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約了友人在九如坊吃飯替她慶生，可是整天在外沒時間弄生日蛋糕，所以便打算買一個現成的。在置地廣場逛了好一會，也到過文華一趟，但可能因為是平日的八時多，為時已晚，剩下蛋糕選擇不多且沒合心的。想到Ms B又關了門，本來就打算放棄。怎料途經L place，想起了友人想過吃Brunch的Mano，便走進去瞧瞧。一問之下，餐廳表示大概十分鐘便可給我準備好一個Carrot Cake($220)，我便立刻買了一個。拿出來方知蛋糕比想像的大，足六至八人分享。兩層Carrot Cake配上忌廉，外頭圍了一圈合桃，上面放了些水果和脆脆片，樣子比預計的優雅漂亮。蛋糕自身濕潤綿密，各種香料跟甘筍味道平衡合拍，不用多花心思在層次組合上食味已挺討好。忌廉不是特別幼滑，但能清晰看到點點雲呢嗱籽，味道頗香。雖沒生日牌但問餐廳拿了蠟燭，一樣氣氛十足。看著吃著覺得好像少了點東西，回家看照片才知原來沒了單件裝上的小兔子，不過是不影響食味的啦！等待蛋糕時餐廳也讓我坐到Bar檯位置等候，依餅櫃看來除了Carrot Cake，餐廳還有其他口味的Whole Cake，要是大家會在L Place或附近慶祝生日，不妨考慮一下在Mano訂

Having had lunch at The L Place twice this week, I passed by Mano both times as it was located on the ground floor and felt intrigued by the casual cafe. I finally stopped by to get coffee after finishing lunch upstairs the second time. It looked like it was part coffee shop and part bistro with a pastry counter and a vast dining area. The pastries looked pretty good but too bad I was full from lunch.Once I saw that they had a Synesso expresso machine, I knew that the coffee can't be that bad!Wh

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A bit of mindless wandering brought me here.We were initially headed to Linguini Fini, a favorite walk-in restaurant of mine for when I have no bookings elsewhere; only to find it replaced with Mano which I later found has been there for quite some time now.We were told the dinner menu was a new addition as it was focused on doing brunch sets on launch. Their website says their cuisine is Modern European with characteristics of the Mediterranean. I think their cuisine is just delicious.Their pre

秋意正濃之十一月天，走在街上天氣總帶着涼意沒帶一絲汗水，我是多麼想跟陽光玩遊戲哦 ．．．約會朋友等待小週末的放工後，去試我期待已久之Mano餐廳正正位於The L. Place地面，很易找上簡約而舒適之設計，感受着放慢步伐的優悠時光 餐牌上沒有套餐之供應，唯有散叫、當然這樣看來較為昂貴一點但週末嘛，就樣自己沒那麼清醒好了．．． 各人各自要上喜歡的咖啡友人的cappuccino$42.心心咖啡，很是漂亮、但自己就未為嚐味而自己的Flat white$42.就確實不錯濃度高而不太於苦澀，70/30之比例濃中又帶點微奶香，就是個人喜愛．． 一個煎得恰好，火路僅熟之三文魚扒終告上場$118.三文魚肉身最怕煎封過熟，肉質變老時、口感當然不佳這份切開肉質僅熟、吃出味美之三文魚外，配以薯蓉及法式豆角薯蓉帶有澱粉質，在沒有麵飯之配搭下 來得不錯給予女士們，一人份量來得剛好、男士還是可選上他們出品之burgerWoo..看上鄰枱實物，我和朋友也感暗角嘩然、因為真是很大份量 至於這一份用上慢煮slow cooked的有機雞肉$148.更令我一改西人對煮白肉的認知，切開之雞肉雖然一點肥膏也沒有但入

