CIAK - In The Kitchen (已結業)

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One of my friends always come here for dinner and says it is the best pizza here.I definitely agree that the pizza here is great. The crust is thin and the sauce is rich. Each bite was like eating a tomato with melted cheese. Can't wait to try their other pizzas.The Fettucine was also good, being al dente and just the right amount of sauce. Wish there were a bit more prawns though.The Carbonara was unfortunately a bit disappointing. The pasta was slightly softer than al dente, likely because the

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One of my friends always come here for dinner and says it is the best pizza here.

I definitely agree that the pizza here is great. The crust is thin and the sauce is rich. Each bite was like eating a tomato with melted cheese. Can't wait to try their other pizzas.

The Fettucine was also good, being al dente and just the right amount of sauce. Wish there were a bit more prawns though.

Silican Red Prawn Fettucine

The Carbonara was unfortunately a bit disappointing. The pasta was slightly softer than al dente, likely because there was too much sauce and the sauce was quite salty.

Classic Carbonara

We chose to the Sea Bass and luckily it was a great protein to have. Its delicate flavors were great especially after eating the salty carbonara.

Whole Grilled Sea Bass

We ordered 4 desserts. The Pink Pavlova was my favorite. Not only was it presented beautifully. the meringue was not too sweet and the Strawberry Sorbet turned this dessert to a tarty one instead, which is my favorite type of dessert.

The lemon tart was surprisingly a bit too sweet for a lemon tart.

I was intrigued by the flourless cake. It was not bad but a bit too dense for my taste.

The tiramisu is my second favorite dessert(and I think for those who don't like tarty desserts, this should be your favorite dessert). The tiramisu itself is rich yet the coffee flavor is not prominent. Yet here is where the coffee ice-cream comes in. The coffee flavor was really rich and you should scoop a spoon of icecream and then a spoon of tiramisu and it will be the perfect combination.

(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)

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Have you ever wondered, in your life, that why are you worth being so spoilt and loved by a friend? I have, and I always do. She is probably one of those who keep prompting this question in my head.But perhaps this is not explainable, or perhaps this is how we are destined. Instead of drilling in such a myth, I decided to pamper her with one of the finest Italian restaurants in town, one that I put it long on my wish list awaiting someone worth uncovering its mystery with me, to celebrate her la

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Have you ever wondered, in your life, that why are you worth being so spoilt and loved by a friend? I have, and I always do. She is probably one of those who keep prompting this question in my head.

But perhaps this is not explainable, or perhaps this is how we are destined. Instead of drilling in such a myth, I decided to pamper her with one of the finest Italian restaurants in town, one that I put it long on my wish list awaiting someone worth uncovering its mystery with me, to celebrate her last single birthday

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Centering on traditional Italian craftsmanship and capped off with the coronet of one Michelin star, the restaurant ditched the sumptuous decoration. Instead, it extended the homely ambiance in this gargantuan space: amber lighting under wood-paneled ceiling, open kitchen stations on one side and bookshelves on the other; mopping the floor with tiles, and arraying the wooden tables and chairs.

As soon as we cruised the strip, the freshly oven-baked aroma couldn’t wait to flock to us enticing our palate

. Attending to vibrant colours of food busy dancing around the open stations, our saliva was incontrovertibly dripping

As soon as we got seated, a bread basket, which comprised crispy sticks, ciabatta and grano spezzato, was warmly served. When it comes to appetizer, nothing beat a warm basket of bread with olive oil and vinegar.

complementary bread basket

We eased into the menu, reading all those exuberant descriptions while sniffing and peeking around. There was no doubt we couldn’t make up our mind to satisfy all our desires

. After minutes of struggle, we picked a pizza, a pasta and one from the charcoal grill. Thanks to the good ambiance and extraordinary food, we had an unexceptional appetite to finish all with a dessert winding up!

2 Gusti (Pesto (half) & Norcina (half))$280

[Rated 8.7/10]
First popping up to our table was one of their most celebrated dishes – pizza.

