La Piazzetta (已結業)

My wife and I went to this restaurant following an attractive offer for a 6-Course Italian Dinner at a competitive price.The least I can say is that we wanted to flee the restaurant right after the starter and we had to resist leaving before the end of the dinner.At first, soup of the day. Don't know what kind of soup it was but it smelt and tasted like sour Chinese medicine soup...we left 3/4 of it.We were also given a flat bread that is supposed to be schiacciatina (bread with tomato, herbs an

What's the point of serving huge portions when the food is terrible?I had chicken with mushroom and cream sauce, which was OK but not brilliant. he presentaiton was very poo r and cost $169. What shocked me was that the mashed potato it came with was instant mash. The waitress confirmed this and when she told the chef I didn't like it, my friend overheard him say 'well what do they expect, fresh? The house white wine was undrinkable. Definitely not going back there. Added to that you can se

Inflation is coming, but finding a good quality restaurant with economy price in Central seems not to be a big question. Arriving there, we recognized it's been 1, so we looked for a nice dining for lunch. We walked from Central to Lan Kwai Fong, then to Stanuton Street, which was the heart of SOHO, finally we chose this Italian restaurant. Actually when I had a look at the menu, the thing that surprised me the most was the price. Located in SOHO, I could hardly imagine how did this restaurant s

一個週日，來到中環覓食，尋尋覓覓間，誤打誤撞來到這一間意大利餐廳附近，見這裡環境幽靜，來這裡吃飯的人不多，情調也似乎不錯，正好與老婆仔撐撐檯腳。這間位置隱蔽的餐廳，除了室內座位外，室外也有一些露天座位，坐在外面用膳，其實也不錯，不過這天天氣較熱，所以最終還是選了在室內的座位吃午餐，誰不知這裡其中的一部空調因為故障正在維修中，所以冷氣不大夠，結果初時還是坐得身水身汗，要再過好一會才感到較為涼快。這裡的燈光不知是否想要製造一點浪漫的情調關係，是比較昏暗的。這天光顧，我們的座位就在水吧附近，正好看見這裡的多位侍應，全是外籍人士，而且餐牌也只得英文和意大利文，完全沒有任何中文，要是有客人不懂英語，又來到幫襯的話，來這裡吃飯可真有點不方便呢！看看餐牌，這裡的午餐其實不算貴，價錢全部都只在$100左右，以中環區的意大利餐廳來說，算是合理價了。叫了兩個午餐。先來的是「是日餐湯」和隨餐湯附上的麵包。這天的「是日餐湯」是材料頗為豐富的「海鮮湯」，也許因為這湯的材料的確幾多，下了不少海鮮在裡面煮成的關係，湯味甚為濃郁鮮甜，是一碗頗為好喝的餐湯。至於附上的麵包雖然質素只是普通，不過蘸上橄欖油和黑醋後，味道還

Three of us visited this cosy Italian restaurant, which from the outside looked like a pleasant family-style Italian joint. We ordered pizza with 4 cheeses, risotto with parmesan and a salad, plus glasses of the house wine. The wine was acceptable but the rest of the meal was very disappointing. In decending order... the salad was a few leaves and one cut-up pallid tomato, plus a few shavings of parmesan. $75 seemed like a lot to pay for this. The complimentary bread was a few toasted slices of

12-6-2010想食 pasta, 朋友又介紹呢度的 pizza「幾好食」, 是日收工食 lunch 就上嚟試試吧. 對 "special" 中的 gnocchi / ravioli set 興趣不大, 最後叫了「普通」set lunch, 有 soup / or salad, main, dessert 及 coffee/tea.是日 soup 係 "bean soup": 內有大量紅蘿蔔, 西芹, 及好似係 red kidney beans? 賣相及味道都似足「多豆」版 minestrone, 味道尚算清甜, 不過飲完印象唔深而已. 主食揀了 linguine alla marinara ($98)... 配料有蜆 (大 / 細都有), 蝦, 小型蟶子 (係咪叫 Pacific razor clam?) 及小型瀨尿蝦, d 蝦幾甜, 不過小型蟶子多沙又多碎殼, 大蜆有點韌, 蜆仔就超韌, 瀨尿蝦則無味道, 百份百好睇多過好食; 而最好食就係 marinara 汁, 帶新鮮蕃茄的清甜又有「海鮮湯」的鮮香, 加埋陣陣 basil 香, 配上質地未算 al dente, 不過煮得

