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A late visit to Domani ever since it's opening in 2008. would love to try out the food variety, so we have ordered the 7-Course Degustation Menu for August. It could be a wine-pairing menu too, but we chose to go with water for the night. Before dinner started, the waiter brought us our pre-dinner appetizer - Lime Mousse on toast I'm a fan of lemon-taste/ lime paste and the thin toast was just about right. Quite a surprise since I usually had the idea that Italian cuisine was heavier than the Fr
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A late visit to Domani ever since it's opening in 2008. would love to try out the food variety, so we have ordered the 7-Course Degustation Menu for August. It could be a wine-pairing menu too, but we chose to go with water for the night.

Before dinner started, the waiter brought us our pre-dinner appetizer - Lime Mousse on toast I'm a fan of lemon-taste/ lime paste and the thin toast was just about right. Quite a surprise since I usually had the idea that Italian cuisine was heavier than the French in terms of portion.

Gurnard carpaccio with raw scampi, pineapple, cucumber and raspberry powder
VERY nice, and very new approach to Italian cuisine. Rather than expecting a traditional beef carpaccio, the fish and shrimp were raw but seasoned with powder of raspberry and diced pineapple and cucumber. Left a strong impression to my tastebuds. I usually did not like pineapple and cucumber, but I finished the whole dish.

Tuna with eggplant, burrata cheese, basil foam and pinenuts
Did not post picture for this dish, because the presentation was rather messy with the basil foam. I was wondering how I should start eating, whether to have all the stuff in one bite or try to mix and match by myself. The basil foam was decent when served with tuna though.

Marche style seafood chowder, steamed and served in a traditional glass jar
One of the highlights of the dinner! The third course was brought onto the table and the waiter opened the lid of the jar. Right at this moment, tempting smell of the seafood was luring me into eating them all! There were clams, shrimp, mussel, some other seafood, and to my surprise! Mantis Shrimp! this seems like just a chinese-style seafood but it turned out to suit Italian dish really well
loved the broth inside too with diced tomatoes.

Paccheri pasta with fennel, mantis shrimp and varnelli liquor
Really liked how they cooked Italian food with Mantis Shrimp
the pasta was a bit too thick for my liking tho. It was still a new and nice fusion.

Potato ravioli stuffed with smoked scamorza cheese, truffle sauce and cabbage
Loved this ravioli! thinly wrapped all those ingredients all together, and the cheese was awesome! a nice background flavor for the cabbage. Not too heavy and would love to have more


Sea bass with roast sea snail and pork sauce, orange powder and milky potatoes
There were two main course and the first one was sea bass. The texture could be more tender and the sauce that seasoned the sea snails were a bit too heavy. I did appreciate the potatoes though. It was one of the few times that I really ate these side.

Suckling pig, spring onion, red chicory, anchovy sauce
Again, I thought suckling pig is a spanish/ portugese dish but I was wrong. This suckling pig at Domani was wonderful! Crispy skin with tender meat, and a lot of fat in between, the sauce was well-cooked that it did not cover the original taste of the pig. This dish is certainly on my recommended list.

Before dessert was served, we got a spoon of diced pineapple with white chocolate powder. To be honest, I dislike white chocolate, but awww I love this pre-dessert! The sour taste of diced pineapple blended completely with the sweetness of chocolate and gave a memorable taste that lingered in your tastebud for a little while. and got you prepared for desserts.

Lemon cake, pistachio crumble, lemon foam, watermelon foam, blood orange ice-cream
The reason why I didn't post picture of this dish was again the same. The presentation was pretty messy. I could not distinguish the 2 kinds of foam. Though I got to praise the other 3 components of this dessert. Lemon cake was great when you ate with the crumble, adding crunchiness to the cake and the ice-cream was divine. I'm a die-hard fan of orange ice-cream. Usually people only think of cakes when talking about italian desserts, blood orange ice-cream would be a good alternative when you are looking for something different and refreshing.

Among the petit fours, I fell in love with the coffee creme-brulee. Below the caramelized top layer, it was all creamy and tasted of strong coffee. too bad this was only a tiny cup


