there are some restaurants i return to, over and over again, simply to eat the same dish. in fact, the dish is the reason i go back and when i make the reservation, it is exactly with the dish in mind that i make it. i should not admit it, but it's like that... so much that the staff eventually begins to recognise me and, with a laugh, they know exactly what i will be ordering....

pressroom serves those crazy french fries i could travels on foot miles and miles just for a taste of them. they are the best in the world i tell you. i don't know why, may be it's the taste (perfectly salty)? or the texture (firm, yet tender and crispy all at once)? or the fact they they are served straight in a narrow and cylindrical receptacle and in wax paper the way they do in paris??

in fact, when i go to pressroom, i feel like i am in paris, or in at a place that feels like my imagination of paris. better yet, i feel like i am back in montreal. home. that must be it. the homey feeling i get when i dine at pressroom.

the atmosphere, the dark wooden floor and furniture, the oyster & seafood bar at the door. the huge black board with the wine list and daily specials chalked on the wall, the authentic menu, simple yet complete with all the classic french dishes...

check it out and order the steak frites with an appetiser of 3 oysters from all over the world...

the pressroom: 108 hollywood road, sheung wan, hong kong, tel: +852 2525 3444