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2013-05-21
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Exam is finally over, and it's time to catch up with friends (and to write Openrice!). There were 9 of us, and we made a reservation at 11:30am. Strangely the restaurant called us at 11:15am saying that they would open earliest at 11:45am. Hence those arrived on time had to wait outside the restaurant in this hot and humid weather :/ The $108 set lunch included:1. Soup or Salad,2. Main dish, and3. Dessert or drink FoodBread This bread was unexpectedly awesome. It had a nice herbal flavour with
The $108 set lunch included:1. Soup or Salad,
2. Main dish, and
3. Dessert or drink
Food
Bread
This bread was unexpectedly awesome. It had a nice herbal flavour with delicately sliced onions. It was very soft yet dense- so soft, weighty and dense that it readily broke into cubes when I dipped it into olive oil and vinegar. After clearing the loaf of bread, I noticed, sadly, that the paper underneath the loaf had been immersed in oil
Soup of the day- Pumpkin soup
This soup was nice. It was not powdery. Pumpkin was finely ground, giving a natural bright orange colour and a thick texture to the soup. I liked the small cubes of soaked crunchy garlic bread.Gammon Ham Salad
The thin slice of ham was good. There were a variety of greens in the salad, including my favourite rocket. The dressing was a bit sour and quite refreshing; yet I could not really taste the honey dressing. The peaches had been soaked in syrup and tasted like those canned peaches. I quite liked the roasted grapes which were juicy. Pasta of the day: Spaghetti with Calamary in garlic sauce
The name of this restaurant suggested a guaranteed quality of its pasta. The texture of the spaghetti was fine- lightly tough and firm. There were satisfactory amount of calamaries which were chewy. I liked the garlicky sause. The distinctive taste was not too garlic, and was rightly balanced by the fresh and juicy tomato cubes. Well, garlicky spaghetti could seldom go wrong. This spaghetti was quite decent, but not particularly impressive. Grilled sirloin steak with mushroom sauce
The steak had a beautifully charred checked pattern with an inviting grilled smell. I asked for medium; yet it was more reddish than I expected. Meaty, succulent, tender and smoky- Pretty good The sides added marks to the dish. The mashed potato was smooth and was lightly seasoned. The slide of pumpkin was naturally sweet. Dessert of the day: Chocolate fudge cake with vanilla icecream
The dessert was not as delightful as the above-mentioned dishes. Yes I confessed that I took some time in taking photo of the dessert; the vanilla ice cream was however melting too rapidly (maybe that's because of the heat of the fudge cake?). The ice cream was quite tasteless. The fudge cake was very dense, moist and sticky. The texture reminded me of... the lotus paste of a moon cake Nonetheless it had a pretty strong sweet chocolate taste. Summary/ Next?
If you are looking for a decent lunch place in Soho, this might be a choice provided that you make a reservation. The portions are relatively large; but I would be happier if the lunch set includes both dessert and drink. Will surely be back
张贴