The overall dining experience was good. there were not a lot of tables that night. Though I believe the waiters could be more initiated to give an introduction to how the dishes were made instead of me asking them about it. I would still recommend this restaurant. Look forward to try some home made pasta next time, or see if there are any nice interesting fusion again
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以前的意大利文老師曾推薦此地, 故久已仰慕其名. 此次試了其brunch. 價錢約$348-$448, 視乎你叫甚麼主菜.水是不用另買礦泉水. 先奉上麵包, 有乾硬的grissini, 一款薄脆身的含蕃茄和橄欖的包, 及普通麵包兩款.頭盤自助, 凍肉有salami, prama ham, 辣肉腸, 一款熟火腿, 皆非特別出色, 竟沒有蜜瓜以佐餐. 另外頭盤不知為何有芝士粒, 如gorgonzola, parmesan等數款, 但沒有餅乾. 另外, 有吞拿魚醬豬肉(味道調校得挺好), 煙三文魚配蕃茄, 蕃茄配水牛芝士, 雞肉沙律, 海鮮沙律(不算傑出, 含薯仔粒不少), 生牛肉配以柑橘肉和醃洋薊(口味清新特別, 但我還是較愛配以火箭菜加芝士和沙律醬), 吞拿魚刺身配以芝士片和火箭菜, 燒蔬菜, 菇類沙律, 忌廉湯和雜菜湯(兩個湯味道皆偏淡), 香草煮蜆, 及迷迭香菇類煮豬肉等.主菜我叫了四重芝士薄餅, 因我從未試過! 新鮮出爐, 約12寸, 真的很薄, 香港少見. 而其皮真的很香脆, 就像意大利的薄餅一樣. 各款芝士都已溶掉, 混和在一起. 我只分辨出gorgonzola, 而且很膩,
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以前的意大利文老師曾推薦此地, 故久已仰慕其名. 此次試了其brunch. 價錢約$348-$448, 視乎你叫甚麼主菜.

水是不用另買礦泉水. 先奉上麵包, 有乾硬的grissini, 一款薄脆身的含蕃茄和橄欖的包, 及普通麵包兩款.

頭盤自助, 凍肉有salami, prama ham, 辣肉腸, 一款熟火腿, 皆非特別出色, 竟沒有蜜瓜以佐餐. 另外頭盤不知為何有芝士粒, 如gorgonzola, parmesan等數款, 但沒有餅乾. 另外, 有吞拿魚醬豬肉(味道調校得挺好), 煙三文魚配蕃茄, 蕃茄配水牛芝士, 雞肉沙律, 海鮮沙律(不算傑出, 含薯仔粒不少), 生牛肉配以柑橘肉和醃洋薊(口味清新特別, 但我還是較愛配以火箭菜加芝士和沙律醬), 吞拿魚刺身配以芝士片和火箭菜, 燒蔬菜, 菇類沙律, 忌廉湯和雜菜湯(兩個湯味道皆偏淡), 香草煮蜆, 及迷迭香菇類煮豬肉等.

主菜我叫了四重芝士薄餅, 因我從未試過! 新鮮出爐, 約12寸, 真的很薄, 香港少見. 而其皮真的很香脆, 就像意大利的薄餅一樣. 各款芝士都已溶掉, 混和在一起. 我只分辨出gorgonzola, 而且很膩, 卻也吃光光.

甜品自助, 試了tiramisu, 惜太濕, 其味道卻對辦, 酒味較濃. 又試了巧克力慕絲, 上有raspberry, 但太甜, 巧克力蛋糕亦太甜, 但含威化和榛子有咬勁. brownie亦太甜, 不配冰淇淋更顯其質地粗糙. 但其芒果布甸果味重, 不錯. 還有數款甜品由於賣相不佳, 沒試了. 最後奉上咖啡, 但其實我向來不好咖啡, 只覺得不算滑而焦味重了點.

客人不多, 服務一般, 例如沒有人問是否滿意食物, 也沒有人介紹brunch是如何吃法, 及菜單上各種食物. 位置比較難找, 環境不錯, 採光充足, 外望綠油油的花園和中環金鐘的大廈, 還設戶外的座位可供日光浴, 適合外國人口味. 可惜室內有蒼蠅和蚊子, 有礙觀瞻.
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We paid $200 for the drink package which includes sparkling, a white, a red, juice and bottled water. The appetizer selection included 3 types of cold cuts, soups, a cooked clam, salads. The selections were not that big but not bad. I enjoyed the appetizers much more than the mains, especially the clams, grilled vegetables and parma ham. For the main, I ordered fettuccini with ragu and my husband had the pizza. The pasta tasted liked something I could have made at home and the pizza was not
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We paid $200 for the drink package which includes sparkling, a white, a red, juice and bottled water.

The appetizer selection included 3 types of cold cuts, soups, a cooked clam, salads. The selections were not that big but not bad. I enjoyed the appetizers much more than the mains, especially the clams, grilled vegetables and parma ham. For the main, I ordered fettuccini with ragu and my husband had the pizza. The pasta tasted liked something I could have made at home and the pizza was not memorable at all.

The tiramisu was very good, had the proper bitter/sweet/alcohol balance. Think I'll come back for a coffee and dessert next time.

The table next to us had risotto and it looked like a plate of congee, the rice was too wet to be a risotto!

