeen
香港仔黃竹坑業發街6號益年工業大廈22樓D室
3462 2951

Bon steak et bon frites

I love steak frites and this is the only one in Hong Kong that serves the proper fries like the ones in France.

They do not take reservations so you have to get there early.


Steak frites is only HK$288 per head for a two course dinner.


There are so many desserts to choose from!

In the day it costs HK$288 per head for a three-course lunch including a green salad with walnuts, steak-frites and a dessert of the day.
There is a lighter single portion for spring-summer from Monday-Friday, priced at HK$168. Coffee or tea is also included – with ‘dessert of the day’ at an extra HK$30.

The decor here is matched to the style in Paris.





Here was what I had:
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Bread:

Started off with crispy warm bread with butter that melted when you applied it.
I saved some bread for dipping the famous green sauce.
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fresh green salad topped with delicious walnuts from Perigord:

A refreshing crisp salad which was smothered in Dijon mustard dressing and topped with walnuts from Perigord.
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Steak frites:
They will ask you how you want your steak and whether you want the sauce separate or on the beef.
I decided to have my beef rare and sauce separate.
When the steak arrives, they will serve the first half on your plate and the rest is kept warm and served when you're ready.

I tried the beef rare and medium rare, the rare gives a sweeter flavour but the medium rare is juicier with a strong beef aroma.


After tasting the beef on its own I dipped it generously in the famous green sauce which was divine.
The sauce is vegetarian so you can indulge on it without feeling guilty~



The traditional way of eating it is to add mustard to the green sauce to give it extra flare which brings out the beef flavour even more.
I am now going to rant about the fries because I have finally found proper FRENCH FRIES!!!
What I mean by this is freshly cut fries that are fried.
They had a natrual sweet taste with a slightly sticky texture and they were soft which is how they are meant to be.
Again, they were really delicious with mustard and dipping it in the sauce!~
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le Vacherin du Relais:


Finished with this pretty tower made of meringues, raspberry sorbet, vanilla icecream and cream!
The crispy sweet meringue and raspberry sorbet was just heaven.
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la Crème Brûlée:

This was another great dessert that was velvety and silky.
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I will be back soon for steak frites and I recommend the steak medium rare.
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Le Relais de l'Entrecôte
Garden East, 222 Queen’s Road East, Wan Chai