a la umai

'Sashimi Salad' is served in a small glass bowl. It is unexpectedly fresh. Together with vinegar & soy sauce, we like this first dish very much.

Australian Grain-fed Baby Lamb Rack (served with 3 sauces) is very juicy and tender. There is only a slight flavor of lamb special smell. You are receommended to order if you are lamb lover.

'Oyster & Assorted Mushrooms w/ Spaghetti' is also a lovely dish. The spaghetti is truly cooked to al dente texture. There are not more than 4 pieces of medium sized oyster. Overall quality can be further improved.

a la umai

25/F, Morecrown Comm. Bldg, 108 Electric Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong. (2 minutes walk from MTR Tin Hau Station Exit A2)

香港銅鑼灣電氣道108號冠貿商業大廈25樓

Tel: 22346628

Opening Hours: 1200-1430 & 1800-2330 Daily

Style: fusion, French & Japanese, Sake and wine

Average spending: $220

Date: April 2009

Website: www.alaumai.hk

Remarks: Overlooks breathtaking views of Victoria Harbour

a la umai is like a cool & beautiful girl stayed away from the crowd. It situates on the 25^th of a commercial building in Tin Hau. If we do not pay attention, it is easily skipped. a la umai is a small restaurant and can accommodate about 30 diners at the same time. There is a vip room serving about 10 persons.

a la umai is different. Manager and servers are courteous and professional. They know the time they should approach diners, and of course would not lead to disturbance. They will also not push us to order only the expensive dishes. What they want to get is to create word of month. It seems that we are dining in a mini restaurant in a 5 star hotel. Since there is no background music during our enjoyment of the meal, if the restaurant is full house or if there are disgusting diners nearby, the atmosphere may not be so pleasing.

We order 3 dishes only, sashimi salad, lamb rack and spaghetti. All of them are palatable and of good quality, but have not yet attained an impeccable level. We are looking forward to our next patron and trying other impeccable dishes, if any.

Service: 4/5

Price: 3.5/5

Food: 4/5

Environment: 3.5/5

Variety: 4/5

Hygiene: 4/5

Overall: 4/5