It was a nice and relaxing way to spend a Sunday afternoon but there was nothing special about the food.
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Overall, this is not a place for fine dinning, probably just a mediocre bistro at best. They do have great ambience, friendly service but lack of a good cook. Probably spent too much on decoration and interior designs but forgot what's important for a restaurant. The price is outrageously high for this food quality.
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Overall, this is not a place for fine dinning, probably just a mediocre bistro at best. They do have great ambience, friendly service but lack of a good cook. Probably spent too much on decoration and interior designs but forgot what's important for a restaurant. The price is outrageously high for this food quality.
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尤記得首次來是年前開業當日的大型Lunch,由總廚Uliassi Mauro統領下同時間處理過百人的餐宴,由餐前小吃墨魚Capriccio到自製的海鮮Gnocchi及帶著野味味道的烤焗乳鴿,近四百碟菜上菜速度井然有序而菜式質素亦令人滿意,在首試營運當日見得著如此水準,我說過會放下工作包袱認真一嚐的,言猶在耳,一年就這樣的過去了,直至這裡稍作翻新後才有機會真正一嚐。Lunch餐牌很簡單,沒刻意寫著Primo、Secondo,前菜也不作他想,要了店方拿手的海鮮沙律Insalata di Mare,首道澱粉質菜是著實令人頭痛,最後在海鮮長通粉及Home made Tagliolini中選了後者,是配燴肉醬汁。海鮮沙律,賣相是簡潔直接,魷魚細嫩觸鬚位保留著應有爽嫩有彈性。鮮製的Tagliolini,爽韌而帶粗糙咬口,醬汁花上長時間熬煮,肉的甜都跑出來了。Tagliata di Tonno,賣相與精緻前菜相比,吞拿魚置中,而左右兩邊分別是甘筍蓉及日式醬油汁及燴雜菜,感覺是大炒作。埋單$400,不平宜,但食物及配套認真,作為悠閒的意式午餐,我是滿意的。More snap-write@http://
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尤記得首次來是年前開業當日的大型Lunch,由總廚Uliassi Mauro統領下同時間處理過百人的餐宴,由餐前小吃墨魚Capriccio到自製的海鮮Gnocchi及帶著野味味道的烤焗乳鴿,近四百碟菜上菜速度井然有序而菜式質素亦令人滿意,在首試營運當日見得著如此水準,我說過會放下工作包袱認真一嚐的,言猶在耳,一年就這樣的過去了,直至這裡稍作翻新後才有機會真正一嚐。

Lunch餐牌很簡單,沒刻意寫著Primo、Secondo,前菜也不作他想,要了店方拿手的海鮮沙律Insalata di Mare,首道澱粉質菜是著實令人頭痛,最後在海鮮長通粉及Home made Tagliolini中選了後者,是配燴肉醬汁。

海鮮沙律,賣相是簡潔直接,魷魚細嫩觸鬚位保留著應有爽嫩有彈性。

鮮製的Tagliolini,爽韌而帶粗糙咬口,醬汁花上長時間熬煮,肉的甜都跑出來了。

Tagliata di Tonno,賣相與精緻前菜相比,吞拿魚置中,而左右兩邊分別是甘筍蓉及日式醬油汁及燴雜菜,感覺是大炒作。

埋單$400,不平宜,但食物及配套認真,作為悠閒的意式午餐,我是滿意的。

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Although many people already know the thin and biscuity-crispy Southern Italian pizzas as being unique to style, from my experience, many of the local 'thin' offerings are too wafer thin and overly hard-crispy to be classified as the real S.Italian deal sometimes. But what of the upper North-Eastern style Italian pizzas, as opposed to the Southern style or the Americanised Thick-Pan pizzas? To be honest, I wasn't tempted to come try out DOMANI'S full restaurant menu or their Degustazione despi
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Although many people already know the thin and biscuity-crispy Southern Italian pizzas as being unique to style, from my experience, many of the local 'thin' offerings are too wafer thin and overly hard-crispy to be classified as the real S.Italian deal sometimes. But what of the upper North-Eastern style Italian pizzas, as opposed to the Southern style or the Americanised Thick-Pan pizzas?


To be honest, I wasn't tempted to come try out DOMANI'S full restaurant menu or their Degustazione despite the Mauro Uliassi linkage - I couldn't care less if their original restaurant possess 10 Michelin Stars or year-on-year Gambero Rosso endorsement. Hong Kong is Hong Kong and from what I could see of the HK restaurant's offerings, they really didn't attract me to lay down a grand or two to try something I can visually judge as ho-hum and possibly replicate and cook for myself. However, expectations vs price is always a relative judgment and rather personal - if I think paying HKD1000+ for ordinary food is too much and possibly blasphemy, would I be happy to pay $150 for a medium sized Italian pizza served as an Early Bird Dinner at the Bar or the Terrace?

