Let's face it. Da Domenico is classified as an Italian Trattoria but no more. (Trattoria Definition: Less formal than a Ristorante, more formal than an Osteria.). If you don't believe me, well, it happens to agree so on their own business card!
I must say that I arrived here carrying the mentality of 'a Man on a Mission' - acutely aware of its notorious pricing policy and its recalcitrant-stance in blocking any reviews by famed Food Critics... I could already imagine myself erupting into outbursts of mockery laughter after the meal, as I would clinch at any opportunity to pounce on the pretentious and declare Ceremoniously at the end of the meal, that Da Domenico the Trattoria, of limited menu items, can thereby be banished into the over-rated category and register a place in my books of 'Yet Another Myth Busted'. Mentally I was prepared to claim and repudiate the experience as something along the line of "Opportunistic vultures, who don't bother to print out but hand-scribble their menus with exuberant prices for both mediocre service and food quality. *Already having my self chuckle at this point! * But that doesn't mean my evil demeanor will all eventuate according to plan! As I began digging into my dish after another dish, will I uncover any major flaws or minor blips and bloopers, which would add up enough for me to debunk the myth and 坼它的招牌?
************************ "BREAD BASKET" - This consisted of Bread Crisps and a vertically cut rather than diagonally sliced baguettes. They were not only stone cold upon arrival, but initially no accompaniment of dips or butter were given automatically. After notifying the waitstaff, a tenuous answer in the form of a weak knod was detected before some Balsamic Vinegar, a home-made Pesto dip and an Olive Oil bottle were placed on the table.
The balsamic was great and viscously thick as expected, it of a decent quality and properly Aged. I don't normally have balsamic with bread but I found myself innately re-dipping the bread into the pond of syrupy essence. The olive oil was of the solidly robust rather than fresh, lively dressing type. It was good but lacks the depth of top quality oil. The pesto meanwhile was a perfect partner to the crisp bread, but the bread loses out to the quality shown at Zefferino's. If only the bread was pre-warmed..... but nevertheless, another encore round was ordered. I want to indulge in more of that vinegar... rather than the bread.
"LINGUINE CON GAMBERI " - Da Domenico has a selection of signature seafood dishes. In between the Sicilian Scampis and the equally famed Linguini with Gamberi Prawns, I was more interested in the latter - scampi's aren't as easy to stuff up as a more 'revealing' pasta. Afterall I was here to try their cooking!
The Linguine was surprisingly made up of 2 types of prawns rather than singular type. It has lots of prawn heads and legs all intact and sometimes I had to spit the legs out repetitively! The prawns given in larger quantities were more of a normal, locally sourced sea prawn, whereas the more expensive imported Italian Prawn counted as totalling 3 medium pieces! The latter are of the Italian 'Gambero Rosso' variety from Sicily, a name more synonoumous with the prestifious Food & Wine guide or Restaurant which has superceded the meaning of the famous original Italian Red Prawn.
The Linguine pasta wasn't home-made but one wouldn't expect it to be, no sane chef will make linguini in-house, much like Inaniwa noodles in Japan. I have no problems with that. The pasta was cooked to the perfect degree but it was a medium for soaking up the seafood sauce rather than carrying its own soul, as it lacks pasta wheat taste. The Sauce carries a hint of alcohol and some mintily aniseed flavour somewhat (whether from softened fennel or Pernod or other herbs I can't tell), the prawn heads and shells plus possibly other shellfish or fish, cherry tomatoes and tomato puree and saffron made a delectable base stock that coated each strand of pasta. It was really good indeed. Both types of Prawn meat however were slightly over-cooked, the red prawn tasting better than the lesser prawn in terms of flavour, but their heads were awesome as expected.
