22 Ships

A few years ago, I learnt about Jason Atherton from a cook book in the public library. His recipes are inspiring and I tried the cherry rice pudding.  He managed previously at Maze at Mayfair which is owned by Gordon Ramsay.  He then started his own venture. I don't know whey he opened restaurants in Hong Kong which is far from his own country. Top of my mind without searching the internet, he has got 22 Ships, Aberdeen Social and Ham and Sherry.

22 Ships is always crowded.  But on 30 June 2017, we passed by and could find a table to enjoy fabulous food as a lovely end of the first half of the year.

My colleagues Karis and Julia ordered cold beer. The presentation was in a metallic silver colour mug. They were impressed.  My choice was sangria.  It's velvet colour was gorgeous and appealing.

We were talking about our craziness of having alcohol in the afternoon which we still had to work hard after lunch. Oh, we are not Caucasians and neither work in a multinational company.  Luckily, the alcohol did not work hard on us.

We first had seafood paella with fava beans and crispy bacon.  Contrast to the normal serving in restaurants it was small.  Never mind!  It's vibrant and vivid colour and the fabulous taste won my applause.

Julia loved asparagus and it was featured on the blackboard hung on the wall.  Why not?  It was served with crispy toppings.  Nice!

Women's stomach is very elastic.  Karis had been talking of slimming for a long time. She ate very little normally. Especially when the food was not appealing, she left much on the plate or in the bowl. But this time, she finished very bit on the plate, even the fat of the suckling pig.

For our burger, we were offered to served 3 mini pieces.  It went with picked cucumber and avocado dip. A special twist!

Wanna eat there?  Wish you be lucky!  Reservation is not accepted.

22 Ship Street, Wanchai.
2555 0722