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ITALIAN COLD CUTS - $108
On the Bar Menu the platter is advertised to consist of San Daniele Ham, Culatello di Zibello, Salami and Mortadella - in real life it turned out slightly different. The Mortadella has been replaced by a Parma region Prosciutto, while the Culatello they serve didn't seem to be of the highest standards I've experienced numerous times - it was abnormally 'sour' and the lightish colour with a Girth a bit too narrow compared to the normal higher end Culatello size. The San Daniele was expectedly the sweeter, non-Negro version but it lacks the flavour depth one expects from this ham, which normally rivals and beats Jambon de Bayonne ham! The Parma Prosciutto was great but not the best of its kind I've tried. The Salami was also slightly sour for some reason and really narrow. (PHOTOS WERE LOST IN MY PHONE SOMEHOW
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PIZZA 'MICKEY B' - Around $150-160 from Memory
This Pizza dough base far exceeded my expectations, thinking about it now makes me saliva!
It was obviously proved for hours beforehand as it became slightly tenaciously 'chewy' at the edges as well as being bubbly and fluffy in texture - it was PERFECT! This is more of the North-Eastern Italian Pizza style in terms of pizza dough formula and execution, which is really elusive to find in Hong Kong!

Topping ingredients include Sausages, Zucchini, Mushrooms and Chili, topped with my favourite and aromatic sheep-milk Pecorino cheese as well as some stringy Mozzarella di Bufala. The ingredients might not be Top-End stuff but it was the pizza base and the cooking of it which highly impressed me - enhanced by the hint of heat in the background. This was easily the best pizza I've eaten so far....
SCORE: 4.8/5

WINES BY THE GLASS
Ordered 1 Glass of White-Green wine, a Verdicchio from Marche which suited the early night well with a smart, crisp balance and a lovely spring garden like bouquet, finishing with a bit of apple like acidity despite the darkish green/yellow hue. The House Red wasn't revealed but was likely un-oaked, mellow with ripe dark cherry undertones and a hint of spiciness and some instantly approachable, stalk like tannins. Possibly a Montepulciano? Both served their purposes for under $60/glass!

SCORE: 4.0/5


NOTE: This menu is only offered at the Terrace or the Bar from roughly around 5:30pm to 7:30pm, from what I can recall! The Pizza is a Must-Try.
Service is generally good but certain male, non-Italian staff-members do not know what the word 'smile' means and how much more pleasant it could make the customer feel, despite me visiting in the odd hours.
Italian chef and Female members were really friendly though!
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Came here for lunch few weeks ago because I read it had a Michelin Star chef.First impression of the restaurant was pretty good because the place is very spacious and well designed (i.e. good atmosphere).Then came the set lunch ($350 for 4 course); price didn't seem too bad for what I thought was going to be super high quality.The soup was cream of pea soup, now I must say it was very tasty, one of the better cream soup I've ever had, but the bowl was just so small - I'm not even sure if there w
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Came here for lunch few weeks ago because I read it had a Michelin Star chef.

First impression of the restaurant was pretty good because the place is very spacious and well designed (i.e. good atmosphere).

Then came the set lunch ($350 for 4 course); price didn't seem too bad for what I thought was going to be super high quality.

The soup was cream of pea soup, now I must say it was very tasty, one of the better cream soup I've ever had, but the bowl was just so small - I'm not even sure if there was more than 3~4 tablespoons worth of content.

The second one was a hand-made salmon pasta with basil sauce and pine nuts (if I recall correctly), taste was quite good, but the salmon was too salty - still, overall the quality of this pasta was high although again there was too little.

Next up was a Canadian pork cutlet - quantity wise this was good, and despite them using high quality pork, taste was rather disappointing. Don't get me wrong, its far from bad, but its not as good as most decent Japanese restaurants pork cutlet.

Last was the desert, a blueberry mousse, this was very nice.

Now the main reason I say this place is overpriced is that if you order a 2 course (say, soup and pasta, which my brother did), it is $250 but there is absolutely no way one can get full from it because of how small the two dishes are.

But service of this restaurant is really impressive in my opinion.

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My customer office is in Pacific Place, so I booked Domani for customer lunch. The environment is quite decent, I have a coner table hence it's quieter for business discussion. As we didn't plan for a long lunch hence we chose to do the set lunches. The food came very quickly - maybe a bit too quickly - as there is no breaks b/w appetizer & main course.........so we were too busy to feed ourselves than to talk. That still ok yet the worse part was - both of us didn't order dessert when ordering
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My customer office is in Pacific Place, so I booked Domani for customer lunch.

The environment is quite decent, I have a coner table hence it's quieter for business discussion.

As we didn't plan for a long lunch hence we chose to do the set lunches. The food came very quickly - maybe a bit too quickly - as there is no breaks b/w appetizer & main course.........so we were too busy to feed ourselves than to talk.

That still ok yet the worse part was - both of us didn't order dessert when ordering the set - but NONE of the staff were care enough to ask us if we want any dessert and/or coffee / tea when we finished our main. We waited for 10-15mins but still no one to come around........... finally we flagged over a waiter to order our coffees.

