Chef Olivier Elzer, whom you may know from L’Envol at The St Regis Hong Kong, has launched his own restaurant Clarence on the 25th floor of H Code. The restaurant is a huge space with over 6,000sq ft of space and four dining areas including the Raw & Wine Bar, a private black wine cellar ‘Sommelier Room’ for dedicated pairings, Main Dining Room, and The Lounge which has been designed as a relaxing spot overlooking Tai Kwun for cigars.
The contemporary French restaurant is helmed by his Elzer’s protegé, chef Simon So, and presents a creative menu that playfully celebrates French classics using Asian cooking methods. Owing to methods of charcoal grilling, steaming, and cooking on a teppan the restaurant is able to serve a much lighter version of French recipes. This includes their ‘Yakifrenchy’ category of dishes which, as you might have guessed, uses the Japanese kushiyaki methods of grilling food on skewers.
The restaurant presents ever-changing set menus, but for permanent items, peruse The Signature Menu (starts at $798 for a three-course) featuring Clarence’s most accomplished.