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2009-08-13
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I came here once years ago when it first opened. i remember the food was good but it was pricey. i guess since i haven't been back until recently, it's safe to assume it wasn't exceptional fisrt time around. however this night, i thought the food was absolutely amazing, very pleasantly surprised. yes there were some quirks with the service, for example, the restaurant closes by 10pm so they do not take reservations past 9pm. i was very late actually didn't arrive until 930 while my friend got
however this night, i thought the food was absolutely amazing, very pleasantly surprised. yes there were some quirks with the service, for example, the restaurant closes by 10pm so they do not take reservations past 9pm. i was very late actually didn't arrive until 930 while my friend got there by 9 and ordered first. however we didn't get bad attitude from the waiters nor owner/chef. yes service seemed a bit rushed as i was late but the watiers were pretty apologetic about getting us to order dessert and pay early. i found the experience quite typical of good no nonsense italian restaurants in europe. don't expect opulent service like the french haut-cuisine or modern gastronomic experience type place. it is expensive because the food is great.
it's really the little things that show if this is a high calibre restaurant. we had the parma ham w/ melon. you would think parma ham is parma ham, it's salty, taste like ham, etc. well i had the BEST parma ham in HK here, better than sabatini. the ham was so thinly sliced, with no tendon/residue, it practically melted on my tongue. and the melon was so perfectly sweet, with strong aroma (some fruit can be just sweet but no flavour), it went perfectly with the ham.
next we had the mussels in white wine sauce. the mussels were just cooked slightly under, juicy, plump and flavourful. it was actually a very big dish and we could barely finish sharing between us. the white wine sauce is very traditional, but very well done.
for main, we had the linguini w/ scampi. it was really yummy, i'm drooling as i recall the flavour. the linguini was perfectly al dente, the sauce was just right amount and flavour, the scampi was plentiful and delicious. a lot of restaurants, their pasta w/ lobster or some expensive seafood is quite stingy w/ the seafood but definitely not here. there was so much scampi i practically had a piece in every bite!
dessert, had the semifreddo and it was also very good.
overall, i felt like i was in italy having a great authentic italian meal. it's really down to earth setting and traditional recipies with exceptional quality ingredients that sets Da Domenico apart from the rest.
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