Food is not bad, so I'm rating ok. But for the level of servicing - I'll stick to the hotels' resturant for customers lunch in future!

PS - if anyone want to try Domani - go to lunch on weekday - at least u r not paying too much and won't feel bad with the low quality service!!
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Went there for dinner a few months ago because a Michelin Star Head Chef there. Honestly, it wasn’t a nice experience that we had… food quality wasn’t as great as we expected, especially the main dishes. Presentation wasn’t too nice as well, I found that it’s a bit too messy or having too much details, the chefs liked to use the fruit peels to decorate the dishes… and I found that it’s a bit strange. We tried the Scallops with Caviar, Scallops Capriccio, Parma Ham, Tomato Jelly with Prawns & Sca
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Went there for dinner a few months ago because a Michelin Star Head Chef there. Honestly, it wasn’t a nice experience that we had… food quality wasn’t as great as we expected, especially the main dishes. Presentation wasn’t too nice as well, I found that it’s a bit too messy or having too much details, the chefs liked to use the fruit peels to decorate the dishes… and I found that it’s a bit strange. We tried the Scallops with Caviar, Scallops Capriccio, Parma Ham, Tomato Jelly with Prawns & Scallops Salad, Lobster Pasta, Crawfish with Clams.

It's very funny that one of the Lobster Pasta came with a very strong fishy taste and my husband requested to exchange to the classic pasta in plain tomato sauce. Well, having a classic tasty pasta in tomato sauce is a MUST for every single Italian restaurant.... in fact it was a shock to all of us when the server displayed that tomato sauce pasta to my husband, it was like the ham and tomato sauce spaghetti which serves at the very local HK style cafes (Char Chia Tang). The presentation was horrible and the taste of it was really bad as well… my husband just a few bite and gave up. Sorry, I’m not over exaggerated but that’s exactly what we had experienced.


Service is fine and price wise wasn’t too expensive, we paid like $400 something per a person. However, for the food quality that they provided last time, not really worth the money and we ended up left somewhere else for desserts. So I’m not too sure if I will give a second try though.
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I've been longing to try this new restaurant at PP as the placed looked amazing from the magazines. The restaurant is very spacious especially with it's high ceiling, together with an outdoor seating area. Surprisingly the restaurant was not full when we arrived for lunch (or maybe people just started lunch really early). We ordered a 4 course set lunch which was around $550 including a glass of sparkling wine:Tomato jelly, scallops, prawns, sprouts, salad, fruit and black saltVery light dish wi
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I've been longing to try this new restaurant at PP as the placed looked amazing from the magazines. The restaurant is very spacious especially with it's high ceiling, together with an outdoor seating area. Surprisingly the restaurant was not full when we arrived for lunch (or maybe people just started lunch really early). We ordered a 4 course set lunch which was around $550 including a glass of sparkling wine:
Tomato jelly, scallops, prawns, sprouts, salad, fruit and black salt
Very light dish with very fresh ingredients.

Spagetti, boston lobster, cherry tomatoes, roasted pistachios
Very rich lobster flavour, as if a lobster bisque soup was reduced to make the spagetti sauce. Large chunks of lobster meat. Highly recommended!

Grain fed Australian beef tenderlion wrapped in 'guanciale' ham, red wine and garlic sauce, roast potatoes, 'taggiasche' olives, red bell peppers
A bit too salty (probably because of the 'guanciale' ham). The meat was tender but the dish is not amazing enough to follow from the last two dishes. I'd probably not order this again

Chocolate fondant with banana ice cream

Not the typical 心太軟 you get. Rich chocolate flavour which went well with the banana ice cream

Wine list - impressive selection of Italian wines. Not too pricey either although the waiters do not seem to know their wine list well.

The food they serve is not the typically dishes you find in the other Italian restaurants such as Nicholini's - the flavours appear to be more authentic i.e. an Italian cooking Italian food. The set lunch was really 抵. If you were to order the above from the a la carte menu, it'd probably cost more than $800. I think the main drawback about this restaurant is the level of service. The quality of service does not really match the prices on their menu. Much needed improvements required if they are to compete with the high-end fine dining restaurants.
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友人S的生日飯地點,說難又不是很難去找,但她很多地方也去過,想去一間大家也未去過的,而大家也有興趣的餐廳,似乎又不易找.靈機一觸:去過金鐘太古廣場的Domani未?上年尾才進駐金鐘的太古廣場,不在商場之內,而是在四樓的平台獨處一隅.店名的字體,同店名的本身,你說與Giorgio Armani有關係,我想也會有人信.天氣不算很佳的中午,沒有陽光空氣,坐擁在落地玻璃窗旁邊,雖然天氣麻麻,室外的光線射進室內,無須任何燈光之助力,四周的環境也一目了然.如果是風和日麗的白天,那就更加美.聽聞過此店的大廚,是份屬米芝蓮二星級,在這個人人也懂得說"星"的今天,自然特別多人追捧,如果你荷包夠實力的話.好像我這些"窮鬼",晚餐付不起,中午前來是最折衷的做法.就算是中午來,不叫散餐吃午餐,兩道菜$318,三道菜$348.四道菜$368.我倆不吃甜品也可.同樣要三道菜的午餐.全部兜亂來吃.意大利菜可以給我如此地放肆,不管拘謹的餐桌禮儀.在菜單上驚鴻一瞥,見到有一小行字,寫著主廚Mauro Uliassi,在這段日子出現.心想:有食神?又去想,區區三百多銀的午餐,殺雞又豈能用牛刀?每一道菜也有兩款可選,頭盤是
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友人S的生日飯地點,說難又不是很難去找,但她很多地方也去過,想去一間大家也未去過的,而大家也有興趣的餐廳,似乎又不易找.靈機一觸:去過金鐘太古廣場的Domani未?

