[Review 4815] A social place to gather for Italian food at 121BC @ 121BC

21/11/2015
121BC
中環蘇豪卑利街42-44號地舖
G/F., 42-44 Peel Street, Soho, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/a-social-place-to-gather-for-italian-food-at-121bc-e2514398

I have always wanted to dine here ever since I saw a photo of the green pea lasagna because I love lasagna and green peas.

The menu changes really often so you have to keep checking which is really difficult for me because I don’t know where the menu gets updated.

There is always a menu on the restaurant wall, but I find it intimidating to go there to see what is on the menu and leaving if it doesn't interest me.
Finally went here and tried the food.

They are currently doing a banquet denoted by the starred items on the menu that cost $450 per person.

We had a light dinner that night so here was what we had:

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Vitello Tonnato:
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The veal slices were a bit like pastrami but the taste was not as strong mixed with tuna puree.
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Octopus, Squid Ink, Green Chilli, Crackling:
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I loved this dish because the octopus was not chewy infused with a delicious squid ink taste.
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Caramelised Lamb Ribs, Orange, Caraway:
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The lamb was soft and came off the bone easily with a delicious sweet crispy coating.
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Lasagna, Eggplant, Tomato, Smoked Scamorza:
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A wholesome lasagna packed with delicious veggies.
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Wagyu Skirt Steak, Radish, Bone Marrow Butter:
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I loved this juicy steak paired with evilicious bone marrow butter and crunchy radish.
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Zucchini, Pine Nuts, Ricotta Salata:
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The julienne zucchini was refreshing and light flavoured by the pine nuts and cheese shavings.
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Pumpkin:
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The pieces of chunky pumpkin were sweet and mushy.
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Stracciatella, Beetroot, Balsamic, Basil:
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The beetroot dish was a bit too sharp for my liking and tasted like beetroot soaked in strong vinegar.
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Pannacotta, Coffee Caramel, Almonds:
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Chocolate and Hazelnut Cremoso, Sea Salt:
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Olive Oil Cake, Vanilla Cream, Strawberry, Candied Olives:
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For desserts I liked the chocolate mousse which had a tad of sea salt in it and the olive oil cake had a strong orange peel taste but no olive oil could be tasted.

[Review 4814] Discover your favourite part of Iberico Ham @ QUEMO

21/11/2015
QUEMO
灣仔皇后大道東202號QRE Plaza 5樓
5/F, QRE Plaza, 202 Queen's Road East, Wan Chai
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/discover-your-favourite-part-of-iberico-ham-e2514374

Discover your favourite part of Iberico Ham
2015-11-21  875 瀏覽
Went to Quemo for dinner which is on the 5th floor of QRE plaza.
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Normally when you have Iberico Ham you just eat what you are given but here you can choose and try different parts of the ham.
Different parts taste different.

Started off with Iberico Ham paired with a sharp tasting CAVA.
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The ham tastes strongest nearer the bottom because of gravity which is the bit I like but most people will probably like the part just before the end where it is flavourful but not too strong.
After having the ham, we had the oysters, one was dressed in Gin foam which had a sweet aftertaste to it and makes the oyster really silky and seals in the flavour.


The other one had a stronger dressing which I liked but I personally prefer a sharper taste.
Next, we had a beautiful seabass paired with velvety mash that had pieces of green beans in it contrasted by a crunch.


There was also seasonal vegetables but I think European vegetables would pair better.
The pork terrine was different because it was pulled meat with a piece of crispy pork skin on top.

Before we had the Soupy rice, we has jelly and cream to refresh our palettes.

I love paella so I liked the soupy rice because it had my favourite red prawn where they crush the head at the end and mix it with the rice to make it taste delicious.


There were pieces of cuttlefish which adds to the strong seafood taste and you eat it with a spork so that the soup is retained on the spork.

For desserts, we finished with catalan cream, coconut and ginger mousse and the banana.
My favourite was the coconut and ginger mousse and catalan cream which was light and airy.
I hope to come again for Fideu or soupy rice

[Review 4813] Dining in a modern art filled room @ Popsy Modern Kitchen

20/11/2015
Popsy Modern Kitchen
中環威靈頓街198號The Wellington 5樓
5/F, The Wellington, 198 Wellington Street, Central
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/dining-in-a-modern-art-filled-room-e2514285

Dining in a modern art filled room
2015-11-20  1819 瀏覽

The Popsy Room in Sheung Wan is a small gallery for artists to exhibit their art with a space for dining but now there is a bigger and better place at the Popsy Modern Kitchen for more people to dine there and appreciate the exhibit.

I loved the décor because it was sparkly and glistening and they had these huge acrylic spheres and flowers.
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For me, I was just mesmerized by the sparkling décor because we were in the room in the corner that was decorated with white and silver elements, which I just love.

In the main room, there were portraits of local celebrities with threatened animals shot in Africa by Sean Lee Davies with a message to protect endangered animals.
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The menu was quite good and offers more choices than the Popsy room with beautifully illustrated pages and I love the way the drinks are called Poptails.
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For dinner, here was what we had:

Started off with a strong macho drink infused with chili, rosemary garnished with floating blueberries followed by some bread and butter.
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Then we had bread:
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Crispy volcano egg:
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Started with this colourful dish with a molten egg on a bed of asparagus puree and chopped mushrooms.

The egg was wrapped in this delicious wafer thin crispy parsley sheet and garnished with strands of fried purple potato, which looked like silk.

I liked the simple flavours because you can taste each of the elements, which don’t really need any special sauces.

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Scampi in the clouds:
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Next we had the angel hair which was beautifully laid on the plate. It looked like a small portion but there was quite a fair bit of pasta in it.

The angel hair was very creamy and I felt that a little more salt or sea urchin flavour was needed but the crayfish balanced it nicely.

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Roast Angus beef tenderloin:
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A nice juicy tenderloin paired with filling risotto that was not too creamy.

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For dessert we had the Earl Grey Disco.
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A delicious earl grey and chocolate mousse paired with rich red berries.

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Popsy Modern Kitchen:

5/F Wellington

Central

[Review 4812] I am what I eat! @ 我係小食

20/11/2015
我係小食
將軍澳貿業路8號新都城中心3期地下G14-15號鋪
Shop G14-15, G/F, MCP Discovery, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O
https://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/review/i-am-what-i-eat-e2514239

I am what I eat!
2015-11-20  481 瀏覽
I am so glad this joint has been rebranded to 我係小食.
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Previously, it used to be 天將麵包 with one shop selling bakery products and the other selling snacks.

Now it has been rebranded into two independant shops I am Bakery and 我係小食.
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It took me three times to get openrice to add this shop to their database and I don't know why I bothered the third time if the system keeps rejecting this shop.

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I am Bakery

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http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/restaurant/%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D%E6%BE%B3-i-am-bakery/470676?s=3
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Basically they are back with the same food and their congee is amazing.




This time I tried the crispy rolls which are crispy filled with fish meat and it was quite nice but there was some alkaline taste to it.
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天將麵包
http://www.openrice.com/zh/hongkong/restaurant/%E5%B0%87%E8%BB%8D%E6%BE%B3-%E5%A4%A9%E5%B0%87%E9%BA%B5%E5%8C%85/26372?tc=sr1