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BonVivant
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Veteran Gourmet
Nice environment, food salty Just OK Nov 01, 2007  
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Went with a friend on Halloween, friend just finished dancing lesson on Austin Avenue, she wanted to eat nearby, I wanted to avoid the crowd in Knutsford terrace, so we compromised on Observatory Road.

Have been craving paella for a few days so decided to choose a Spanish restaurant. It was quite difficult to find, but once you get to the top of Observatory Road, turn right and you'ld be shown to the door (by a waitress dressed as a witch on this particular day).

We ordered a dinner set for 2, $338, includes:
- 3 tapas (ordered mushroom, prawns with chili, Moorish kebab)
- 1 salad of your choice
- 1 small soup each (can be different soup for each person, we had oxtail and tomato herbal gazpacho)
- either a chicken and chorizo (they call it sausage) paella, or a seafood broth, we chose the former

Another friend joined us halfway, and ordered a rack of lamb.

bread basket came with mayo and tomato, the baguette was hot, crispy on the outside and soft and chewy on the inside. Mushroom was a bit bland, kebab was too salty and on dry side, prawns were so-so, tomato soup was ok, oxtail was too peppery (whole pepper corns), salad was a good portion, paella was nice, but a bit too wet and oily, chicken used was "frozen fresh" kind so not much chicken flavour to it. Rack of lamb was nice, double ribs for each piece, 2 pieces in total, nice juicy meat, did not taste "so".

The only thing is they refuse to give you iced water, so we had to buy bottled water instead.
 
Spending per head: Approximately HKD220

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