Having said all that - I've always believed that any Crustacean arthropods and their heads will inevitably carry a lot of umami aroma and taste and in that sense, one must give credit to this natural ingredient rather than attributing it completely to the skills of the chef. Any Crustacean based dish, involving the usage of say Crab Roes or Crayfish shells and livers, or Prawns - when cooked with ENOUGH quantity of crustacean roes and shells are bound to fulfill your senses. As a side note, that is why I detest the usage of prawn heads in a Bouillabaise soup, as it ruins the fish sweetness and essence. Compared to a similar pasta dish I tried cooking just once before, I think mine wasn't too far off to be honest. Bearing in mind - this Pasta set me back $480 + 10%! SCORE: 4.8/5
"FETTUCINE AL RAGU" - Spelt Fettucini on Shop's Menu? A Ragu or Ragout pasta dish is one of my must orders when trying a restaurant because a Tagliatelle with Ragu is one of the most traditional pasta dishes in Italy. Its a good test of the kitchen's cooking skills and bares all to the outside world, their inner food philosophy and training skills.
Unlike the Linguine above, this Fettucine was made in-house and hung dry before re-cooking. Although it lacked eggy taste, it was cooked perfectly again and probably the most perfectly cooked pasta I've had recently in HK, more so than the above dish. It also resembled more of a Tagliatelle than a Fettucine in terms of thickness and mouth feel.
The downside to this dish is obvious to the keen eye, however, The so-called Ragu meat tasted mainly of de-skinned sausage meat, usually reserved for cooking Bolognese sauce than a true Ragu - which by defnition should be a slow-cooked meat with a shredded meaty texture that has absorbed its braising liquid. Here, it was mostly like minced meat, slightly herbed, spiced and chili. It was enjoyable definitely but does not satisfy the hype of its namesake, considering this simplest of simple dishes sets one back in the order of $240 + 10%. SCORE: 3.8/5
"TIRAMISU" - I was already full and hoping to order an Italian Coffee, them using an imported brand that isn't available in most Italian restaurants. But a Cappucino here is $60 and an Espresso would cost $55. Ouch! Bordering on Mandarin Oriental prices and even more than Robuchon and PIERRE.
In the end I opted to try the Tiramisu, to be served in a Cup. My expectations were high, again, don't forget I was still on a mission! Should I see any downfalls during any part of the meal, it would only make me more right in the end!
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately since I will pay $77 for this, it really was a great Tiramisu and completely authentic in taste. In some areas better than the COVA version. Although not much Savoiardi biscuits were detected at the cup's base, the filling carried some coffee liquor essence but perhaps it could do with more! The creamy topping meanwhile was full of Eggy and Mascarpone taste, largely yellowish beige in colour and beaten to a pleasantly smooth texture rather than overly dry nor overly refrigerated. Its not perfect - but its relatively one of the best I've consumed in Hong Kong so-far. Once again it proved my previous bias as being a bit too sensitive and paranoid, this Trattoria really had substance!
*************************** IN SUMMARY - I thought the food served in Da Domenico can only be rightfully declared as really good but somehow amiss in terms of satisfying the 21st Century palates. All of this quality comes at a price and one surely should not expect Haute Cuisine quality dining and be pampered by Culinary masterpieces. That's even though you will end up paying nearly the same price or more anyway!
Quintessentially Italian Trattoria food very well executed, its nothing more and nothing less. It reminds me of Auction Bids - every human values an item, a wine or an antique item slightly differently in their own unorthodox perspective. If you're happy to pay a 50%+ Premium for essentially classical dishes, but with very limited choices and friendly yet unprofessional enough service, then this I could unconditionally recommend to you. I certainly enjoyed my meal but unfortunately, a ho-hum $240 Fettucini Au Ragu dish once again failed to thrill nor astound my senses, infact my Spagehetti Bolognese eaten at Quarry Bay Epoch at 1/5th the price carried more sophistication in the meat's cooking. The Bread basket was really below modern standards despite everything else falling into place eventually during the night. The general score must be marked down accordingly and fairly.
Almost every negative comment here is somehow related to the price and/or service.
Come on people... would you buy a Rolls Royce and complain it's "not worth the price because it's just as comfy as a Mercedes?" or buy a Lamborghini and complain that "for the same level of performance it's much more expensive than a Skyline GTR?"
