Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong｜House of Joy

Another hidden restaurant in the Jeo Tsung I Academy. It's a French restaurant situated in a revitalized old brick structure, at a very reasonable price. The lunch sets price at $1xx, with almost 10 main dishes variations. You can enjoy the $10 an oyster 🦪 (max. 6 pcs for each lunch set). The 🦪 are creamy and fu of sea water flavor. Quite good. For the mains I would recommend the lamb rack and the confit duck leg. The extra order of dessert is so so. You can save the extra $68. But the complimentary coffee ☕ is good.

Not an easy restaurant to find if you’re not a local. Being a meifoo resident for several years, we’ve been to Jao Tsung-I academy for a walk many times. But this was my first time dining here. We ordered the deluxe lunch set $498 and the Australian blue mussels were nicely cooked. The octopus was great, not over cooked at all and right to the spot. The barley rice underneath was well flavoured and al dente that really suits our personal taste. Normal lunch set costs around $88 to $178. We ordered spaghetti with sous vide chicken breast & mushroom cream sauce. The chicken breast was tender and the spaghetti was nicely cooked. Would love to come again next time.

Visited this French bistro after a long hike and I have ordered a mussel as starter and a duck confit as main course. Both were very well made with fresh ingredients. The portion was generous and I could barely finished them. They also offered a set menu but I gave it a pass as the a la carte seemed more interesting. For wine lovers, the corkage is only 150 a bottle !