SCMP Aug

The Principal is ideally placed for those financiers based in or around Pacific Place.

In the premises previously occupied by Italian favourite Cinecitta, this restaurant  - which is part of the Classified stable - is big on neo-Spanish cusine (gezpacho with berries, oil, caviar, tomato-sherry sorbet and Thai basil, or suckling pig with lemon puree, sauteed red endives and pomegrate jus). The tables are suitably spaced for a serious, chatty dinner, and the wine list is one of the most original in Hong Kong with rare offereings from countries such as Slovakia, Greece or Morocco. The ambience is classy and serious but entertaining here wil not break the bank - good to know at a time where even high-powered financiers fall victims to cost cuts and scrutiny from bean counters.