If you want cheap, go to Al Dente, Pepperoni's CPK, or worse yet, Pizza Hut. If you want service, go to Peninsula, Grissini@Grand Hyatt, or Sabatini. If you want good food, and I mean PURELY GOOD Food, much like people buying a Lamborghini for PURE driving pleasure (sans the show-off types), then go here.
Those who complain about the decor must understand that decor is there to attract people who are not focusing on eating their foods! Those who complain about the service... think of it as a restaurant in France! You don't get great service in lots and lots of European eateries.
Like I wrote before. This restaurant is a bargain, it's pricey, but it's good value, because it's saving you a plane ticket to Italy. This restaurant is indeed for the filthy rich to have a taste of Italy. I'm not one of them, I can barely afford a meal there, but I love it there and understand why it's so popular, simply because it's good. Really good.
And it SHOULD be priced that expensively, because you know what would happen if they priced it like SOHO restaurants?
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 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.
推介菜式:parma ham w/ melon; mussels in white wine sauce; linguini w/ scampi
Wow, I was supposed to have a nice last meal with my boyfriend before he jetted off for the US and unfortunately I encountered the WORST meal I have ever had in Hong Kong. What a waste of money!
We had walked past the restaurant a few times before and it seemed quite quaint to so we decided to try it out. Of course, with the prices, we expected a quality meal. I'm not necessarily a connoisseur but I know a bad meal when I get one and this is bad! I've eaten at so many other "creme de la creme" restaurants and equally pricey ones but never have I been struck with such terrible service and food. I couldn't even be angry, in fact I was speechless because it was an appalling dining experience.
First we entered the restaurant and the first impression I had was a gaggle of waiters running around like they were flustered and running a marathon. As one previous reviewer mentioned, they were like headless chickens and that analogy is perfectly true! It looked very unprofessional and we were quickly hustled to our seat. But for the longest time there was NO ONE to serve us! Come on, there aren't that many tables and there were definitely enough waiters around to have a competent service. We waited patiently for our table to be set and our menus to be given to us but it was definitely more than 10 minutes before we decided we needed to take some action and call someone over to give us menus etc.
Then one of the waiters ran by and literally threw a basket of bread at our table. No butter, no olive oil or balsamic vinegar, but get this...we didn't even have any cutlery or plates to eat it with! All we had was a lonely basket of bread. I couldn't believe it.
We had to ask for our menus and for water, then when the water came it was once again just DUMPED at our table. Were the waiters for this "classy" restaurant not trained to water for their customers. We asked one of the female waiters if they did not have glasses for water and only wine, and she just said (in very poor english) that there was "only that one" and walked away. She didn't even think about serving us for one second. This really was getting far beyond my imagination and was regretting not just getting up to leave and going somewhere else like L'Atelier, Bo Innovation or Gaddi's. I suppose I was curious at how much worse it could be.
I didn't want to complain yet to see how bad it gets but my boyfriend said we should tell the manager so we would get better service moving on. Right. We couldn't even get anyone's attention and it took another 15 minutes before anyone asked for our orders. Absolutely shocking. My bf had talked to the manager at this point so he came over and apologized profusely and rather unprofessionally. Then he gave an excuse and said that there were a lot of customers and tables and so everyone was really busy due to the demanding customers. WHAT????!!!! How could you blame it on the customers? You're supposedly running a quality restaurant that should have the capability to professionally handle that many customers. I would have fired him if I were his boss and heard him say that.
As if it could get any worse....so we asked for recommendations and he kept pushing us to get the cheese which we didn't want. We wanted to order the parma ham and melon but he told us in a whisper that the parma ham was bad and we shouldn't get it. There was one table across from us that had ordered it, so 1) is he being bias and serving others bad food? and 2) why is a good restaurant serving bad parma ham anyways? Not quite sure I'm convinced.
I also asked the same server if there was butter and just as I began to ask for olive oil and balsamic (he heard me start the sentence), he had whirled around and ran off before I could finish. How absolutely rude. They definitely do not do any training at this restaurant for their waiters and if that is the case, they should not market themselves as a top tier restaurant with these ridiculous prices. It's not worth it.
