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2016-02-05
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It was like a decade ago that we last met. Gone were the days when we were still at early teenage, being curious of the seemingly scrumptious adult's world and exploring Lan Kwai Fong with our first sip of alcohol. Not that I refuse to admit, no all nights spent here are equally memorable. Pathetically, we only know to treasure when things are in their departure, not in their presence. Meeting up in coincidence at a friend's birthday party, we did a little catch-up that night, and followed by th
[Remarks: for a la carte menu, please refer to the detailed one in the Rhombus app] Bread basket with tri-coloured butter (complimentary)
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Three slices of butter were of different size, and we were told that the yellow one is the most popular one, so that it was made the largest portion! In ascending size, the green one was Herb Butter, with a taste of garlic and refreshing herbs; the orange one was dried tomato butter, with highlights in dense tomato taste and a sweep of appetizing sourness; and the yellow one was truffle butter, having the strongest taste among all and with real truffle pieces blended inside. Not only in ascending size, we were advised to taste one by one from their ascending size as they have ascending levels of richness in flavour! Black truffle taste was incredibly intense, as if how it tastes like spaghetti in a black truffle sauce. Two pieces of bread each were just fine, so we rejected extra bread offer from the waiter.
Salt & Pepper Fried Calamari - w/ cucumber, garlic & chili caramel & lime mayonnaise $148 This should be somewhere between an appetizer and a main course - fried seafood but with elements of salad like cucumber and lime mayonnaise. Instead of Australian cuisine, I bet it is more inclined towards Mediterranean, which serves this with salt and lemon. "Garlic & chili caramel and lime mayonnaise" was undoubtedly the sauce, but they didn't blend into each other. The first remained as the main sauce to moisturize the crispy surface of squid, while the lime mayonnaise was just an add-on to dip into, like a salad dressing. In Chinese restaurants, squid rings are sliced into fine pieces but pieces of squids were significantly larger here. "Time is of the essence" (a twist of what I learnt in my law study), squid got rubbery and tough like rubber bands if overdone. Crispy layer wasn't that thick and thus not that oil-absorbing and greasy. Squid was sweet and fresh in taste and didn't disappoint me, seemingly not so fried with neutralisation of cucumber cubes. Garlic Butter Prawns -w/ fresh baguette $158
$158
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Slow-cooked Wagyu Beef Rump - Mixed Spice Rubbed, with beer-battered onion rings & aubergine purée $328
$328
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Getting the Rhombus app installed for a 20% off discount is truly an allure - around $440 per head after 20% off discount and 10% service charge. Worth the pay for exclusivity (surprisingly), food and caring service. Splashes of colours look even more mysterious in the reflection when looking through the glasses. Seemingly not fully satisfied after a scrumptious meal, it is still you who truly look into the eyes and figuring out the regret. Led by a staff, we headed up to the Open Terrace, which is different from the patio on 30th floor, through a special staircase. Ironically being a floor un-numbered, it was my first time to be here, with the spectacular 270-degree view of the Hong Kong skyline. It was basically as large as the floor area downstairs, with lounge chair and cosy seats. This alfresco Open Terrace is just open occasionally for events and it was just an ad-hoc request that we were catered for. As it wasn't open for the night, it was just an empty terrace. No loud music but serendipity. After all these years, we were no longer teenagers that yelled, swang and screamed in the alleys of Lan Kwai Fong. Whatever food pics that you noticed me taking, they wouldn't have included this one I took when we were waiting for the lift to G/F. Men's suit is always a sign of grown-up; but on the other side of authority, there lies responsibility. Not expecting our next date to be as far apart as our previous dates were, at least, not a decade apart. My heartfelt hope that you wouldn't change by then, and neither would I. You, instead of the neon lights above Lan Kwai Fong, mesmerize me still.
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那故事倉猝結束不到氣絕便已安葬
教兩人心裡有道不解的咒沒法釋放
讓我們打聽對方今天過得一切平安
縱使相見已是路人茫茫 臉書等愛侶入睡卻偷看
- 《念念不忘》麥浚龍
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