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2023-08-15
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[ Sagratino | 中環 ] This restaurant has been open since 2007 and it recently came on my radar to try out. The Japanese chef makes interesting Italian pasta with Japanese ingredients and it instantly intrigued me. I came on a weekday to get their weekday lunch set which is way better value compared to ALC. As the set is $130 (+10%) and most pastas are more than $150. Arriving around 12:15pm there was barely anyone, but once it was 12:30pm, the cozy but spacious restaurant was packed full of worke
This restaurant has been open since 2007 and it recently came on my radar to try out. The Japanese chef makes interesting Italian pasta with Japanese ingredients and it instantly intrigued me.
I came on a weekday to get their weekday lunch set which is way better value compared to ALC. As the set is $130 (+10%) and most pastas are more than $150.
Arriving around 12:15pm there was barely anyone, but once it was 12:30pm, the cozy but spacious restaurant was packed full of workers and also tourists. Like I mentioned, the restaurant is on the small side but you won’t feel claustrophobic. The view is also pretty nice and the bathroom is clean. I would say they should increase the ventilation and air-conditioning especially in the summer and due to the large number of people in the space.
The service is amicable but not too enthusiastic. We were first given some breadsticks which were stale and soggy, very tasteless and no vinegar or oil to make it better.
The lunch set comes with a choice of soup or salad and a drink, the food came rather fast after ordering and I was halfway through the soup when my pasta came.
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Broccoli Soup
The soup today was broccoli soup and the salad was caesar salad. I chose the soup and I highly regret it. It came rather unappealing and unappetising. This shouldn’t even be classified as soup as it is just salty broccoli water and you can tell they only use very little broccoli as the ‘soup’ separates into broccoli puree and water after being left for a while. The only upside is that it is seasoned well with salt but there is honestly no taste to this 😔
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Morone - Sea Bass in White Wine Sauce $130
After that disastrous starter, I was starting to doubt the restaurant and the many praiseful comments it has. However, this pasta redeemed them. The spaghetti is cooked perfectly al dente and the sauce is extremely luscious and oily but in the best way possible as to stick onto the spaghetti. The use of olive oil makes its aromatically silky and not greasy and the addition of white wine as the base makes it extremely flavourful and light. I also really enjoyed the bits of garlic as it adds a really nice dimension of depth.
As for the sea bass, it is also cooked perfectly well thus is flaky and tender with a strong ‘bass’ taste without being fishy. Like the pasta, it is seasoned very well with herbs and I enjoyed eating them together for the perfect combination of taste and texture. The pieces of fish are varying in size so can get tiny pockets of fish in between bites and it tastes of literal heaven.
Portion wise, it is perfect as a filling lunch but it left me wanting more due to its deliciousness 😅😋
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推介 💁🏻♀️
💬 Overall, what started off as a pretty bad meal ended on a very high note with a very very delicious pasta that I already crave again. I hope to be back soon to try their other Japanese-Italian pasta dishes like the baby octopus, whitebait, squid tentacles, as well as their chicken cartilage, beef tripe, and pork ribs.
On the other hand, my friend got their Bolognese and it was very watery and salty so perhaps stick to the uncommon dishes instead 😬
🗓 Revisit? ✅ ⭕️/ ❎
Below is my second visit here and suffice to say that I will not be back. Before I ordered, I wanted to thank the chef for a great plate of pasta left time but when I saw him, he was rude and wanted me to get out as soon as possible, not even giving eye contact or appreciating my gratitude. I was so close to leaving the restaurant but I didn’t want to make a scene.
I ordered their caesar salad this time after the abysmal soup I had last time and this was no better. Literally just wet romaine in bottled caesar sauce with no other toppings. The lettuce was also in very big pieces and not very fitting to eat.
This time I got the Shirasu pasta which is is soggy and mushy with no flavour whatsoever. The spaghetti was also overcooked and was the same texture as the shirasu in my mouth 😬😭.
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Shirasu pasta
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Broccoli soup
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Morone
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