Prego Italian (已結業)

Super Mondays是个每逢礼拜一晚上在指定的餐厅有买一送一活动的优惠，因为可以选择的餐厅还蛮多而且都聚集在中环，晚上和好友一起去一家在Soho新开的意大利餐厅吃晚饭。如果大家要用这个优惠记得在网上申请Super mondays card还有订位的时候和店员预先说哦！这家餐厅不算很大，装潢有特色，在里面吃饭有点像置身在意大利的小餐馆里，墙壁以红色调为主，挂上具有意大利风情的挂画.可惜的是这边食物让我还蛮失望！首先我们点了餐厅的推荐意粉Linguine ai frutti di Mare（$228). 这是海鲜扁平面，里面的海鲜有小虾，mussels和鱿鱼。其实意粉本身煮的时间ok，不软不硬。但是这碟意粉没有什么汁，吃下去感觉有点辣辣的，感觉有点奇怪。海鲜全部都没有外壳的，虽然还蛮新鲜但是好像吃在超市买的速冻食品。鱿鱼不是一块块而是很小很小一粒粒的，不吃以为这些是什么东西。意粉的味道不怎么样，接下来我们点了II Polpettone($218).这是牛肉和猪肉混合在一起做成一片片的meat loaf配上薯泥。吃起来不是很硬，但吃不出来是牛肉或猪肉，味道就咸咸的。我们还点了个炸薯条($48)。炸得有点油而且不够脆。最后的甜点我是蛮期待的，也是餐单上厨师推荐，因为有我最爱的Nutella!哈哈上来4块长条的类似饼干状的Tart，还有一球云尼拿雪糕和raspberry. 吃下去感觉很像吃饼干，中间涂了一层Nutella, 很脆。虽然raspberry的果酸能综合掉一些甜味，但味道太甜，连我这个甜食怪都有点受不了。这家餐厅食物味道有待改善咯 继续阅读

朋友介绍左supermondays呢个优惠比我，就系星期一黎食dinner主菜可以买一送一。原来有一系列餐厅都有呢个优惠，详情可以上番个网页睇番有边d餐厅，同埋罗番张免费supermondays card。每个星期一试一间，几个月都未必试得晒。今次去左苏豪，其实伊利近街成条街好多餐厅都有呢个优惠，有d餐厅门口会写到明supermondays，有d就无写。如果系星期一，有d出名d既餐厅都几full，所以最好拣中边间餐厅就book左先黎。今次试左呢间意大利餐厅，因为太爱牛，就算去意大利餐厅我都会食牛。我同朋友两个人叫左rib eye同linguine。其实本新想食pizza，可惜pizza唔可以有买一送一优惠。因为买一送一系计贵个份钱，所以拣左个贵d既linguine，好似抵d。 有个送既法包，热法包好好食，不过个酱唔知咩黎既，怪怪地，个人钟意牛油多d。 5/5 块牛叫左7成，岩岩好，又唔太生，又唔鞋，品质好，又有炭烧香味，真系好好食 3/5 呢个面真系令人失望，话晒系意大利餐厅，个面好普通，酱无咩味，海鲜系急冻既，就算比几多粒急冻虾，都唔会好食最后，叫左个tiramisu作结。 4/5 有足两层手指饼加mascarpone，都算几好食，不过个层mascarpone可以再浓d，应该会更好食（d sauce好似好靓甘，但其实唔衬个tiramisu)因为supermondays呢个优惠，所以呢餐都抵食。呢间系难得呢类甘外国style ge餐厅黎讲，会主动提供水。 继续阅读

新鲜出炉的法包，十分外脆内软，份量足够，橄榄蓉增添了淡淡的酸咸味道。青豆汤卖相吸引，味道香醇浓郁，没想到青豆可以转身成此般美食，随汤的面包粒硬身爽脆，伴里汤食是不能再幸福的食法了，亦加了橄榄油，完全没食到任何青涩味，十分满意。看，影得几靓。沙津亦好食，有不同种类是蔬菜，都是本人喜欢食的菜，食起来没有苦涩农药味，清甜可口，加上少量调味，已经胜过很多沙津专门店十九几条街了。罗勒青酱长宽条面配鱿鱼，一食就知道是自家手打的面，配上青酱，味道清新口感弹牙，亦成功突显出较重味的鱿鱼，是不俗的配搭。通常食青酱意粉食到一半都会觉得腻滞，但食这道菜没有这种感觉，不是一般的货色。再看，影得几靓。Pollo alla Cacciatora，意思大概是猎人炖鸡？卖相吸引，份量足足有三旧鸡，正如其名，十分野味，食到舐舐脷，炖得刚刚好，酱汁非常浓郁，鸡非常嫩滑，食得非常满足。看这尤物，真的不能忘记你。甜品是Tiramisu，十分松软，十分好食，酒味十足，咖啡味十足，比例十分好，我给十分。看这Lady finger完美地插进了Tiramisu里。最后食这碟士多啤梨，有助消化消滞，亦是一种生活的态度。 继续阅读