面對著一大堆意大利文既餐牌，同友人都笑說嗌野食既時候只可以話「This, this, this and this。」果然係，食完都將d菜名忘記得一乾二淨。幸好有樣衰地影左相。頭盤嗌左個類似pancake既物體包住蘆筍，番茄仔同一d 火腿。淡淡地幾得意既味道。Pizza就係一個眼見有火腿、番茄仔（比較普通，不過番茄仔okay鮮甜）、菇（okay香），tomato sause。餅底薄而脆，好地道！食落夠飽而唔覺滯。Pasta 就嗌左個海鮮大雜匯配扁個隻意粉Linguine。可能海鮮關係，感覺濕左少少。但番茄味的醬都okay夠味。海鮮唔算太多沙，不過亦唔算太新鮮。飲水要收錢，可以揀distilled water 或有氣個d。最後試埋甜品，waitress姐姐推介 tiramisu ，上檯再淋左d酒，酒香唔夠，清新同好light sponge cake。無乜mascarpone既味。隔離檯兩男一女的外籍食客齋嗌三個大pizza，感覺好似開心d。因為其實講真得pizza係有特色d。其他唔算出色。三個女仔食埋單$547。以上點既野都okay夠食。環境大致同一般soho區餐廳差唔多，不過感覺靜d，o

I went to La Piazzetta tonight with a few friends and it was disappointing - food and service.After we sat down, the waiter quickly took my drink order. Without having the time to look through the drink list, I ordered a cup of warm water as it was quite chilly that evening. The waiter looked at me and gave me the impression that she wasn't happy with my order of water. First of all, the bread was unappetizing - dry and cold. My friends and I usually like bread but we didn't have any tonight

與好友鎖定這店，可惜一直拖拖拉拉個多月，終於在偶然的一個星期六下一試。這間與soho區的餐廳大致差不多，地方細細，侍應都是外籍人士，唯一有別的是沒有餐前的麵包。我們只叫兩款意粉，打算留肚主攻甜品。如menu上有Carbonara，是我們必叫的。這裡的Carbonara賣相不太討好，有點馬虎。味道方面芝士蛋汁濃郁，可惜略鹹。而意粉煮法有咬口，但未致是al dente。另一款是茄汁雜菌長通粉，香草味過濃，有點蓋過茄汁味，所謂雜菌應該只得一種牛肝菌。與好友習慣叫三款甜品，其中一款必定是雪榚，可惜今次這間沒有，而且menu中大約有著十款甜品，大多已沒有或已沽清。只叫了Tiramisu及panna cotta。當我們食完Tiramisu後，侍應才通知panna cotta在中午時沽清，令到好友非常失望。而Tiramisu有著淡淡的咖啡香，Marscarpone cheese好幼滑，軟硬度適中，不過太過濕潤缺乏芝士味，或太過硬身口感過溜。

I had dinner with a friend there. The restaurant was too small and we were unable to sit comfortably. We ordered a salad, a main couse (beef) and a pizza, none of which was tasty, but cost HK$ 400. never go again >.<

奇怪如此餐廳開在如此一巷，瞄瞄餐牌見有兔肉pasta，奇怪得意。沒有天空的露天茶座，還是店內雅座合心意，又設有live band，看來愈夜愈精彩。想吃兔肉卻sold out，換了海鮮番茄linguini，沙律、餐湯選了後者。餐包與貌似minestrone的湯物同上，「貌似」是因為稀如飲菜水、肉粒與菜水各具性格，味道卻是各自各精彩。 一刀一叉夠casual，長而方方扁扁的linguini浸在茄海中，茄海稀薄的茄味提鮮不足，味道與中蝦、帶子、賴尿蝦等海鮮格格不入，如牛頭夾馬面，怪形怪相，可幸是分量十足，單吃大堆頭的海鮮也夠飽上半天。至於linquini，聽說是hand made的，表面夠滑但不夠實淨，芯位的澱粉質即吃即「化」，失望。

