Grappa's Ristorante    歌柏絲意大利餐廳  

It took us a while to decide our orders. Grappa's had a wide selection of pasta dishes as well as other forms of appetizers, pizzas and desserts. Since we did not want to fill ourselves excessively, we each ordered a plate of pasta along with a drink to go light for lunch. Likewise any other Italian restaurants, there were some bread before the dishes arrived to drag us away from starvation. To be honest, both of us did not like the bread. It was not warm enough and the crust was hardened. Consequently the texture wasn't soft enough to blend in with the vinegar and olive oil, not to mention about its chewiness. Though I quite liked the bread cutted in a long, slim shaped to keep the customers handy in eating, but perhaps cutting in a thicker form would be better?After a while of waiting, our pasta dishes arrived. C ordered Linguine Nere, mainly because of her favourite sauce being squid ink. She was extremly excited after she had her first bite. She praised the freshness of the prawns as well as the well cooked linguine. Everything was just as she expected from a high-end Italian restaurant. Though she thought that the only ingredient being the prawn was a bit too dull and the sauce along with the thickness of linguine had made her bloated after the meal.As for my pasta dish, Spaghetti Marinara, was quite nice. It did not contain any fancy ingredients, but the Marinara sauce made all the magical things happened. It smelled extremly tempting when I mixed the spaghetti with the sauce. Again, the spaghetti was well cooked, together with the herbs and olive oil that flavoured the dish. Though one thing that I was not satisfied about this dish was its portion being slightly small, I was just enough when I finished. The presentation of the dish wasn't anything too unforgettable, nor was the ingredients being anything memorable and impressive. I would say that the Marinara sauce was the only enhancement for this dish. There was no excuses not to enjoy a cup of icy drink at this time of the weather, as well as the creaminess of the pasta. C ordered a cup of Iced Chocolate and I had a cup of Iced Mocha. From their appearances, they did not look any attractive to me. In fact, they looked like the self-catered drinks you got from buffett. Unsurprisingly, they tasted just like them. Watery and the least kind of flavour you would imagine to get from Iced Chocolate/Mocha. It was hard for me to recall myself being at an Italian restaurant as I was sipping the drinks in quite an unwilling manner. I definitely did not think this cup of drink cost me HKD45 solely.

If you are looking for a place to get some good pasta, I would say Grappa's quite a decent one. Yet if you are looking for something more original and special in its own cooking of Italian food, I wouldn't recommend you coming to Grappa's. Simply because of its location being at Pacific Place had increased the prices of the food than necessary. To me, I much prefer places like Al Dente and other traditional Italian restaurants in Soho, Central.

- Y