Sometimes you just want something simple to eat. I've been feasting on a lot of French fine dining recently, including stints at two and three Michelin starred establishments with incredibly rich food. Fun for a while, but boy, you can get over that pretty quickly!When you want nice simple food that tastes great, then you really can't go past great Italian food, where the whole philosophy is to use as few ingredients as possible to extract maximum flavour. We've only recently started to find some great little Italian restaurants in Hong Kong, after finding a few shockers initially.One of the better Italian diners we'd loved was Dining Concepts Cecconi's, which was really conveniently located in Soho, a place that we walked past most nights on the way home from work. It would have been a perfect foil for the rich French food we'd been consuming in the last month, but it had moved out it's Elgin Street home to Wyndham Street - just a little too far out of our way. Luckily, the team at Dining Concepts had done the old 'switcharoo', replacing one great Italian restaurant with another. I'm not really sure why, but Cecconi's was replaced with Prego Italian, a more relaxed style of Italian more closely resembling 'Mama's home-style cooking, from kitchen to table'. It sounded perfect!As we entered Prego, there were no reminders at all left over from the previous iteration. Cecconi's was definitely more upmarket than the interior of Prego, which was just simple and rustic looking. Simple wooden tables and chairs, bright red paint on the walls and an open kitchen at the back of the restaurant told a story of a rustic diner that screamed home-style provincial Italian.The menu continued to tell the story, with a list of simple looking dishes, highlighted by Chef Enrico's rustic signature dishes. The menu wasn't complex and reflected a restaurant that knew what it wanted to say about dining, and that story was simple Italian cooking. Lots of traditional antipasto was joined by pasta and pizza offerings... There were even options from 'Mamma Gianna' that seemed right at home. Plenty to order for those looking for simple home cooking!Shortly after ordering, we were given a wicker basket filled with some crusty bread, which came with a small bowl of olive tapenade. The crusty bread was warm and slightly sweet, it went well with the olive oil that I'd asked for separately - olive tapenade being one of the few food substances I just don't like. We devoured the bread quickly, but declined the offer of a refill - wanting the jump into our pastas that had just been delivered.The girl had chosen one of the signature dishes from Chef Enrico, the I Tagliolini della Chef, house made angel hair pasta with diced sausage in a cream sauce with basil. As I said, simple ingredients but full of flavour! The pasta was excellent, perfectly al dente, with the simple sauce cooked through at the last moment to ensure the pasta was coated with the sauce. Chunks of pork sausage mixed nicely with cherry tomato in a sauce that was both simple and beautiful at the same time. Simple and delicious..... Just perfect.My main was even more simple, I'd gone for the ultra traditional spaghetti with a Bolognese sauce, containing veal, pork and beef ragu. While I'd ordered the spaghetti, there had been mix up with the ordering and I was actually given the penne instead. The issue was quickly resolved and after a short wait, my penne was replaced with the spaghetti. While the wait was short, it was torturous watching SC enjoy her tagliolini, all the while wondering if my pasta would be as good. It was, yep, it really was. The perfectly cooked spaghetti had been finished off in the pan with the sauce, which was earthy and beefy and totally delicious.We didn't stick around for dessert, our plan of a simple and quick bite to eat on the way home from a long day in the office had been completed. We wanted a quick and delicious Italian meal and the team at Prego Italian had delivered.It was very quiet during our visit, with only a few diners inside the restaurant. It was just a little off-putting to us that there were staff outside touting for passers by to come in to sample the Prego fare. We'd normally avoid restaurants that have pushy staff out the front trying to pull customers, but we'd made a beeline for the restaurant and didn't even notice that it was happening. I guess that's one of the consequences of running a restaurant in busy Elgin Street!Even though we didn't go all out ordering everything on the menu, the two items that we did choose were simple and delicious. Prego delivers the type of comfort food that is warming and memorable, the type of food that is comforting and oh-so-moreish.In fact, we enjoyed Prego so much that we've been back a few times already. It's bitter sweet that we've just 'found' Prego Italian. It's the type of place that would be a very regular occurrence for us - very regular indeed. It's sad then that we're moving out of the Mid Levels and over to Wan Chai. We probably won't be able to get to Prego so much when we move.. Better make the most of it while we can!@FoodMeUpScottyA mountain of fresh parmesan added to the flavourThe signature pasta - wonderful flavoursThe open kitchenA simple paper placemat reflects the rustic approach of PregoSimple wooden chairs and tables 继续阅读

Opened in August in SOHO to the delight of traditional Italian food lovers, Prego is welcoming. Enjoy the shellfish as a starter at this Italian eatery, Importer Italian mussels soup with garlic bread, elegantly presented in a wooden background.It's the best to go with the simplest option so that I am fully able to enjoy the shells' natural taste- the uniquely sweet and succulent briny taste! Make sure you dip the fresh crusty Italian bread to mop up all the soup that gives a comforting crispy element to contrast the mushy little mussels.I believe there's something called food porn literally; this servicing size chicken has just proved it. The Galleto whole white spring chicken had firm, moist meat and a light balanced sauce. Even the breast meat is juicy! Simple ingredients; yet u get most out of its natural flavour at a warm home-style cooking.HKd 138 for a starter, main course with a hearty finishing of dessert. Overall service was warm and attentive. Love it! 继续阅读