續上篇。一餐完美的飯總不能沒有甜點作結尾吧！在肚皮快要被掙破的時候，喜愛甜點的MissJans在櫥窗裡點了三款（真忍手！）法式雜莓塔 Berry Tart $48+10%相信大部份女生都不能抗拒這個甜點吧！草莓和紅桑子每顆都排得整整齊齊，鮮艷欲滴，紅得發亮誘人，上面還調皮地撒上了幾塊杏仁片呢！莓果之後是簡單的一層厚厚吉士醬，再來就是牛油撻皮，可它的質感較硬實和厚，切的時候要用一點力才行。吃下去，每顆莓果都甜美多汁，而吉士醬不會太甜膩，配上莓果吃，口感滑順但味道不算很特別，反而是在嘴巴裡爆發的香氣很迷人！撻皮入口時雖然有點硬，但咬開後還蠻酥，牛油味不太重，整體吃起來是不錯的清新，但整個的驚豔度不足。吃過清新的草莓塔，「重口味」的時間到了哈哈！朱古力馬卡龍 Chocolate Macaroon $15＋10%馬卡龍是MissJans最近很愛的一個甜點，可是我很怕吃到超甜膩，或是乾乾的那種。這個馬卡龍在質感上跟Lauduree, Pierre Hermes那種「外酥脆內軟帶韌性」不同，我會形容它為另外一種的馬卡龍。它的外皮只是微酥，帶一點點的濕潤煙韌，水準不算很高，但內陷是非常的飽滿和好吃！

MissJans一直對灣仔的歐陸式咖啡小店Passion有個特別的情意結。暑假在instagram得知性質類似Passion一樣的MANO將會在the L Place地下開業，心裡既期待又興奮。開業後奈何地點不就腳，一直遲遲未有機會探訪。上個星期天剛好是和野獸的紀念日，野獸特意在這裡訂了位去吃brunch，終於能夠一嚐它的美味。充滿歐陸風的Mano是有點意外地由兩個韓國人，而不是香港人或是西方的外國人所設立的，主打簡單的歐陸菜色以及西式麵包，甜點。餐廳邀了曾在帝苑酒店工作的大廚，也很重視食材的來源，新鮮度，以確保菜色的品質以及客人的健康，這份執著實在值得欣賞！中午十二點到達，人不算多，入座率約四五成。甫進店裡就已經被一種濃濃的歐風所包圍，讓人感覺置身於紐約街頭！店裡的裝修以木質為主，傢俱擺設等就滲入了黑色鋼條，配上黑灰色的吊燈，營造出簡樸得來又不失時尚型格的環境。加上店裡空間感十足，在微微柔柔的黃光下，是一個可以讓繁忙的都市人放鬆心情，放慢腳步，為自己叉叉電的地方。(右下)店裡用了來自美國公司Taza的朱古力，為有機朱古力豆，配合店裡優質食材的原則！坐下不久，侍應就送上餐牌。餐牌只有一

My wife and I were there for lunch today. We were almost the first table there before 12noon. People there were friendly and seated us rightaway. The place is new, clean and seats are relatively comfortable, but seating space between tables in the middle aisle section is a little tight, so don't expect any privacy. Both the front servicing/bar counter and the kitchen are really clean, and the toilet is also very spacious and clean.We placed our orders around 12:00PM, nothing fancy, just salad an

星期天當然不能不去吃個豐富的brunch，知道中環最近開了一間走歐陸風的餐廳，便跟家人一齊去試試。Penne pasta with creamy pesto sauce ($108)通粉煮到al dente, 香草醬掛在每一條彈牙的通粉上，羅勒味香濃，份量剛好。Pan fried salmon with rocket salad ($128)三文魚有點煎得過乾，魚肉不滑之餘，皮也不脆。最不高興的是放在魚下的火箭菜，吸盡了魚油。魚油跟rocket絕對不是好朋友。Welsh rarebit on sourdough ($88)Poached egg 配上已溶化的chard，菠菜和sourdough toast，把所有塞入口中，鹹香好味。Carrot cake ($35)賣相超超超超超可愛的carrot cake,它的造型解釋了一切。兔子和他的蘿蔔都是用糖霜做的，我完全不捨得吃！ cream cheese厚薄酸甜度適中，蛋糕鬆軟油潤，有一絲絲紅蘿蔔和飽滿的提子乾；賣相味道都值得一讚！本來吃得很飽，但看到鄰桌的pancake又忍不住點了一份。Pancake assiette ($78)Panc

