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2014-11-11
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The bae & I wandered around Soho for a good twenty minutes after going to Brunch Club to see that massive queue outside. We happened to find this fancy Italian place, Vivo on Elgin Street.First of all, the inside looks quite nice and modern but not very Italian (just saying). It was rather quiet for a Saturday afternoon, there were only a few customers. We ordered ham & cheese omelette and eggs benedict; raspberry iced tea and apple juice for drink. The raspberry iced tea…hmm..imagine Arizona ra
First of all, the inside looks quite nice and modern but not very Italian (just saying). It was rather quiet for a Saturday afternoon, there were only a few customers. We ordered ham & cheese omelette and eggs benedict; raspberry iced tea and apple juice for drink. The raspberry iced tea…hmm..imagine Arizona raspberry iced tea (which I'm obsessed with!) diluted with water, yuck! AND it costs $58 which I found kinda expensive for a glass of not so yummy drink.The apple juice was just apple juice.
The omelette was good, I mean omelette could never go wrong, very cheesy!
The eggs benedict was alright. One of the yolks was on point yet the other one was slightly overcooked; sadly the hollandaise sauce was kinda tasteless and the consistency was a little bit watery; the spinach was real fresh tho!I would say the price of Vivo is reasonable (except for that glass of raspberry iced tea!). It's standard-soho-restaurant pricing. The meal costs $282: omelette $98; eggs benedict $98; apple juice $28; raspberry iced tea $58. One little note- there is no service charge for this restaurant which is quite rare.
Came home and read some of the reviews of this fancy pancy Italian place on Openrice, most of them were very positive. I think this restaurant is kinda overrated, I wouldn't say this place was terrible but I'm quite certain that I wouldn't come here again, well, at least not for brunch again.
I almost forgot to mention the smoke that came out from the kitchen. It was pretty frightening. They need better exhaust fan ha!
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