Cova Ristorante & Caffe (已搬遷) 新店位置

On my first lunch visit on Sat. to this cafe restaurant; sitting under the nature light from the atrium skylight; I found the atmosphere relaxing and family friendly, there were young couples with kids, and behind us, sat an older couple whom the restaurant provided a Chinese menu. Very considerate!We had their set lunches, which came with self-serve buffet style appetizers, and hot entrees. The smoked salmons, prosciutto, roasted vegetables, stuffed muchrooms, mussels …were all OK and within

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幾年前去食過這兒的tea buffet，印象幾好；有朋友建議再去，我當然舉腳讚成。Tea buffet三點開始，雖然我們兩點半早到了，但都可以先坐下叫住杯果汁等開餐，服務和環境都不錯。Buffet正式開始，食物基本上可分為三類：小食，熱盤和甜品。我最喜歡便是那些如三文治的小食，在麵包或牛角包中夾著些肉類如火腿或三文魚，再加上蕃茄芽茶生菜之類，賣相精緻味道又好清新，可惜十分搶手又添加得不夠快；食完再想食都無得再夾。至於熱盤，只有pizza香脆又足料，於是轉眼也被搶食一空，其他就一般。甜品味道亦只是ｏｋ，而且沒太多選擇，tiramisu更是整得好難食，令人失望。

我一直認為不少食肆是言過其實, 有高檔餐廳的氣派和門面卻沒有內涵, 有時甚至連食物也不見得真的很好吃. Cova 便是一例.我從來不認為Cova的食物與價錢成正比. 坦白說, 食物味道可以, 個別也做得不錯, 但怎樣也不算是上等. 他們的服務更不必說了.以前在金鐘上班, 偶爾會到太古廣場的Cova午膳, 那時候的服務還可以. 一向認為金鐘那家的服務最好, 最差是尖沙咀.可能是金鐘的地點多名人富人, 侍應和經理見慣"上等人", 要求都高起來, 對著我們這等普通客, 就不怎麼認真了.上星期六, 跟家人到金鐘Cova午膳. 接待處的那位小姐笑容滿面, 而領位和招待我們的那位小姐亦很親切. 可是, 他們某些同事很明顯忘記了自己服務的是"高檔"食肆, 態度之差, 真是駭人. 我最討厭服務員在別的客人面前批評其他客人. 這種行為非常不要得. 結帳時, 那位男經理(?)態度亦甚差, 我姐姐簽好信用卡單據, 他就很不客氣連單帶卡丟在檯面! 我不是說三個人花$900吃頓午飯就要做上賓, 但他們至少應該有點禮貌. 連我不是服務行業的, 都知道最好把單據交到客人手上, 我想大公司大集團大概不會連這個也不教教

話說上次在cova一次過購物滿$500，獲得gelato換領劵一張。　上週末趁《男人之虎》之便，去pacific place換gelato，可惜售罄... 店員見我失望的樣子，向我推介cappuccino；也好，就試試cova有名的咖啡啦!　滿滿的一杯cappuccino，單看外表沒有特別，要喝下去才感受到它的香味。而且味道十份溫醇，毫無多餘的苦澀味或酸味，比起坊間的咖啡是要好。但我還是更加想念gelato!　考試後計劃去Cova食餐好，完成三重奏之三。希望到時不會再遇上遺憾!

和以前的水準相差甚遠，Pizza base一啲都唔脆，仲要有啲「立」口。嫲嫲和表姑姐的tea buffet亦見豐富，質素每況越下呢。

I hope to have a fine dinner with my girlfriend so I pick this restaurant. The decor was indeed good for gathering, yet the service was pretty UNDERStandard with NON-trained catering. I must say, the rude attitude of the the waitress and waiter, neither helpful in recommending nice dishes nor the friendly serve to the clients. What's more, food is not outstanding.It ruined my sweet time. Definitely we won't be back any more!

Fresh Fruit Flan composed of shortcut pastries with custard and a thin layer of sponge decorated with assorted berries and mango. The cake looks ravising, that's why I chose it for my mum's birthday. This one pound Fruit Flan costs $240 and I don't think it's worth the price after having a taste of it. The shortcut pastries is not crispy enough and the custard not creamy. And I'm not at all satisfied with the white chocolate birthday message (costs me an extra $5). The white chocolate is to

母親節當晚，是由妹妹下廚，親手煮西餐給一家人吃。認為我錦上添花又好，小心慬愼也好，總之我買了一個Cova的sacher(0.5lb)回家當甜品。　Sacher是用濃黑朱古力造的，內裡由三層朱古力海綿蛋糕及橘子果醬交替而成，周邊圍滿黑朱古力碎。不似mousse或Tiramisu，這隻蛋糕質感較實，有點似濃芝士餅；味道方面，它的朱古力味非常香濃，因為是黑朱古力製，不會太甜，加上它的有好幾層，吃上去口感非常豐富，不錯~　　這個蛋糕令我回想起Zeffrino的黑朱古力蛋糕。也許我偏愛帶酒味的蛋糕吧，我覺得sacher只是中上級，不是頂級水準。不過媽媽就很喜歡這個甜品，這就很好、夠好了，不是嗎？

Had tea with parents and sister last Saturday in Pacific Place COVA. We've ordered our own drink and a slice of Blueberry cheese cake & a parma ham pizza to share.The blueberry cheese cake is superb! The blueberry toppings not too sweet and the cheese cake extremely smooth. The only thing to criticize is its biscuit base, being too thin and not crunchy.The pizza is rather disappointing this time. The pizza base is too chewy and the cheese not hot enough. I suspected that it's under-cooked.Th