So we went for the bruschetta for starters and the signature linguine scampi and ox tongue for mains. The bruschetta was decent but nothing special. Then the linguine scampi came and I was expecting a $600 dish to be good. I'm not even going to mention the cheap-looking dish it came in, as long as the food is enjoyable. But I'm sorry, I'll have to respond in the negative. The linguine was flavourless and dry - it tasted like the side dishes I get at $70 set lunches in Central, and the scampi was way way WAY overcooked. By now I was regretting the meal so much I wish i had just gone to Fat Angelo's. Because honestly, I could have got that dish at Fat Angelo prices and quality.
My bf and I couldn't even finish the meal and even though we had to use our fingers to pick the meat from the scampi, the waiter didn't bring lemon water to dip our fingers in until after we were almost done. Oh wait, the water didn't have lemon - it was just hot water and so hot I practically burnt my fingers unwittingly.
I had seen enough so I called the waiter over to cancel the order for my ox tongue. I'd rather fill myself up with streetfood than sit through this ordeal anymore. The free prosecco the manager offered was certainly not enough to ease the pain and the prosecco wasn't quality either.
I would be ashamed if this place was advertised in food guides as a fine dining for Hong Kong because it would definitely jeopardize our city's reputation. Everything is of the poorest quality here and although some long-time clientele may call this place home, I would much rather take my money elsewhere to splurge for real service and good food.
Da Domenico offers the true taste of Southern Italian home cooking and all produces & ingridient are imported from Italy = the chef's home country. Tasting the best quality of cooking is what we come here for and adequate service will serve the purpose. "Who cares about services when one can savour heavenly cooking here!"
Just look at the picutres and I don't need to say anymore. The surrounding is simple while offering a comfortable environment for dinning experiences. A super venue for ones to enjoy good foods and wines with a few friends while won't be disturbed by large noisy crowd.
Maybe I am prejudice? becoz I am a regular customers and definitely won't miss out on seasonal dishes like white truffle, figs and squids and prawns.
推介菜式:Fried Squids; all Pasta dishes and cold cut platter;
Despite various critiques against Da Domenico's service, I would still strongly recommend this place to those who want to enjoy authentic Italian cuisine created with fresh ingredients flown from the Mediterranean Seas. It may be true that they do not offer immaculate 5 star service or boast upscale hotel ambience, but they do possess a simplistic charm that allows one to relax and truly enjoy the FOOD (which really is Da Domenico's principal selling point) at ease.
My favourite dishes include the Linguine Gamberi, which hauls me back to Da Domenico again and again with its delightfully rich aroma of shrimp miso, cooked just to the right degree of al-denteness and the Grilled Calamari, which is so intensely sweet and fresh that it is addictive. The Grilled Scamorza is also highly enticing, although as an appetizer it is slightly heavy so it would be ideal if one portion is shared between two. Do also try the tomato bruschetta (which smells heavenly) and the calamari pasta!
On a side note, the owner chef can be nice too. He has cooked bigger portions for my friend and I on days we seemed to have ordered too little and also let us try new dishes at no extra charge. He is just a bit "different". So don't be put off by that and go enjoy some fine Italian at Da Domenico!
If you like to be treated with trashy customer service, Da Domenico is definintely number one choice in HK. I have been treated with poor servivce at various restaurants before but Da Domenico's service is beyond "the absence of" but more like "I'm a snob and I don't exactly care about your business" level.