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

The restaurant was considerate enough to offer an option of choosing two flavours

, and we picked pesto with sun-dried tomatoes as one half and homemade sausages with mushroom as another half. Committing to present the authentic Italian craftsmanship, their pizza, unsurprisingly, reined the best I ever had in town!

The crust was simply perfect - well blistered after oven-baked and adorned with agreeable char

. Thanks to 36 hours of natural fermentation that gave the dough the finest extensibility, the base was churned with thickness right on point – thin yet faultlessly chewy

– and presented the complex and nutty fragrances from different Italian flours, which went harmoniously with the robust smokiness – SCRUMPTIOUS.

I was particularly in favour of the pesto sauce, the powerfully aromatic basil resonated with smattering of lactic mozzarella and sour sun-dried tomatoes – DOOZY

that went a long way. The other half with sausages and mushroom, even it was still woven with a slather of mozzarella, fell a bit on the blend side.

Classic Carbonara (Tagliolini) $190 ] [Rated 7.4/10]
The meal started off on a high noteimparting us anxiety about the upcoming dishes. Up next was the classic Carbonara, which was made with tagliolini, a thin cylindrical pasta that works best with cream sauces.

Classic Carbonara

Classic Carbonara

Playing hard on the “stay Italian” game, their carbonara distinguished itself from those we ordinarily eat – the creaminess, instead of cream and whole eggs, was mostly attributed to egg yolks. The dish was on a quite monotonous side, merely unleashing proclaimed hits of custurdy egg flavours

, which in turn concealed drizzles of black pepper and little splash of bacon, not very much to my liking.

I was so obsessed with their tagliolini though

, featuring handmade egg pasta’s uniquely raw yet springy texture faultlessly to render itself out from all those alleged "handmade pasta specialists". The pasta was on a rather hard side, perfectly to be intermingled with carbonara

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Iberico Pork Neck (250g)/Spain $290

[Rated 9/10]
The little fallback from the previous dish was soon slashed out by the pork neck. I am never a pork person, or even a meat person, so I always resist ordering meat when eating out. However, the irresistible aroma of grease from the dining tables nearby coaxed us to have a try, which ended up to be the best degustation experience of the night

Iberico Pork Neck (250g)

Iberico Pork Neck (250g)

When the pork neck was first served to our table, it kept oozing divine aroma of grease, mingled with super tang from pork

, that we couldn’t wait for taking another Instagramable photo.

The pork had already been cut into pieces, revealing streaks of delicious fat marbling in the succulent flesh. Carefully grilled to medium rare, the inner layer stayed pinkish red while the outer layer was woven with a nice sheet of grease. When I had a bite of it, the grease immersed into the super tender pork to burst into the tangiest decadent that we couldn’t stop munching on

!

The salt, black pepper and butter served together with the dish were never needed, because the pristine ingredient was already the strongest standing by itself

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Lemon Tart $140 [Rated 8.3/10]
We were satiated, but a night can’t be perfect without dessert, especially on this special night celebrating my
friend’s birthday. We ordered a lemon tart.

We are definitely a risk taker

, for lemon tart is always the best single gauge of a bakery’s quality t – either sublime or a complete failure; no mediocrity. Thanks God we were brave enough to make this move and brought ourselves this heavenly goodness

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There was a perfect dance to balancing the sweet and tart flavours appropriately

; the tarty filling, never buttery or eggy, was so lemon and contrasted nicely with crispy praline. A dollop of vanilla ice-cream gave the final punchy touch to the dessert – BRAVO

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All in all, it was a delicious line-up of skillfully executed classics staying authentic. At this affordable price, we could hardly find other restaurants having dishes with a lot of depth like those we found here. I would definitely come back for another traditional homely Italian dining experience

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(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)