星期六與媽媽、老公有要事商量，間環境好d，一路食一路傾。可能地區唔同，呢度個set lunch比TST貴30蚊。而D service又比TST差，D侍應們叫做OK，部長就好面黑，不過對待鬼佬就另一個樣。又，餐廳位置可能係商場內，有好多蚊滋飛來飛去。Set lunch的自助頭盤，種類唔算多，比較好食係煙三文魚同Parma ham哈蜜瓜，哈蜜瓜雖然清甜，D Parma ham好似比一般較硬，不過都食了三碟，所以都有七成飽。主菜份量唔細，我同媽媽分別叫海鮮墨汁意粉及Risotto share食。海鮮墨汁意粉-有唔少海鮮，蝦、帶子、青口、魷魚及蜆等等，意粉煮得剛好，不會過諗，可惜茄醬唔夠多。Risotto-上次係CWB食煮得麻麻，今次亦一樣，D飯煮得唔夠均勻，有部份諗、有部份好似唔熟，而有d又軟硬適中，一啖飯有齊三種口感。而芝士味太濃，比較溜。而老公就食煙三文魚，其實得二、三塊薄薄的三文魚post係面，中間係另一款魚(食唔出係乜魚)，下面有層薯蓉墊底，食完好濃味的Risotto後，就覺這道菜較淡。我冇要咖啡茶，揀了是日甜品-芒果芝士蛋榚，有點好食法，真係唔駛我再多講。臨走前已開始tea buf

The environment isn't as nice as it looks from the outside -- Tables were close to one another. You literally feel like having lunch with people at the table next to you. Noisy. So noisy. The moment I sat down, I knew I picked the wrong place. Starter: Soup of some kind. Can't remember. Doesn't leave an impression. How good can it be?Main course: Some sort of seafood spaghetti. Doesn't taste bad. Just doesn't worth remembering. Large size. Could only finish one-third.My lunch company had steak o

下午到金鐘辦點事,三點幾仲未食lunch,就一個人走來食tea. 在香港眾多cova餐廳及餅店中,除了lee garden外,特別喜歡這家餅店(不是餐廳那邊),這裏沖的cappuccino特別有水準,奶泡夠frothy幼滑,永無失手. 看到有些pizza様子幾吸引,可惜唔係太肚餓又抵受唔到旁邊靚靚餅櫃的引誘,最後還是選了件mango cheese slice.Cova的西餅樣子一向漂亮,難得是美貌與內涵兼備,水準亦比較隱定。這件mango cheese面層像芒果布甸般有濃濃的芒果味,下面的cheese屬軟身的,唔算太濃裂,夾有頗多芒果肉,雖然芒果都幾酸,但也正好中和的芝士的膩,整體都幾fresh. 另外一讚是service真的幾好,來過很多次,每次無論是waitress或是餅櫃的姐姐都好友善,值得加許!

昨晚請了弟弟、他的女友及表妹到我家吃晚飯，以補祝弟弟的生日。本來想請他出外用膳，但他有很多不同的東西想吃，因此就想我這位家姐充當他的御厨。在金鐘的Great買齊了最新鮮的精選食材及佳釀後便想到飯後甜品了。因為弟弟下午才通知到我家，因此沒有太多時間去造甜品。於是便想到到Cova買西餅。幸好是星期天，因為西餅的選擇比平日多。我想也不想，便點了我至愛的Cappuccino Tart。這個撻足足有兩吋高，最上層是厚厚的泡沫，上面有幾粒小小的朱古力珠作為點綴。泡沫入口即溶，接着朱古力珠慢慢地溶化在口中，令口腔中的味道及感覺不斷有一浪接一浪的奇妙變化。白皚皚的泡沫下是忌廉及海綿蛋糕，蛋糕鬆軟得來有濃濃的蛋香，香滑的忌廉滲出咖啡的濃香，同上層輕柔的泡沫有着截然不同的口感。撻皮新鮮香脆，在撻皮與蛋糕及忌廉之間是一層厚厚的朱古力。朱古力不太甜，香濃得來令整個撻的層次感更加豐富。這層朱古力更加令上層濕潤的材料內的水份不會透入撻皮中，影響撻皮的鬆脆感。整個撻的味道及口感精彩又豐富，但又出奇地協調。我從未在其他地方吃過Cappuccino Tart，在Cova的西餅中，這是最出色及有特色的一款。名店果真是名店

在家開兩檯麻雀，當然要買點吃的去招呼，因為來賓幾奄尖，所以就來這裡買，不容有失。因為想有個盒裝得靚靚的，所以揀左12款餅，齊頭兩打。店員將餅分開兩個餅盒，亦不會將同一款餅拍埋一齊，所以一開餅盒的時候，大家也覺得好靚，賣相好好。食開好食的都有叫，如Blueberry Crumble Tart、Strawberry Tart、Mixed Fruit Tart、Tiramisu Tart、Moka Delight、Mimose、Tartufini、Mango Mousse Slice等等。咁廿蚊過外一件餅，質數當然有番咁上下，其中Mimose仍然好味，熱天吃會好穩陣；另外的心水是Blueberry Crumble Tart，撻皮甜甜亦脆口，加埋酸酸甜甜的藍莓餡，也不錯；Tartufini就係成舊好濃的朱古力，朱古力迷一定喜歡，但我就覺得太膩了。服務仍然好好，淨係睇擺餅都知有比心機的。雖然價錢唔平，但都物有所值的﹝每人消費的數目，是平均每件餅的價錢﹞。