Mark's Restaurant

Frommer's Review

This restaurant, in the prestigious Mandarin Oriental, is appropriately elegant with an impeccably trained staff. If you come here, don't ask to meet a chef named Mark (the place was named after the owner's son), and expect different venues at lunch and dinner. Lunch is served in a small, cozy enclave off the lobby, Mark's Corner, and is usually limited to a fixed-price menu favored by businesspeople. Dinners are swankier and more elaborate; they're served one floor above street level in a formal dining room that overlooks a monumental staircase and the lobby below. On Sunday and Monday nights only, the formal dining room is closed, and dinner is in the relatively informal lobby level setting of Mark's Corner. Menu items change monthly and depend on the inspiration of the chef. Many dishes are somewhat experimental but still succeed beautifully. Examples include kohlrabi soup with strips of ham, guinea fowl in mustard sauce with herbs, wild salmon with red and green lentils, halibut with fennel sauce, and a ragout of fish in puff pastry with balsamic vinegar and herbs.

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