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Umberto Bombana實是食壇響噹噹的名字, 由Toscana的年代開始, 直到三星的8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, 他旗下的餐廳一向是信心保證. 在2015年版的米芝蓮, 8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana繼續是三星店, 而CIAK - In The Kitchen也首摘一星, 他個人擁有四粒星星, 強勁!早在店子未正式營業之前, 已經跟FY來過這裡, 是晚就跟好朋友來這裡慶祝生日, 順道試試之前未克一試的菜式. 由於一早通知了店方會帶小吉來, 他們也特別安排了沙發位給我們, 真方便及舒適. 這裡地方相當大, 環境簡潔, 不過是晚只有半滿, 看來星星的光環未能夠為店子帶來太大的生意額, 加上店子已開業接近一年, 沒有了新鮮感, 要讓那麼大的場爆滿, 似乎難度很高呢.Menabrea 150 Anniversario Amber $58: 8.5分, 先來點喝的吧, 吃薄餅, 喝喝啤酒也是正頭正路的選擇, Menabrea 150 Anniversario Amber有生啤及樽啤的選擇, 那還用想, 當然要生啤吧. 酒家濃度5%, 帶麥

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Umberto Bombana實是食壇響噹噹的名字, 由Toscana的年代開始, 直到三星的8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana, 他旗下的餐廳一向是信心保證. 在2015年版的米芝蓮, 8 1⁄2 Otto e Mezzo Bombana繼續是三星店, 而CIAK - In The Kitchen也首摘一星, 他個人擁有四粒星星, 強勁!

早在店子未正式營業之前, 已經跟FY來過這裡, 是晚就跟好朋友來這裡慶祝生日, 順道試試之前未克一試的菜式. 由於一早通知了店方會帶小吉來, 他們也特別安排了沙發位給我們, 真方便及舒適. 這裡地方相當大, 環境簡潔, 不過是晚只有半滿, 看來星星的光環未能夠為店子帶來太大的生意額, 加上店子已開業接近一年, 沒有了新鮮感, 要讓那麼大的場爆滿, 似乎難度很高呢.

Menabrea 150 Anniversario Amber $58: 8.5分, 先來點喝的吧, 吃薄餅, 喝喝啤酒也是正頭正路的選擇, Menabrea 150 Anniversario Amber有生啤及樽啤的選擇, 那還用想, 當然要生啤吧. 酒家濃度5%, 帶麥香, 氣泡細密, 很易入口, 不錯.

Menabrea 150 Anniversario Amber

That’s CIAK $130: 好朋友就揀來兩款雞尾酒, 這款That’s CIAK的成份包括有Italian Brandy, Campari, Limoncello以及cherry bitter.

Choco CIAK $130: 另外一款雞尾酒比較適合女孩子喝的, 說的就是Choco CIAK, 成份包括有Liquid chocolate, cherry & coffee brandy, espresso以及fresh cream.

Tagliatelle - Wagyu beef Bolognese in traditional style $210: 9分, 先來的是pasta, 這裡的homemade pasta有4款, 最後就揀選了Tagliatelle, 質感相當對辦, 很有al dante的感覺, 始終是自家製的出品, 高水準也是自然的. 至於和牛肉醬汁, 味道香濃, Tagliatelle吸收了醬汁的味道之後, 更是惹味.

Tagliatelle - Wagyu beef Bolognese in traditional style

Tagliatelle - Wagyu beef Bolognese in traditional style

Norcina $210: 9.5分, 既然這裡的薄餅是招牌作, 那有不吃的道理. Norcina是最為人喜愛的款式, 先要讚薄餅是焗得剛剛好, 熱辣辣, 邊位是相當香脆, 而中間的部份就相當鬆軟, 很高水準. 配上的餡料包括有肉腸, 蘑菇以及水牛芝士, 肉腸帶香濃的肉味, 而水牛芝士的芝士香也很突出. 這招牌作果然沒有令人失望.

Prosciutto and Formaggi $210: 9.5分, 既然如此, 那大家就再加碼點算了另外一款薄餅Prosciutto and Formaggi, 薄餅的水準一樣是相當高, 質感很香脆而鬆軟, 配上的餡料以巴馬火腿為主, 鹹香突出, 另外還跟上gorgonzola芝士, taleggio芝士, 水牛芝士以及tuoa piermontese芝士. 用上了四款芝士那麼多, 芝士香自然是相當香濃, 愛吃芝士的朋友準會滿足.