上星期，老闆的有位好朋友找他，這位 uncle 最喜歡跟我們的清潔阿組談論股票！   閒談中，他告訴我們經過中環皇后大道中警署附近，見到有間 M 字頭的餐廳新開張！   還有好多攝影師影相，可能是名人開設！   恰巧那天晚上，見到電視節目訪問剛剛開設新餐廳的名人劉嘉玲小姐！自然令我想到這間餐廳會否是劉嘉玲小姐開設呢？那麼，找天放工去看看吧！ 有天放工，我由中遠大廈，沿著中環皇后大道中行，經過 The L. Place，見到有間 M 字頭的餐廳 Mano！   相信 uncle 應該講這間餐廳嘞！ 巧遇曾在上環另一間咖啡店任職的 BBC 女店員！  她原來認得我！還熱情地由 Bakery corner 走出來招呼我！  我好奇問她是否名人開設？她回答我，這間歐陸餐廳，老闆是韓國人！ 他們坐在店中，親力親為視察餐廳情況。店內鎢絲燈帶出簡約歐陸風格！木桌子配合皮梳化倍感悠閒舒適！另有好像學校課室見到的木椅子！播放著輕快的音樂，令人輕鬆寫意！ 中秋節那天，難得 4:00 放工！  中午跟公司飲茶做節時，專登食不多！留肚食甜品下午茶！ 當我走到店前，見到精緻的甜品，也忍不

There's no reservations- but when we went, we were seated right away. The service is exceptional. Very friendly, attentive. But the food isn't the best for the portion or price. :/ But I hear the baked goods were exceptional. SMALL PORTIONS!!!!The newly opened Mano has occupied the previous place that was Linguini Fini. It's located in the ever popular and ever expanding foodie haven: L Place. It's a grand open space. Huge, in fact. Apparently, the coffee is famous...and the baked goods. But, ho

Ethiopian Aricha coffee - made using Aeropress Method.- I have been away from Hong Kong for almost half a year already,  but upon hearing that Rob from Protein by Dunne/Frankowski from the UK is now in town to consult for the new opening of MANO,  I was here within a few days of arriving back to HK because I seriously missed good coffees and especially from London.- Mano is apparently opened by a Korean investor group and they will slowly ramp up their menu offerings and in the mean time,  are o

就說Mano的brunch實在太好吃，這二天就和CW來吃多一次。話說我其實是首先被Mano的danish吸引的，但第一次來卻沒有吃到。。。所以這次來就決定只點一款brunch菜式，再試danish。Brunch的款式我們要了Scrambled eggs and H. Foreman smoked salmon ($108)。話說H. Foreman smoked salmon原來是一個英國牌子，而它的smoked salmon更是非常有名又贏得獎的。和我們之前的brunch一樣，賣相完美！沙律菜很新鮮，但沙律醋混合了太多橄欖油，有點太油。白色的是creme fraiche，creme fraiche是界乎於sour cream及 yogurt之間的一種cream，顧名思義，creme fraiche這法文解fresh cream。其實大家可於"外國人超市"買到，我通常把它當作yogurt，吃下去像greek yogurt。而平常的西餐中，creme fraiche也受廣泛使用，例如像這款菜一樣，用來配smoked salmon。不過我在超市吃的creme fraiche的味道很濃很濃，

上月經過 the L Place已看到Linguini Fini在地下的舖位沒有了，坦白說，有點興奮的感覺。Linguini Fini一開張的時候我已去試過，那時它還未有地下的位置。當時就已經覺得Linguini Fini的價錢挺貴但不特別特別好吃，而且所有pasta都很油很油。(但水牛芝士卻是真的好吃！) 它租了地下後我又去多了一次，嘩，比第一次吃的還差，所以，它不租地下，騰空了位置，多好。現在那位置已變成MANO。MANO全日都有pastries如danish ($24)、cakes ($30)、麵包等供應，看起來都很美很美。所有都是廚師在店內的廚房即焗的。上班的日子午餐有沙律供應，不過挺貴，但配搭卻是新鮮。它有分salad及main。98元可以要數款沙律，這是small size (哈哈，small size也要98元)，付出128元則可要一款main，我去看過，有三文魚，小牛扒等等，這是big size。不想外賣亦可以坐下來吃。不過，我今天是來吃brunch的。其實我很久很久沒吃brunch了，之前不知怎樣，突然覺得brunch不外乎也是benedicts或omelette，成