Originally I wanted to book a table for ten for my cousins' bridal shower dinner. I made a call to the restaurant and a man picked up. I started my conversation of booking in Cantonese asking for rsvp on Sep 3, and he replied me in English "so you want Sep 3rd the Wed." I was a little shocked as in why he'd respond in English when I conversed in Chinese, thought it was a little unprofessional but went with the flow and continued the conversation in English. When I mentioned I need to book a table for ten, he immediately said we don't cater to parties of ten. I asked if they were full house that night, he replied no but he doesn't want to end up losing business b/c we don't show up. He explained it has happened numerous times before where customers cancelled last minute without calling in and they lose business. I understand their situation and since I'm 100% confirmed I suggested idea of making a non-refundable deposit which will guarantee my attendance. He objected again saying that he can't do that his business will close down and he doesn't need our table of ten b/c he has alot of close repeat customers that come in everyweek anyhow. I was very offended by his rude reply and it sounded more like "who cares about catering to your table when I have my own repeat customers anyhow". I was furious and said to him I'm outraged at the customer service level I'm getting from a renown restaurant like Da Domenico. He then replied with " we are just a small restauarnt and we are very very poor." Honestly, poor is the last word one would use to describe Da Domenico when they are known to be expensive and hosts celeb/upper class diners. He then said to me "go find another restauarnt and what do you want from me...hangup!" I was just speechless when he told me to hang up and still cannot understand how they manage to operate on such service levels. I assume they offer great customer service to their own circle of known customers but not to any new diners who are up for tasting of their food. Truly no comment but to be extremely disappointed in Da Domenico.
I am a person whose primary hobby is eating at nice, sometimes extravagant, so I am not opposed to spending a fortune at any restaurant as long as the meal is satisfactory. But as for Da Domenico, come on, some good ratings by famous gourmet institutions still do not make this a Michelin star restaurant over night. The ambience is very plain, service is terrible, food is only acceptable, but THE PRICE IS WAY TOO EXPENSIVE!!! Their food never ever deserve that kinda price! Silly.
Last night I finally made a return visit to Da Domenico after an absence of more than 5 years. I had stayed away from this establishment because of a perceived lack of service, but primarily because I felt that anything that wasn't a "special" wasn't really worth having. But if one were to have the "special" then the bill would instantly skyrocket, leaving me wondering whether I would be better off at a 5-star hotel where at least there would be excellent service...
The reservation was for 8:30pm, and I was the first to arrive at 8:45pm. The first question from the waiter was something like: "Do you know when the others would arrive? The reservation was for 8:30?!" Hmmm... not a good start on the service front - but I guess it's not unexpected. I sit down at our table and wait for the others to arrive.
I immediately take note that the waitstaff - all two waiters plus a bartender/waiter - were buzzing around the place and running around like headless chickens. They were simply too busy and didn't know how to execute things in order of priority. For one of the tables, they didn't have time to clear the leftover plates and glasses until at least 30 minutes after the diners had left the restaurant. And there were a couple of tables around with leftover dishes.
Took us a while to get their attention to bring us some water, as the waiter insisted on first laying down the extra setting that we requested, and then bringing us the menu...all the while leaving us very thirsty. When I got tired of waiting for them to come back, I went to the bar and asked for a corkscrew so I could do the wine service myself. I brought the wine to dinnr, so why couldn't I be the one popping the corks? The waiter happily obliged.
When the last few friends arrived around 9:05pm, we were told by the waiter that it was already "last order" and could we please look at the menu quickly. What?! 9pm last order?! Did I walk through a portal and ended up in another country?
For starter I ordered the grilled cheese, whose Italian name escapes me... The blob of cheese arrived on a plate with two halves of a cherry tomato, dripped in a bit of balsamic vinegar. Honestly, this really wasn't anything special - just looks and tastes like toasted mozzarella.
Fortunately the main course made up for all the disappointments up until now. The grilled scampi was simply awesome. I can't describe it any other way. Awesome. The plate was fully laden with the shellfish, and I was genuinely surprised with how many of them were in front of me. Of course, given the very high price for the dish, I would have been very upset if there were only a handful. I offer some to friends around the table and everyone is happy.
The tail is very fresh and sweet, even better than the ones from the Mandarin Grill the night before. I dispense with the cutlery and dig in with my hands. With the head and the claws in front of me, I eagerly chew on these delicious bits and savor every bit. One of the friends saw what I was doing, and commented that I "looked like a kid in a candy store." He was absolutely right. I was in heaven. I left nothing to waste, going through every head and claw to try to get at everything.
