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2013-12-08
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Last night Mr. G (a friend of friend) insisted on dining at elements as his 'girl friend' would like to try 千两。Due to respect, 3 of us departed from Hong Kong Island and headed towards elements. The shopping mall indeed gave me a very strong impression that no good but cheap restauarants can ever be found here. For last few times friends were scared by 1XX-2XX main courses. Therefore, I reckoned what will we have here in elements worried...After we arrived at the place, my friend lost contac
After we arrived at the place, my friend lost contact with Mr. G and his girl friend...
Poor us...We were obviously being flown!! Another friend was already very hungry as that was 9pm already. We accidentally reached the civic square where a fountain was placed in the center, surrounding with different restaurants.
We were indeed galvanized by the night scene here. It should be a perfect place for couples to have small talk and relax. The scene also touched us. Toight we are going to spend more and enjoy a glass of wine here!
The reason we chose Joia is mainly because its open area. It has quite a large front area when compared with other restaurants. Each table is covered by a huge umbrella~ Thanks to the heater lamp next to me, I didn't feel cold staying outside in winter ;)
After ordering the food, waitress put down a basket of of bread.There are 3 kinds of bread - crispy bread stick, grain bread & cheese bread.
Cheese bread is the best among 3. They were orange in color, brought the smell of cheddar cheese and served hot. The big basket indeed surprises us. Didn't know our super tiny starter follows..............................
Well. 3 scallops costs $188!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
On the menu it was said as scallop salad. I really didn't expect that there were only 3 pieces.............scallops didn't taste extraordinarily rich. I can pan fry one at home by using butter.... the waiteress didn't alert us about the size before. And the bad service was seen by their serving manner: come and put down the dish and leave right away without looking at you. It seems that they are just feeding ? I am sorry to be blunt but they gave us the same feeling.
My friend ordered American Ribeyes ($388). He specially ordered it in half cooked.When it came, obviously it was overcooked. They were already cut into about 8 slices.
The ribeye was not very juicy. But the fat attached did give a strong favour.
Again, it tastes similar with a perfectly normal one you ordered in Outback.
My friend even called for ketchup as he felt the meat is not good enough.
If you really need to come to this place for a nice dining atomsphere,I strongly recommended this lobster spaghetti to you. An italian waiter served this to us (as m friend complained that his order of ketchup was totally ignored for 5 mins...)
He got a big dish with a paper wrapped square bowl containing the the spaghetti.
According to him, the favour of lobsters can be trapped within the spaghetti by doing so..
He then removed the paper.
The spaghetti is just cooked. Not very soft~ but it has the fresh taste of the lobster.
They are sweet! ;)
I ate 3 pieces of lobsters, including this giant and juicy pincer！They are just fresh and the texture is mouth-watering !
Waiters kept coming over after we finished the 3 courses with a menu. They are quite pushy in my opinion. We didn't want to order desserts because we expect that the portion will be quite unacceptable.
We were given a dish of cookies and chocolate as the sweets...
Don't taste good at all. Maybe they are treats to our injuries here.. /_\
The meal costs us $1100 in total. I have to admit that I ate very few only..haha
题外话/补充资料：
A friend told me that mainlanders are particularly fond of the residential buildings nearby. Elements are usually full of mainland residents to make purchase. I couldn't draw a conclusion on this matter but I did witness many tables of mainlanders when we dined at night. 3 men were smoking CIGAR and laughing nosily in the lawn..........very high profile indeed
(以上食记乃用户个人意见 , 并不代表OpenRice之观点。)
张贴