上年尾才進駐金鐘的太古廣場,不在商場之內,而是在四樓的平台獨處一隅.店名的字體,同店名的本身,你說與Giorgio Armani有關係,我想也會有人信.

天氣不算很佳的中午,沒有陽光空氣,坐擁在落地玻璃窗旁邊,雖然天氣麻麻,室外的光線射進室內,無須任何燈光之助力,四周的環境也一目了然.如果是風和日麗的白天,那就更加美.聽聞過此店的大廚,是份屬米芝蓮二星級,在這個人人也懂得說"星"的今天,自然特別多人追捧,如果你荷包夠實力的話.好像我這些"窮鬼",晚餐付不起,中午前來是最折衷的做法.

就算是中午來,不叫散餐吃午餐,兩道菜$318,三道菜$348.四道菜$368.我倆不吃甜品也可.同樣要三道菜的午餐.全部兜亂來吃.意大利菜可以給我如此地放肆,不管拘謹的餐桌禮儀.在菜單上驚鴻一瞥,見到有一小行字,寫著主廚Mauro Uliassi,在這段日子出現.心想:有食神?又去想,區區三百多銀的午餐,殺雞又豈能用牛刀?

每一道菜也有兩款可選,頭盤是Homemade passatelli in chicken broth,同prawn.crushed potato,black truffle sauce.前者是意大利傳統之清湯,passatelli口感煙齦,湯底鮮甜而不濁.而黑松露汁大蝦薯茸賣相可觀,主角的大蝦爽甜,加了黑松露汁更將味道升華,去到下面的薯茸,與友人談到去澳門葡京酒店內,米芝蓮三星的盧布松的"神奇薯茸",說是很新奇,但神奇到不似吃著薯茸,相比這個下午在Domani吃到的,我更愛這個,有薯仔應有的質感,味道,才是吃薯茸的感覺.

二道是Ricotta cheese,trevisan radicchio agnolotti,butter,pigeon jus.與egg tagliatelle,mussels,clams,asparagus.前者的學名并不是Ravioli,但應是同一系,agnolotti內的芝士餡香濃,外皮煙齦有咬口,伴與同吃的鴿汁,頗為特別.接著的意大利蛋麵比之前的一道有更好的聲譽,麵條充滿蛋香,咬下去煙齦可口,其他材料如青口,蜆肉,甚至乎番茄,露荀,全部也是很新鮮.主菜是Grill rack of lamb與pan-seared garoupa fillet,羊架要五成熟,果然稱職,而羊袈的肉質嬌嫩可人,舌頭上味覺,遊走在燒烤的香氣,與羊肉的味道之間,令人神往,樂不思蜀.伴碟的椰菜,雜菌,同柏馬臣芝士,不甘綠葉,同樣可獨當一面.另一道的煎石班,肉質保持得宜,吃落細滑.伴碟的蜆肉也鮮嫩鮮甜,但另外的車厘茄,味道略嫌太搶.

沒有甜品作結尾,最後我倆在這個玻璃屋下,喝著冰凍的檸茶,享受著這個懶洋洋,但不沉溺的下午.說起,也有一種末世之浪漫感覺.假若在晚上時間,帶同自己欣賞的女生前來,當窗外的五光十色的景致,照著透光的玻璃屋的話,又會否出現一段星空下的奇蹟?

