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2009-09-29
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This place is difficult to access for some, it depends on where you head here from and whether you carry enough spare energy to walk up the steep hill, or else scud along Hollywood Road from LKF/SOHO side! Its part of the growing Group of S.M.L, Classified Mozzarella Bar, The Pawn and The Press Room - the good thing about here is that you can eat here by yourself or with friends for a quick Dinner fix, for a Cheese fix, or only for Wine! (Pity about the undrinkable coffees.) Some samples of
3 CHEESEs PLATTER $155 - You may try all of their cheeses in their temp controlled Cheese Room before buying, most imported from Britain, Ireland and France or Italy. Most are made from the desirable unpasterised milk, although after trying many in the room, the range can be slightly bland in character for strong-cheese lovers..! The Monsier Chatte cheeses sourced from a different but singular Cheese affineur French master have slightly better taste, so I figured who you source the cheese from and how they produce and 'especially' mature' them matters the most. Try the Bernard Anthony ones as comparison! The above photo shows the following Cheeses on that Platter, together with Quince Paste and cannot remember if its Walnut or Pumpkin Bread on the side. Rated from least liked to favourite:
Brin d'Armour - The Rind covered with Junipers and Rosemary herbs, its an Ewe's (Sheep) milk cheese from France. I don't know why but this didn't have much characters, even after warming up to room temperature.
Ardi Gasna - Semi-hard Ewe's Milk cheese from the Basque area. I wrote somewhere I'm a lover of Sheep's Milk Cheeses such as Italian Pecorino's, so expectedly one of my other favourite cheese is its main French competitor, the AOC designated Ossau Iraty's. Although that's available here, I tried its younger cousin that night, the un-aged Ardi Gasna. Surprisingly this was quite bland for a Brebis de Pyrenees. In fact, a lot of other cheeses I tried in the cheese room seemed very toned down in nature.
Dorstone - A British cheese with an ashy coating and staff recommended, its medium dense but fluffy rather than the creamy-like French Chevre's. Its full of expected, in your face Goat's milk flavour. I don't usually pick Goat's cheeses over other styled cheese, I like ANY cheese!!!! But since the other choices seem to be 'sleeping', this was an easy winner. My neighbours sharing the SML styled Communal table (I came here before SML opened...) and who ordered this same cheese also preferred this as the best on their platter.
CHICKEN & PESTO CREAM SAUCE PENNE - This was quite good and came with a bit of pine nuts and a herbal garlicky suace, penne cooked al dente! Really liked this and the sauce consistency tasted like a modern Western country pasta rather than an authentic Italian experience, but at least its not artificially creamy or watery sludgey or translucent sauce based like the localised HK versions. I enjoy the pasta's here and they're affordable for a quick meal after work. I'm not sure I liked the Mushrooms based risotto I had on 1 night though, it seemed a bit too creamy and overcooked.
WINES - The shops under this group always have smartly chosen 'Wines by the Glass', trying to balance between the Drinkable versus company Profits, but slightly biased towards the latter! The better wines are expensive, jumping from around $60/glass to upto $90-100/glass and I think the mark-ups are a bit high relative to wholesale/retail prices and the actual wine standards. I find them a bit opportunistic, considering they also import and sell wines as retail themselves, plus we still need to pay 10% more.....
GREAT SHOP OVERALL - THE BEST DEALS YOU GET FROM HERE ARE THEIR PASTAS, THE OTHER ITEMS AND DRINKS CAN BE SLIGHTLY EXPENSIVE !
张贴
