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2013-11-29
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I had been planning a re-union dinner with some of my ex-colleagues, who have been very kind and supportive to me. After consulting my gourmet friend, I decided to take his recommendation and booked a table for 6 in this restaurant - an authentic home-like Italian restaurant. We had our ‘early’ dinner at 6:30pm after visiting some arts galleries in Central and Soho. First, they offered us complimentary bruschetta (tomato and basil on toasts). We all loved this, the tomatoes were so fresh and fir
We had our ‘early’ dinner at 6:30pm after visiting some arts galleries in Central and Soho. First, they offered us complimentary bruschetta (tomato and basil on toasts). We all loved this, the tomatoes were so fresh and firm, and tossed with aromatic olive oil, the toasts were beautifully grilled. We started with 6 dishes of appetizer : 2 were cheese dishes : Burrtina con l’Insalata (raw cheese) and mozzalla, 2 were hot-pots : polipo alla luciana (octopus) and terrina di parmigiana (eggplants), and 2 raw meat dishes : carpaccio tonno (tuna) and beef carpaccio. My friend reminded me that their cheeses and olives are ‘must-try’ items, which are imported fresh from Italy, very high quality. Among the above mentioned appetizers, my most favourite one goes to the polipo alla luciana: it smelt very tempting, the octopus was beautifully tenderised, yet still remained juicy and firm. It was stewed with rich flavours from a balanced combination of tomatos, cheese, olives and herbs. The carpaccio beef which was recommended by the Manager, who was very enthusaistic in introducing us the menu, was excellent too, thinly and sliced beef, delicately marinated and topped with top-quality oliver oil, greens, shaved parmesan, very refreshing.
Then, the Chef recommended us their specials of the season - the white truffle and he suggested us to have the white truffle risotto to be shared among us. I did worry about the price as I had heard many stories about the reasonably pricing of truffle in some restaurants. I have to tell you that their white truffle risotto is worthy for money - $358, enough for 4-6 people. There was no fancy cooking and complicated ingredients in the risotto. Just a few slices of the truffle offered tremendous aroma. Simple is beauty.
Originally, I planned to order 1-2 more pasta dishes. But then, it seemed that everybody was rather full and decided to move to the desserts. But the desserts were not particularly appealing. We had the panna cotta, tiramisu and prifiterol (cream puff), well, though they were reasonably priced at only $70 each.
It is a very nice and warm place to savour an authentic Italian dinner and re-union with good friends.
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