似乎,到時檯上的美酒佳餚,已不再重要,氣氛製造迷夢,之後........就要看自己的造化了.
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在香港找一間出色的意菜餐廳真不容易。 多年來,食神一直在訪尋。。。 如 Grissini、Isola、Aqua Roma、Angelini、Spasso等都各有不足之處。 數月前開業的 Domani 卻給食神重拾對意菜的期待。Domani 氣氛開揚, 採用開放式廚房, 但枱與枱之間卻稍嫌太近, 欠缺了一點 privacy。菜單有很多不同的選擇和配搭。 除了 tasting menu, a la carte 也有林林總總的肉類、海鮮、意粉,甚至有重新演繹的經典菜式。值得一讚的是他的脆porchetta包鵪鶉胸配巴馬芝士醬野米。 食神素來不太喜愛芝士, 但這個配搭跟口感實在意外地一流。其他菜式如地中海式龍蝦、 海鮮沙律蕃茄啫哩、 和牛面頰咖啡汁亦是水準之作。 總括食物、服務跟價錢都很稱心滿意, 食神一定會再來。
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在香港找一間出色的意菜餐廳真不容易。 多年來,食神一直在訪尋。。。 如 Grissini、Isola、Aqua Roma、Angelini、Spasso等都各有不足之處。 數月前開業的 Domani 卻給食神重拾對意菜的期待。

Domani 氣氛開揚, 採用開放式廚房, 但枱與枱之間卻稍嫌太近, 欠缺了一點 privacy。

菜單有很多不同的選擇和配搭。 除了 tasting menu, a la carte 也有林林總總的肉類、海鮮、意粉,甚至有重新演繹的經典菜式。

值得一讚的是他的脆porchetta包鵪鶉胸配巴馬芝士醬野米。 食神素來不太喜愛芝士, 但這個配搭跟口感實在意外地一流。其他菜式如地中海式龍蝦、 海鮮沙律蕃茄啫哩、 和牛面頰咖啡汁亦是水準之作。

總括食物、服務跟價錢都很稱心滿意, 食神一定會再來。
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Quail breast wrapped in crispy porchetta
  • 脆porchetta包鵪鶉胸配巴馬芝士醬野米
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2009-03-01 8 views
I went to Domani for dinner approx. 2 weeks ago and all of us ordered the degustation menu. The first two dishes we had were extremely delicious. One was made by squid and it is sliced like fettucini and the other one I cannot exactly remember, I think it was some scallops with fruits (pls correct me if I'm wrong).These 2 dishes were then followed by a seafood soup. It was served in a glass jar and the staff would then pour it onto a soup plate. The presentation of the soup was great but the
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I went to Domani for dinner approx. 2 weeks ago and all of us ordered the degustation menu.

The first two dishes we had were extremely delicious. One was made by squid and it is sliced like fettucini and the other one I cannot exactly remember, I think it was some scallops with fruits (pls correct me if I'm wrong).

These 2 dishes were then followed by a seafood soup. It was served in a glass jar and the staff would then pour it onto a soup plate. The presentation of the soup was great but the soup itself was very disappointing. All seafood inside the soup were rotten/badly cooked
. The texture of the prawn and I think Clayfish/Scampi were mashmellow like, signs of unfreshness. It would either be (1) the seafood were not fresh which I was reluctant to believe or (2) there were problems with the cooking method. We then informed the staff about it, they kindly changed the soup for us, but the same thing happened. They then provided us a pumpkin lobster instead and it was extremely delicious.

It was then followed by a steak and it was very yummy. We then each had a huge Chocolate and Coconut ice-cream dessert and they also provided us a special dish of apple tart I think.

The portions of the dishes were relatively big, hence I thought the price for degustation menu was reasonable. The staff were friendly. However, the tables were put quite closely together (basically I could hear convo from both sides of the table). With a price of almost HK$1,500 per head (incl. wine), it is not too unreasonable to expect a more spacious environment.

To conclude, I will go to Domani again for special occasion but the seafood soup was a No No and I'll simply order ala carte. I highly recommend the lobster pumpkin soup, the squid thingy & the scallop fruit dish.
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2009-02-20 18 views
14 Feb 2009 和亨亨在這裡吃了一頓情人節晚飯﹐其實之前看過雜誌一直想來試試看﹐結果亨亨surprisingly地book了這裡﹐真高興﹗ =D情人節只serve它們預設的menu﹐4個頭盤﹐2選一的主菜(Fish or Beef), desserts, coffee or tea. 一開始會有杯champagne混strawberry的物體﹐說真的﹐不知道是誰想出來﹐真的非常難喝﹐我看差不多每桌都沒怎樣喝﹐我情願他們serve一杯普通champagne放顆strawberry好了這餐飯真的有點失望﹐頭盤沒什麼特別﹐其中那個海鮮湯serve的時候叫作有些gimmick﹐用一個玻璃瓶載著﹐在你面前倒進碟子裡﹐ (其實我覺得很多餘﹐像亂倒出來﹐感覺沒很好啦)﹐而且湯不夠熱﹐味道還好﹐有一點鮮Service 還好﹐侍應都很親切﹐不過上菜時候就一般﹐不會跟你說這道菜的名字﹐也不會自動拿crack pepper來問你要不要﹐每次我都要自己叫他來﹐就差一點點啦主菜我和亨亨都點了牛﹐medium rare是剛剛好﹐不過牛味一般啦﹐是tender﹐不過一吃即忘的感覺﹐想回想起來也不行甜品是用c
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和亨亨在這裡吃了一頓情人節晚飯﹐其實之前看過雜誌一直想來試試看﹐結果亨亨surprisingly地book了這裡﹐真高興﹗ =D

情人節只serve它們預設的menu﹐4個頭盤﹐2選一的主菜(Fish or Beef), desserts, coffee or tea.