Prosciutto and Formaggi

Prosciutto and Formaggi

Homemade Sausage $110: 9分, 來到主菜的環節, 先來一客店方的signature dish, Homemade Sausage, 有經典味道以及辣味兩款供選擇, 當然, 我是吃經典味道啦. 這客自家製的肉腸, 烤得相當香口, 肉香突出, 有點咬口, 令人滿意. 只是一客賣價$110, 實在偏貴.

Homemade Sausage

Roasted Spring Chicken $280: 9分, 也來一客燒春雞, 來自法國的, 全隻$280, 半隻$180, 我們四個人, 就分吃全隻吧. 跟自家製肉腸一樣, 是烤得非常香口, 皮是脆卜卜的, 但中間的肉仍能保持嫩滑的質感. 喜歡的話, 還可以點上店方自家的芥末醬, 味道自是提升了不少.

Roasted Spring Chicken

Roasted Spring Chicken

Lemon Tart $100: 9分, 來到甜品方面, 我這次就走穩陣的路線, 點選兩款上次吃過的甜品. 檸檬撻的賣相教人驚喜, 撻底質感香脆, 中間的檸檬吉士味道甜中帶酸, 很開胃. 而面層的就是朱古力碎, 朱古力味道香濃. 配上旁邊香滑的雲尼拿雪糕同吃, 層次豐富, 讚!

Tiramisu $100: 9分, 吃意大利菜, 以Tiramisu來作甜品也是很大路的做法, 但這裡的出品就完全是教人不能抗拒. 面層的咖啡雪糕味道是相當香濃, 而底下的Tiramisu層次感做得相當好, 濕潤度合宜, 當中的mascarpone芝士質感細滑, 咖啡酒香味道突出, 中間還加入了咖啡啫哩, 讓一切來得更加豐富.

剛剛得到米芝蓮一星榮譽的CIAK - In The Kitchen, 薄餅水準相當高, 不能不試, 自家製的意粉也是必吃的項目, 當然, 甜品亦很有驚喜, 賣相, 層次感以及味道也很突出, 推介. 埋單每位$415, 計及這裡的地段以及食物質素, 其實也是合理的.

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上週四，是不少餐廳老闆心情大上大落的日子吧? 因為就在當日，2014米芝蓮香港及澳門指南名單出爐了! 作為愛吃一分子，甜魔媽媽固然為到8餐廳得到3星殊榮而興奮高興，但同時亦為海景軒、國金軒這兩間本港心水中菜廳失落星星光環深感不值!　無論如何，個人認為米芝蓮只是一個指標而非權威，始終左右一頓飯的滿意度的因素太多了，例如今晚補記上週四晚FHY在CIAK in the Kitchen的聚餐 (是自費，不是試食! 難得~)，輕鬆自在，又可以勁食甜品，很難不開心滿意! 是這樣的，FHY當晚其實是一起參加了一個品牌的聖誕派對；party很熱鬧，美酒與小食都源源不絕提供，不過始終未能填飽黑洞CEO及大食甜魔媽媽的胃，於是在五成飽的情況下，我們乘著地點之利，去了這就近的名廚新店小試牛刀了。餐廳由 CIAK (意大利首屈一指的同名電影雜誌) 以及獲獎名廚 Umberto Bombana 攜手合作設計，並由 Umberto 擔任美食顧問----如果大家有留意新出爐米芝蓮名單，應該會知Umberto就是三星米芝蓮餐廳8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA的大廚；這位相當親切的意大利肥佬，甜魔媽

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上週四，是不少餐廳老闆心情大上大落的日子吧? 因為就在當日，2014米芝蓮香港及澳門指南名單出爐了! 作為愛吃一分子，甜魔媽媽固然為到8餐廳得到3星殊榮而興奮高興，但同時亦為海景軒、國金軒這兩間本港心水中菜廳失落星星光環深感不值!
　
無論如何，個人認為米芝蓮只是一個指標而非權威，始終左右一頓飯的滿意度的因素太多了，例如今晚補記上週四晚FHY在CIAK in the Kitchen的聚餐 (是自費，不是試食! 難得~)，輕鬆自在，又可以勁食甜品，很難不開心滿意! 是這樣的，FHY當晚其實是一起參加了一個品牌的聖誕派對；party很熱鬧，美酒與小食都源源不絕提供，不過始終未能填飽黑洞CEO及大食甜魔媽媽的胃，於是在五成飽的情況下，我們乘著地點之利，去了這就近的名廚新店小試牛刀了。

