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2025-03-28
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Most Sundays I would go back home to have dinner with my parents, but this week as my mother is traveling, we decide to skip a week and dine outside instead, and picked this Italian restaurant located in Sheung Wan to explore.The décor has a familiar design, reminding me of Medora with its modern, comfortable vibe and casual ambience, while the use of mint green and brass on the windows looking out to the street somehow gets me to think of Jee. Just wonder whether they are using the same designe
Most Sundays I would go back home to have dinner with my parents, but this week as my mother is traveling, we decide to skip a week and dine outside instead, and picked this Italian restaurant located in Sheung Wan to explore.
The décor has a familiar design, reminding me of Medora with its modern, comfortable vibe and casual ambience, while the use of mint green and brass on the windows looking out to the street somehow gets me to think of Jee. Just wonder whether they are using the same designers.
We decide to go for the Tasting Menu ($538 each) and a bottle of Fillaboa Seleccion Finca Monte Alto 2021 ($660) from Rais Baixas, Spain. The Albarino has a nice ripe peach, with some citrus and apple, evolving to more toasty and minerality on the finish. A nice wine to go with seafood.
There are five starters to share. First to come is the Tuna Tartare, with the minced tuna seasoned with a lemon grapefruit mirin sauce, paired with some crispy rice crackers. The good acidity from the sauce makes this highly appetizing but the tuna is a bit bland in taste. Decent.
The second one is Iberico Ham 48 Months, with the ham placed on top of some freshly baked focaccia with rosemary. The ham is a bit dried up, and I believe it has been cut beforehand and left exposed for a while. The bread is good, and on its own it was already delicious. Decent overall.
The third one is Raw Oysters. On the menu it is supposed to be Egg Tonnato but was unavailable. I was disappointed because that was one of my favourite starters. Fortunately, the oysters are very fresh, and I also finish both as Ivy did not want to have raw ones.
The fourth one is Burrata Pugliese, which is my pick among the starters. The burrata is rich in taste, with the salad having some organic cherry tomatoes and curly endive, drizzled with some olive oil and pesto on top, with also baked hazelnuts to give nice nutty notes. Delicious.
The fifth and last starters is Padron Peppers. The Spanish green peppers are not spicy, but in fact has a slight sweetness on the taste. Deep-fried in olive oil, it is a nice complement with drinks, and I think it will be a great match with a chilled Sauvignon Blanc.
For the main course, we have chosen the Seafood Fideos ($160 supplement), which features two Spanish carabineros prawns. Mixing the miso from the prawn heads, the rich tomato sauce offers fantastic flavours, with the al dente short pasta absorbing the sauce to full extent. Amazing.
We have picked Tiramisu and Panna Cotta for desserts. The Tiramisu has the traditional recipe with the coffee-soaked ladyfinger at the bottom, followed by some mascarpone cheese in the middle, and topped with some Valrhona cocoa powder. Good taste and appropriate in sweetness.
The Panna Cotta combines the silky soft white chocolate pudding, with a pickled Amarena cherry. The chef has added some of the syrups of the cherry onto the pudding to provide additional flavours. Nicely done.
Service is good, with the staff friendly and attentive. The restaurant is fully occupied on the night, contrary to the current poor patronage we see in many restaurants. With the bill at $2,256 it will be much lower if we did not go for a bottle of wine. Looking at how this restaurant manages to balance quality, service and ambience, and price in such difficult time, perhaps it can give their peers a glimpse of the recipe for success.
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