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[Review 4311] Delish all you can eat seafood @ Bella Vita

10/05/2015
Bella Vita
銅鑼灣開平道1號Cubus11樓
11/F, Cubus, 1 Hoi Ping Road, Causeway Bay
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/delish-all-you-can-eat-seafood-e2448234

Tried the Bella Vita Sunday Brunch on the first day it was launched.
Basically it is all you can eat for $498 including Prosecco, white and red wine, juice.
I liked the grapefruit drink because they mixed it with some carbonated water which gave it a nice fizz and they had tea as well.
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There is a buffet table for the antipasti which had:
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Assorted Italian cold cuts, Parma ham with melon

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Smoked salmon
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Burrata cheese and tomato, Deep fried calamari
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Selection of cheese
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Pan seared foie gras
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The seafood is all you can eat and they will serve a seafood platter and oyster platters which you can order again when you want some more.

For pastas, these are cooked to order.
Basically you select a pasta from a choice of Linguine, capellini, penne and spaghetti and choose a sauce from a choice of Arriabiata, vongole, carbonara and bolognese.
The sauces I recommend are bolognese and Arriabiata and for pastas I like linguini and capellini.

The portions of these are quite small which is good because you can try more pastas.

For the mains, there are steaks, lamb and seafood to choose from.
We chose the Florentine steak which can be ordered for an extra $80 per person (minimum of four people because the steak is quite big).
The Florentine steak is a T-bone steak with tenderloin and strip steak on the other side.
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The mustard variety was good too because they had fruity mustards!

To finish off, there were a nice choice of desserts such as chocolate pudding and mixed berry mousse.

[Review 4310] Spacious Japanese dining with Seiro steaming @ 季和日本料理 Kiwa Japanese Cuisine

10/05/2015
季和日本料理 Kiwa Japanese Cuisine
西環西環干諾道西155號高樂花園(尚品薈)一樓
1/F, Connaught Garden, 155 Connaught Road West, Western District
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/spacious-japanese-dining-with-seiro-steaming-e2448233

Kiwa is located in Sai Ying Pun near the Connaught Road exit of SYP MTR.
Went there for Japanese seiro which is food steamed in the seiro.
Kiwa is a very spacious restaurant hence the tables are big enough for their full sized seiros.

As well as Japanese fare, they have a good range of sakes with a pamphlet that shows all the sakes they serve.
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Started off with the appetizers which were poached fluorescent squids and fish slices. Both were a good starter.
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Then we had sashimi with 5 different types of fish including: threadfin, golden pike, fatty tuna, prawns
My favourites were the threadfin.
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Next was the soup which gave me a surprise because they had sponge tofu and the tiniest cute clams which I have never seen before.
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Then it was Hiroshima oysters cooked with konbu which had a strong taste of the sea.
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After the soup and oyster, it was time for the seiro, the fish slices were put in first, and then the prawns and alaska crab legs.
The steaming helped keep the freshness so that the seafood was delicately cooked without losing its flavour.
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Finished off with a grilled rice ball and inaiwan udon which was really filling.
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For dessert they had icecream but I was too full to eat it.

[Review 4309] Free pineapple cakes @ 微熱山丘 SunnyHills

10/05/2015
微熱山丘 SunnyHills
中環贊善里8號地舖
G/F, 8 Chancery Lane, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/free-pineapple-cakes-e2448184

I discovered this place after dining at Cafe D'i.
Initially I thought it was a SunnyHills cafe because I saw people having tea there and eating pineapple cakes.
While I was taking photos of the front, a lady came out and asked me to go in and try the pineapple cake so I went in and sat down.
Within a flash, she bought me a tray which had a pineapple cake, tea and some leaflets about the pineapple cake.
The pineapple cake had a lovely buttery pastry filled with sweetened pineapple chunks in the middle and the size of these cakes are quite satisfying without making you too full.
When I left, I was given another box for free because it is for females hence I am showing my appreciation by sharing this experience.

[Review 4308] Stylish place on Chancery Lane! @ Cafe d'i

09/05/2015
Cafe d'i
中環贊善里11號地舖
G/F, 11 Chancery Lane, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/stylish-place-on-chancery-lane-e2448164

Saw this place listed on openrice so searched it on FB and saw really stylish photos of this place.
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This place looks even better at night with the illuminated logo at the front.

Arrived at this place and the tables were really colourful.

They have skincare products for sale too.

Anyway, the menu was good, they had croissants, muesli and breakfast and the prices were quite a good deal for its location.
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The muesli is evidently popular because everyone was ordering it.

I tried some and it was really good because there were lots of ingredients in it like raisins and there was some fresh fruit on top too.
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all day breakfast:

The breakfast portion was a bit too much for me because it had four slices of toast, sliced ham, bacon, sausages, scrambled egg and baked beans.
The star of the breakfast was the scrambled egg because it was fluffy and tasty.
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It is nice to see that they have engraved the logo on the cutlery and the metal tab on the table.