Showing posts with label ravioli. Show all posts
Showing posts with label ravioli. Show all posts

Saturday, July 01, 2017

[The Spaghetti House] New Ocean Bounty menu

The Spaghetti House at Wanchai is a good place for dinner during the weekdays because all the people working in that area have deserted the place.
There was a new summery Ocean Bounty menu launched for summer.
They even had sea cucumber on the menu paired with salad but I was immediately attracted to the squid ink ravioli filled with spinach and scallops that are made freshly everyday.



It was a very hot day so had the macchiato with haagan dazs vanilla icecream topped with a square cube of frozen red bean puree recommended by the manager.
Definitely a photogenic drink with a strong matcha bitterness complimented by the red beans at the bottom.

The other drink Strawberry wonderland was just simply stunning with the sexy red strawberry floating on ice.

Started with the creamy asparagus soup with scallops which is a good pairing of asparagus and scallops because both are delicate in flavour.

The garlic bread was perfectly toasted and buttered, it was crispy with a slight soft centre saturated with garlic butter.

The mussels came in a rich tomato sauce which made every mussel tasty while the sauce was great for dipping the garlic bread.

Now to the star of the show, the squid ink ravioli filled with spinach and scallops were big while the ravioli pasta was soft and hung the lobster sauce well. 


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Thursday, February 16, 2017

[Pici] Bring on the full pasta experience

Seeing lots of expats have visited this place I decided to go early one evening.

Luckily I got there at 6pm because it was full within an hour.

The menu is simple with appetizers, pastas and dessert.

There were four of us so we got a pasta each while we shared the starters.
It is really hard choosing a pasta because they have Gnocchi, ravioli, orecchiette, lasagne, tagliatelle, parpadelle and pici!!

We sat at the bar where we got a view of all the pasta being made and the cooking at the far end.
I seem to recognize one of the Chefs from Pirata.


Fresh hand rolled pici which looked like fat spaghetti being made:


Ravioli being prepared:


Parma ham sliced to order:

Began with bread, olive oil and balsamic vinegar while we were waiting.


Started with the burrata cheese which was creamy, soft and supple:

Next was the Chefs selection which was served on a board comprising of parma ham, salami, taleggio and parmesan.
You can evidently see the difference of freshly sliced parma ham because it is moist and radiant in colour.

Moving on the the warm starters, we had the meatballs which were made of pork, beef with tomato sauce.
They were big and tasty.
Now to the stars of the show, we had lasagne, ravioli, gnocchi and orecchiette
The gnocchi was one of the best I have had because the texture is not stodgy and there are bits of potato in it.
The ravioli was also exciting, there were two choices for ravioli so I chose the one with truffle because it was filled with delicious asparagus and shallots.
The filling was silky smooth complemented by the fragrant truffle.

My friend had the lasagne which was very hearty and meaty.
Last but not least was the nduja orecchiette which had a spicy touch to it while the orecchiette pasta pieces were al dente.

Despite being quite full we had the tiramisu which was a perfect end to the dinner.

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Friday, September 26, 2014

Dehydrated ravioli at Alfafa (Tai Koo)

Tried the ravioli which was actually quite nice because the sauce was really strong and tasted like a particular brand of chicken soup in Europe.
The only complaint was that the ravioli skin was dry and chewy, evidently heated up in the microwave.
The proscuitto was soft and tasty.

The milk pudding was really nice because it was really silky and the texture was similar to tofu pudding which is curd like.

Finished off with tea which was ok.

Wednesday, April 09, 2014

Ravioli at Saizeriya Italian Restaurant

The food here is always cheap and the variety is good.
They always change their menu which keeps you coming back but usually I forget about this place because of the location.

On this visit, they had my favourite ravioli.

Portions are on the small side, but the dishes are so cheap that you can order other dishes to fill you up and there is no service charge.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Spicy sausage pizza:


The tiny sausage slices taste as good as the ones at Pizza hut but they are not that spicy.
I would have liked the sausage slices to be more evenly distributed but they kept falling off when I ate it.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Mediterranean paella:

Some of the rice was quite crispy but not hard.
The rice and tasty sauce tasted great together but it was a bit too salty.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Meat sauce chicken ravioli gratin:


As well as ravioli and meat sauce, they also have a soup version.
I liked the meat sauce but the creamy sauce in it was too creamy for me.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

Tuesday, January 07, 2014

The ideal and perfect place for pasta

The Pasta Place (Sheung Wan)

I love pasta but at most restaurants they make simple pastas complicated and expensive.
At The Pasta Place I was attracted to their down to earth homely decor.


The menu was simple and straightforward and I liked the manual typewriter font.


At The Pasta Place, the decor was most impressive.


On the walls they have lovely homely wallpaper and they had dado rails known as chair rails on the walls just like the houses in the UK.
They might have them in the US too but I have never been to the US to comment.


On each table there is a lovely red rose and hooks to hang your coats or bags.


In the middle of the restaurant, there is a really nice alcove that hides a toilet!
It looks like a tiny room underneath a staircase but the toilet is quite spacious.



There is sink and mirror outside the toilet in the alcove!


Cute taps!


I would have tried the Lasagne and Mac and Cheese but there were too many choices too choose from.

Anyway, here was what I had:

★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Rich beef ragu on Tagliatelle pasta $110:


I knew this was going to be good and tasty, each strand was covered uniformly in rich beef ragu sauce.
The beef was minced finely and mixed in well.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Tomato and sweet basil sauce on fresh potato gnocchi:


The portion was huge! I think out of all the gnocchi dishes I have ordered in various restaurants, this plate had the most!
The gnocchi was quite chewy and the tomato sauce was lovely and acidic but lacked the taste of basil.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★
Roasted pumpkin and sage sauce on fresh spinach and ricotta ravioli:


This was beautifully presented but the sauce lacked connection with the sage because I could only taste pumpkin which was also quite light.
Four sage leaves had been fried and placed on top as decoration.
Other than that, it was a lovely light pasta dish and the ravioli was filled with soft clotted ricotta in the middle contrasted by the gentle sweet pumpkin puree sauce.
★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★☆★

I am definitely coming back to try Lasagne and MacNCheese
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