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2014-08-28
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Hi,I went yesterday to try SEPA for the first time. Had been wanting to go for a while and yesterday decided to head there with some work colleagues..We were truly impressed.First of all, the decoration is so cute. Its very different to all other italian restaurants in Hong Kong as with this one, you can feel that they thought a "concept" behind the restaurant. There is a story to tell in every corner.We did not have to wait as arrived there at 7pm and sat down on the bar area.Straight away we w
I went yesterday to try SEPA for the first time. Had been wanting to go for a while and yesterday decided to head there with some work colleagues..
We were truly impressed.First of all, the decoration is so cute. Its very different to all other italian restaurants in Hong Kong as with this one, you can feel that they thought a "concept" behind the restaurant. There is a story to tell in every corner.
We did not have to wait as arrived there at 7pm and sat down on the bar area.
Straight away we were each served complimentary glasses of water that tasted very good. This, surprisingly enough is not very common in Hong Kong where they rarely offer to serve you tap water and they always expect you to buy the bottle.
We were indecided if starting with a cocktail or a glass of wine, so the bartender offered some advise asking us some questions: do you prefer bubbly? dry or fruity? are you more into red or white? We ended up having 2 glasses of Pinot Grigio which was excellent and one glass of Chardonnay which were served in cold wine glasses...
So! its was time to try the food!! We started with some beetroot tartare filled with tuna and jerusalem artichoke sauce. I really liked this dish!! It has a very particular taste and you must like beetroot to enjoy it, I did!
Next we went for the Venetian Chips - what a surprise! They are not potato chips, but Polenta Chips, very thinly fried with a sauce of Mascarpone cheese and truffle!! Perfect to get the evening started.
Next dish we had was the Focaccia with Parma Ham and Burrata Cheese. The focaccia came nice, warm and crispy in contrast with the burrata cheese and the parma ham. I am european so I can say, very good quality! Bravo as I cannot find this quality of cheese or ham in Hong Kong ,as much as I try.
We continued with the Scartoso (fried fish) apparently very typical from Venice. It was good, not too oily (you can see as it comes in a paper cone, and the paper is not damped with oil). I loved to mix it with lemon and salt. Very tasty!
To Finish we ordered the Veal Cheek Ravioli!! A must have!!! Very subtle taste, you can feel the parmesan cheese melted onto the ravioli.
We were going to end here and we were so impressed with the food that wondering if we should order something else, or keep ourselves for our next visit. Then, the waiter recommended us a dish outside the menu. Apparently they normally have a few dishes outside the menu, so ask!!! This time they had a Rissoto (different from the one in the menu) and a Chicken.
We went for the rissoto which they recommended us to mix all ingredients when it arrived. It has parmesan, chicken liver pate and parsley..... It was very very tasty!!
Overall our bill was 500 HKD each and we had a great night. We stayed there chatting in the bar counter which was quite confortable .
Go Sepa! We wish you all the luck in Hong Kong as we feel you deserve it!!
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