餐廳由 CIAK (意大利首屈一指的同名電影雜誌) 以及獲獎名廚 Umberto Bombana 攜手合作設計，並由 Umberto 擔任美食顧問----如果大家有留意新出爐米芝蓮名單，應該會知Umberto就是三星米芝蓮餐廳8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA的大廚；這位相當親切的意大利肥佬，甜魔媽媽在舊Ritz Carlton Toscana及8 1/2 Otto e Mezzo BOMBANA，均令人留下深刻印象，這天來到CIAK，果然又是滿意。

到訪當日餐廳仍是soft-opening，出文這時已經正式開張了；店內以電影為裝修主題，頗有特色，供應全日用膳，從早餐、早午餐到晚餐，又仿照傳統意式雜貨食品店，食客可以挑選及堂食或外賣優質食品，是個輕鬆用餐的地方。

當晚抵達就坐後，侍者先送來麵包籃；其實大家在上一場已經吃了不少飽點小食，不過當甜魔媽媽好奇一試，發覺芝士脆條既香又脆，很有水準，另外兩款包也焗得外脆內鬆軟有水準，配以優質橄欖油，餓著來的話，我可以全部吃光。

接著是Homemade pasta中的

Lasagnette ($180)，Lasagnette是一張張有如郵票的方型pasta片，拌以同樣是自家製的肉腸粒、蘑菇、蕃茄及水牛芝士上檯，味道豐富微帶惹味，與口感鮮滑、微富彈性的Lasagnette配搭美妙，效果很讚，充分彰顯餐廳的水平；而且要講pasta份量頗大，多人分享也適合，以此價位是頗抵食的!

又由Charcoal grill中選點了半隻

Roasted Spring Chicken ($140)，春雞烤得很香口，皮脆吸引，中間的肉質則仍嫩滑帶有肉汁，同時有淡淡香草香氣。吃時也別忘了店方附上的CIAK芥末醬及horseradish cream，可令肉味更加提昇呢!

吃完兩個「頭盤」，其實大家的「主菜」才剛剛上檯；不計雪糕，店內有五款甜品，當晚我們就掃下其中三款，首先是

Lemon Tart ($78)。吓，這是啥回事的檸檬撻? 外表一點不像啊；其實它可說是deconstructed的版本，底下的酥餅清脆鬆化，真的是脆撻口感，上面是酸甜軟滑的檸檬custard，味道細緻得來很清新，拌以脆口的榛味朱古力碎，以及香滑細膩的雲尼拿gelato，很好吃很滿足!

接著再試

Tiramisu ($88) 也有驚喜，其實甜品上檯時，只是份量都令甜魔媽媽暗呼好爽了，之後再試味---嘩，面層的咖啡味gelato香及滑得太過份了吧?! 是我吃過最好吃的咖啡味gelato，雪糕迷務必要去試試 (可以單點gelato，兩球$78)；另外Tiramisu本身也很出色，香濃咖啡粉下，mascarpone柔滑美妙，中間層次濕潤對辦，底層還有咖啡啫哩來豐富口感，是媽媽在香港吃過比價性最高的Tiramisu!

兩項相當驚艷的甜品後，最後品嚐

Pannacotta ($78)，其實也是份量十足而且味道香滑細膩，加上甜梨及金寶粒後，味道與口感都更加豐富，比坊間的出品高質。只是珠玉在前，相比之下它的吸引力未及前兩款~

沒點酒水下，埋單只$620，以此價位可以品嚐到這等水準的名廚菜式，絕對是物有 (超) 所值的，而且還吃得更加輕鬆無拘束呢! 又，臨走見到不少款式吸引的蛋糕、甜品，找機會一定要再次回味一下~~

(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)

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