Even though I didn't get a taste, the plate of linguine gamberi next to me also looked pretty damn good. The red shrimps out of their shells looked fat and yummy. Gotta try it next time.
We order two different tartuffos - black and white. Most places don't offer the tartuffo blanco, and I did not regret order this here. Yummy white chocolate with a bit of espresso infused.
So what's the verdict? A resounding YES! The service was non-existent, and I would actually give negative marks for it. And maybe you will have some dishes which leave you wondering why you had to pay such outrageous sums for them. But when you get to taste dishes like the grilled scampi (and by all accounts, the linguine gamberi), redemption would have been achieved. You will come back for more. And I most certainly will. Soon.
original blogpost: http://chi-he-wan-le.blogspot.com/2008/08/return-to-da-domenico.html
Food is good but really expensive... I mean REEEAAALLLYYY expensive! No nice decor, small restaurant, not many choices on the menu, its merely a place to show off the cash you got. Kinda felt like being robbed!
Bruschetta - good, but its the simplest thing to make as long as you have good extravirgin olive oil & tomatoes!
Soup - this came to my mind immediately: "...you gotta be kidding me... even I can make better vegetable soup!"
Red Shrimp Linguini - good; al dente; tastes very "shrimpy"; but I've had same quality or even better pasta elsewhere at much lower prices, and it was actually a bit too oily
coffee - sad; far better at Starbucks!
If after reading all these comments about Da Domenico's over-pricing & you still decide to pay it a visit, there's only one item I'd recommend you trying - Tiramisu ($70). Quite good.
But it was full house that night and I guess most were their regular customers caz everyone seemed to know what they wanted to order.
This is an authentic Italian restaurant and is one of the very best in HK. If you read the word "authentic", this is a place for Italian feast, not a French restaurant so do not complain about the noise.
Don't complain about the price as well because this is not Pizza Hut. You want the best, it comes with a price.
Bottled water - $60
Bruschetta $100 - vinegar is perfect
Linguini w/ Red Shrimp $480 - signature dish, must try 鎮店之寶
Parma Ham + Melon $100 - Match perfectly
Grilled scampi $680 - taste is so good, very fresh and large size
Rioviolli $210 - tasty
You can order special portion to suit. The waiter is experienced enough to give you good recommendation.
Overall - If Sabitini is excellent, Da Domenico is also excellent. Only that it does not has complimentary parking and a band to sing songs for you.
I called last night to try to advance my booking to 12 noon, booking of which was made some 2 weeks ago for a birthday celebration.
There was this jerk with strange accent answered the phone and since I was not expecting that, so I spoke in Cantonese first. The background was extremely noisy so I guessed he couldn't hear me properly, so he abruptly asked someone else to take the line. The lady was very helpful. Things went smoothly and then towards the end of the conversation, I asked again if the restaurant will be opened by then. She then realized that it was not possible, reason being that the restaurant needed to take delivery of imported food on that day and that they won’t open till 1 pm. I then pleaded her if we could just sit and chat till they were ready for taking orders as this was a long planned get-together. She laughed a little and lowered her voice and asked if we really wouldn’t mind as it would be extremely chaotic. Before I could answer, the phone was snatched off and that jerk started bombarding (guess he must understand Cantonese and had been eavesdropping) for more than 40 seconds, saying that on that day, they have tons of food coming in and the restaurant won’t open till 1 pm and if I can’t make it, then change the date or don’t come. He ended this sing-song with a very rude ‘do you understand?’
Since I am a civilised person, I did not even raise my voice, I said I understand what he was talking all along, what I do not understand is his attitude.
You know what that jerk said, then don't come, there are thousands of restaurants around, we are perfectly OK that you cancel your booking. It was so outrageous that the only word I found was 'sure', and before I knew it, he just hanged up on me!
I begin to pity that nice lady because I am afraid she’d be scolded harshly afterwards for wasting time talking to a nobody like me for 3 mins. Now I even understand why she dropped her voice despite the place was so noisy.
