Pasta Marche - Italian Casual Restaurant
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心2期1樓1072 - 1074號舖
Shop 1072-1074, 1/F, MCP Central, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/une-nouveau-marche-de-pasta-dans-po-lam-e2273187
Before this place was opened, it was boarded up with the Pasta Marche name. Anyway thought it was French because of MARCHE but when it opened it was another Italian inspired Japanese restaurant.
Since I had dinner already I went in for desserts, which was not displayed, on the menu outside and it was lucky that I asked.
It was their soft opening so only half the restaurant was occupied by diners.
I had to wait for three tables before I was seated.
While I was browsing the menu, the pasta and carpaccios were priced quite reasonably, just costing slightly more than Watami casual japanese restaurant.
After I was seated, I was given some bread, however there was no side dish for the olive oil so I had to balance a spoon on the basket and put the olive oil there.
There was olive oil and chili oil in the frosted containers.
Anyway I ordered the chiffon cakes (thinking was it really chiffon or a translation blip) but it turned out they really were chiffon cakes.
They also had watermelon or kiwi terrine, which sounds interesting!
I also wanted to order the veggie leaves tea but they were not available yet.
Overall I felt that the menu was not that consistent because the Chinese and English had some differences because one language would be more detailed.
Eg the in English the cake was chiffon but in Chinese there was no chiffon.
The veggie leaves tea was fruit and vegetable in Chinese.
Both cakes came with a dollop of whipped cream and I had the carrot cake first because I assumed the chocolate would have a stronger taste.
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Carrot Chiffon cake
The carrot chiffon cake was surrounded by berries and you could see the chiffon cake patterns. It was quite nice having a carrot cake chiffon style because carrot cake is dense and heavy.
However the carrot taste was really faint. The cake seemed boring but with the tart blueberries and cream the cake came alive.
There were also caramelized nuts too which gave it some crunch and the berries and cream with the cake reminded me of a berry flavoured Victoria sandwich.
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Chocolate ginger chiffon cake
I thought the chocolate cake would have a strong chocolate taste but it was faint, and the ginger too, but you could find ginger fibres in it.
Again the cake came alive with the cream, crispy nuts, pieces of chocolates and chocolate sauce.
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I was really impressed with the cakes as they were not too sweet or heavy.
The décor of this restaurant was quite relaxing and natural with high ceilings, and I liked the front where they had vegetables and fruit on display just like a real Market (Marche) in Europe.
I will definitely be back to try their pastas.