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又是開始找地方開聖誕party 的時候﹐所以要四出找吃的。本來想試試Reflectory 的﹐怎知才星期三都未夠一點已經全店滿座﹐只好拿了卡片下次訂座喇。一出門口就見到La Piazzetta 的牌﹐見都有成年沒有去過了﹐便過去試試﹐看水準是否依舊咯。個Menu 和價錢都沒有變﹐意大利老闆還是一樣的熱情招呼客人﹐那兩個外籍女侍應還是在雲遊﹐一切還是和一年前一樣。我還是要了$75 的午餐﹐要沙律和自選pizza﹐還有咖啡/茶﹐實在好抵﹗先來的baguette 沒有什麼特別﹐不過烘得幾脆﹐有少少(火農)﹐點著橄欖油和醋來吃﹐還是不錯的。跟麵包來的沒有牛油﹐就只有橄欖油和醋﹐很健康和地道。今天的沙律是普通的green salad﹐菜都新鮮爽脆﹐但就連沙律汁都沒有落﹐要自己加橄欖油和醋。對我這怕胖的人來說是好的﹐但相信不是人人可以接受到喇﹗Pizza 可以從餐牌中選﹐沒有限制﹐好呀﹗我要了個Pizza with Prosciutto and arugula rocket﹐prociutto 是大片大片的鋪在上面﹐賣相好一般﹐不過味道就一流。看以為是普通的一個pizza﹐原來這麼好味。那個底造得

周六，約了舊拍檔聽她說近來的麻煩事，想找處靜靜的地方傾一下。這裡隱藏在俊榮里，很有小店風味，裝修又不差，來傾計飲野食飯都適合。來的時候只一檯洋人客，吃至中段，已經是包場。午市餐牌分兩邊，有自家製的tortellini，及8選1的意粉或肉類的主菜，都不大喜歡tortellini，就分別要了簡單的炒意粉Spaghetti Aglio Olio及牛仔肉Scaloppine。先來的麵包是兩塊烘熱的法包，烘得香脆，醮上橄欖油及黑醋也好吃，之後也添友了兩件去解決白酒汁；前菜要了餐湯及沙律各一，餐湯是青豆蓉湯，豆蓉隔得不算清，還有青豆的外皮在，但都算幾真材實料，味道也調得不錯的；沙律是吞拿魚青菜沙律，勝在清清地，全讓了給幾時都在廋身的舊拍檔；主菜擺放得幾簡單，可能只是午市的原故。我的牛仔肉，聞到香甜的白酒味，未吃已知不會很差。牛仔肉打得夠軟，口感軟腍，肉味亦香濃，加上Masala白酒，幾有水準。伴碟的是一大埋薯蓉，將其換來了不少的炒意粉。意粉也炒得不錯，只簡單的用蒜蓉及乾香草去炒，聞落幾香，吃落又不油膩，意粉又夠咬口，也都吃得過。見隔離檯叫的海鮮意粉也幾大堆頭，帶子、青口、蝦、蜆等配料也落足，下次來

大大話話對上一次幫襯已是7-8年前的事, 於10月15日重遊,水準保持到, 但價錢漲哂喇!食:1) 前菜tomato stuffed with tuna fish + mayonnaise : tomato清甜, 配大量mayonnaise sauce,很惹味2) oven baked eggplant + morzella cheese+tomato,總之是vegetarian lasagna 的菜式: 朋友覺得太酸, 但個人就very like喇3) pizza, 料有morzella cheese+fresh tomato+cooked ham+mushroom : 薄得來又不至於焗濃, 好味過中午食的銀杏X.4) penne, 料大至有cheese+mushroom in tomato sauce,長通粉十分有咬口. 平時食pasta, 我都會要求不要煮太耐, 但大部份都煮不到有咬口的質感. 但朋友說笑話食慣軟飯, 所以嫌硬5) 3個dessert - tiramisu+italian pudding+類似lemon mousse的東西: 只有tiramisu是ok, 另外2個