一開始會有杯champagne混strawberry的物體﹐說真的﹐不知道是誰想出來﹐真的非常難喝﹐我看差不多每桌都沒怎樣喝﹐我情願他們serve一杯普通champagne放顆strawberry好了

這餐飯真的有點失望﹐頭盤沒什麼特別﹐其中那個海鮮湯serve的時候叫作有些gimmick﹐用一個玻璃瓶載著﹐在你面前倒進碟子裡﹐ (其實我覺得很多餘﹐像亂倒出來﹐感覺沒很好啦)﹐而且湯不夠熱﹐味道還好﹐有一點鮮

Service 還好﹐侍應都很親切﹐不過上菜時候就一般﹐不會跟你說這道菜的名字﹐也不會自動拿crack pepper來問你要不要﹐每次我都要自己叫他來﹐就差一點點啦

主菜我和亨亨都點了牛﹐medium rare是剛剛好﹐不過牛味一般啦﹐是tender﹐不過一吃即忘的感覺﹐想回想起來也不行

甜品是用coffee做的ice cream跟mousse的東西﹐我不是big fan of coffee﹐都給亨亨吃了

總結地方不靜﹐open kichen (我喜歡)﹐ 裝修漂亮(celling 呈波浪形)﹐不過我都叫亨亨下次不要在正日吃了﹐因為不能自己在menu點喜歡的菜﹐被限死﹐它們當日的menu真的不太好吃﹐有點浪費﹐希望下次平日去會有驚喜
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Smoked pork loin, pear, cheese, salad thingy, not too bad
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not hot enough
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年廿九無訂檯, 自然會去食西餐, 睇完戲, 都唔知食咩, dan ryan又排晒隊, 行行下, 就入左呢間餐廳一入到去, receptionist笑容十足, 帶領我地o係窗邊坐底. 服務態度欣勤, 十分周到. order左幾碟野, 兩個人share, 食到好飽.Mozzarella cheese with cherry tomato 睇落簡單, 但精要係個準, 用百年既意大利醋所做成, 真係好好味.soup 唔記得左個名, 係雜豆湯, 有幾款唔同既豆, 另跟一小碟烘包粒, 食既時候, 先放到湯內, 唔會浸到淋晒, 十分之細心Ramp Rack 非常juice, 肉質嫩滑, 味道剛好, 連汁漿或者mustard都唔洗用. 配菜亦都唔失色, 有多種用料, 仲有烘脆左既parmason cheese Bread 微暖, 但外脆內軟, 一食就知新鮮, 仲會refill俾你, 其實入去齋食包都滿足. 最後, 叫左個Selection of Cheese 做甜品, 芝士呢樣野, 好講個人口味, 我個人就對件blue cheese極之欣賞.我地要求左餐廳經理推介左兩杯紅酒俾我地, 經理細心問我地鐘意
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年廿九無訂檯, 自然會去食西餐, 睇完戲, 都唔知食咩, dan ryan又排晒隊, 行行下, 就入左呢間餐廳

一入到去, receptionist笑容十足, 帶領我地o係窗邊坐底. 服務態度欣勤, 十分周到. order左幾碟野, 兩個人share, 食到好飽.

Mozzarella cheese with cherry tomato 睇落簡單, 但精要係個準, 用百年既意大利醋所做成, 真係好好味.

soup 唔記得左個名, 係雜豆湯, 有幾款唔同既豆, 另跟一小碟烘包粒, 食既時候, 先放到湯內, 唔會浸到淋晒, 十分之細心

Ramp Rack 非常juice, 肉質嫩滑, 味道剛好, 連汁漿或者mustard都唔洗用. 配菜亦都唔失色, 有多種用料, 仲有烘脆左既parmason cheese


Bread 微暖, 但外脆內軟, 一食就知新鮮, 仲會refill俾你, 其實入去齋食包都滿足.

最後, 叫左個Selection of Cheese 做甜品, 芝士呢樣野, 好講個人口味, 我個人就對件blue cheese極之欣賞.

我地要求左餐廳經理推介左兩杯紅酒俾我地, 經理細心問我地鐘意咩味道之後, 即刻推介左兩款酒俾我地, 仲非常之合乎我地心水, 除左專業, 仲有咩可以講!?
(The above review is the personal opinion of a user which does not represent OpenRice's point of view.)
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