The Mono Experience
📸The Mono Experience
📍 5/F, 18 On Lan Street, 5th Floor, Central, Hong Kong
🇵🇪Latin American Cuisine
💲~ HK$888++ (Lunch)
🏆 🌟Michelin Starred
#32 on Asia’s Best Restaurants
Mono is a 1 Michelin Starred LatAm restaurant situated along On Lan Street. The Venezuelan chef, Ricardo Chaneton ,serves a tasting menu that reinterprets LatAm cuisine while paying homage to his culinary roots.
The interior is relaxed and comfortable, featuring a large open kitchen with counter seats to watch the action, plus a spacious dining room.
We selected the Soul Lunch Menu as follows:
1️⃣Mexican purple corn infladita puff with:
Hokkaido amaebi
Cactus
Organic Taiwanese avocado
Habanero (to add spice)
2️⃣Peruvian causa limeña
(Peruvian dish for potato, similar to mash potato)
Yellow potato and purple potato - mixed, infused with mild chilli. White salad with seaweed & honey peas. A tweal made of potato displayed on the top.
Sauce is cream with nastersian oil (root vegetable from Andas Mountain.
Kalamata Olives / Smoked Sardines.
3️⃣Bolivian Kiwicha Sourdough
Aguilera 100% Arbequina Olive Oil
Sourdough is aged for 1285 days, period since the restaurant is opened. Crispy, moist and smell earthy.
4️⃣Frog legs which is locally sourced and pan seared slightly and marinated with Venezuelan adobo spices.
5️⃣Bottom Andean cereals stew made with bomba rice, kiwi chai and spells. Middle is suprito emulsion.
6️⃣Argentinian ribeye / sauce is Asado negro made from non refined brown sugar with beef jus. Green stuff are Argentinian chilli churi / Morcilla mushroom.
7️⃣Typical Argentina tea good for digestion
8️⃣Pineapple and coconut cloud / Flor de caña Nicaraguan 7 years old rum
9️⃣Dulces
Typical cookie from Argentina
Homemade chocolate Bom Bom
VERDICT:
Latin cuisine is full of mystery. Salad is served with veggie u have never seen like cactuses 🌵
You just cannot find this combination of Latin ingredient / French culinary preparation anywhere in HK.
Had a great time at Mono. Definitely amazing dining experience & great service.
OVERALL:
Food: 🌟🌟🌟
Aesthetic: 🌟🌟
Service: 🌟🌟
Value: 🌟🌟🌟
Must Try in Hong Kong:🌟🌟🌟
(Out of 5 Stars)