[Review 5675] Trying to stay focused on the food @ Cassio

28/12/2016
Cassio
中環蘭桂坊雲咸街33號LKF Tower 2樓
2/F, LKF Tower, 33 Wyndham Street, Lan Kwai Fong, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/trying-to-stay-focused-on-the-food-e2701820

Cassio is opened by my favourite group dragon-i and in the kitchen it is helmed by THREE Spanish chefs!!
One of my favourite chefs Martin Currasco works there and he recently went to London's Michelin starred barrafina for training.
At Cassio you can expect high quality food here and some unique dishes created for the Hong Kong palate.
We began with the popular Sangria soaked with rich red berries that releases the sugar into the drink.
I had the Cassio lemon which was strawberries in macerated Sherry vinegar, basil, compressed citrus and soda water.

Boy you can really taste the vinegar in it.

Dining at the bar table can be very distracting because Sebastian is really good looking that it is hard to focus on the food and remember the how it tastes!!!!

(For the whole night I kept looking down at the table to stay focused!!)

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prawn croquetas:
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You will only find this at Cassio because they created this for HKers.

Croquetas with a twist filled with silky seafood bisque bechamel and pieces of springy prawn.

++++

Stuffed courgette flower with mushrooms, Alaskan crab lightly coated tempura batter.
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It was beautiful how the flower was stuffed with crab and then lightly fried.

Inside the filling was rich and tasty complemented by the baby sweet courgette.

++++

Marinated olives:

There were three types of olives gordal, manzanilla and kalamata.
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A lovely assortment of olives which were salty and nutty in flavour.

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Spanish red prawn:
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Spanish red prawns always taste good, they don't need any special seasoning.

You get bread to dip that delicious sauce so don't forget to squeeze the head for the best bit!

++++

spinach pear salad:

A nice mix of pomegranite, balsamic vinegar, pecan nuts and Idiazabal cheese.
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Classic potato omelette:

There are three different omelettes that they serve and they are must order items because the inside is runny so you won't find another tortilla like that unless it gets copied.

A deliciously simple omelette made with fine eggs and potatoes.

++++

Juicy seafood rice clams red prawn:

This is a bit like paella but it comes with more broth which makes it even more yummy topped with fresh clams and red prawn.
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Stuffed chicken wings:

Hong Kongers love chicken wings so Cassio has searched their recipes for chicken wing related dishes and created this.
They are juicy wings stuffed with prawn, mushrooms and zucchini.

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vegetable menestra:
As a veggie lover, I loved this because it was vegetables in a foie gras stock which is not as heavy as you would think.

It had my favourite romanesco and okra.
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I was really full but we still had the Macedonia dessert which was fluffy vanilla chantilly with a filo cracker topped with fruit.