UNBELIEVABLE! He is absolutely right –there are indeed many good restaurants in town and I have been to some top and stylish restaurants with excellent food, to name a few, like Amber, Zuma, Caprice, Petrus, Spoon, The Steakhouse, Chez Patrick, Robuchon in Macau …. none of which offered such AMAZING service!! Later, I heard that he is both the boss and chef –with such attitude and temperament, the food he makes would definitely be awful and substandard. I decide to share this with those who plan to go - they might need to sum up their courage to face up to similar challenge and humiliation I experienced some time ago.
While I understand on hindsight that our presence would cause immense inconvenience to the staff and restaurant, but what I tried to find out was whether there was a possibility of letting us to come early while they work at the kitchen –surely if it is not convenient, we won’t insist. We would not have known how the restaurant operates (we are not the staff) so we think we deserve a better treatment of being explained to instead of being shouted at.
My conclusion : this is a place where snobs go –don’t think he dares yelling to the celebrities and bigshots ....
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Great Trattoria, at Inflated Haute Cuisine Price?
Ragu Ragu Ragu.... Where In The World Are You?
I must say that I arrived here carrying the mentality of 'a Man on a Mission' - acutely aware of its notorious pricing policy and its recalcitrant-stance in blocking any reviews by famed Food Critics... I could already imagine myself erupting into outbursts of mockery laughter after the meal, as I would clinch at any opportunity to pounce on the pretentious and declare Ceremoniously at the end of the meal, that Da Domenico the Trattoria, of limited menu items, can thereby be banished into the over-rated category and register a place in my books of 'Yet Another Myth Busted'. Mentally I was prepared to claim and repudiate the experience as something along the line of "Opportunistic vultures, who don't bother to print out but hand-scribble their menus with exuberant prices for both mediocre service and food quality. *Already having my self chuckle at this point!
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This consisted of Bread Crisps and a vertically cut rather than diagonally sliced baguettes. They were not only stone cold upon arrival, but initially no accompaniment of dips or butter were given automatically. After notifying the waitstaff, a tenuous answer in the form of a weak knod was detected before some Balsamic Vinegar, a home-made Pesto dip and an Olive Oil bottle were placed on the table.
The balsamic was great and viscously thick as expected, it of a decent quality and properly Aged. I don't normally have balsamic with bread but I found myself innately re-dipping the bread into the pond of syrupy essence. The olive oil was of the solidly robust rather than fresh, lively dressing type. It was good but lacks the depth of top quality oil. The pesto meanwhile was a perfect partner to the crisp bread, but the bread loses out to the quality shown at Zefferino's. If only the bread was pre-warmed..... but nevertheless, another encore round was ordered. I want to indulge in more of that vinegar... rather than the bread.
Da Domenico has a selection of signature seafood dishes. In between the Sicilian Scampis and the equally famed Linguini with Gamberi Prawns, I was more interested in the latter - scampi's aren't as easy to stuff up as a more 'revealing' pasta. Afterall I was here to try their cooking!
The Linguine was surprisingly made up of 2 types of prawns rather than singular type. It has lots of prawn heads and legs all intact and sometimes I had to spit the legs out repetitively! The prawns given in larger quantities were more of a normal, locally sourced sea prawn, whereas the more expensive imported Italian Prawn counted as totalling 3 medium pieces! The latter are of the Italian 'Gambero Rosso' variety from Sicily, a name more synonoumous with the prestifious Food & Wine guide or Restaurant which has superceded the meaning of the famous original Italian Red Prawn.
The Linguine pasta wasn't home-made but one wouldn't expect it to be, no sane chef will make linguini in-house, much like Inaniwa noodles in Japan. I have no problems with that. The pasta was cooked to the perfect degree but it was a medium for soaking up the seafood sauce rather than carrying its own soul, as it lacks pasta wheat taste. The Sauce carries a hint of alcohol and some mintily aniseed flavour somewhat (whether from softened fennel or Pernod or other herbs I can't tell), the prawn heads and shells plus possibly other shellfish or fish, cherry tomatoes and tomato puree and saffron made a delectable base stock that coated each strand of pasta. It was really good indeed. Both types of Prawn meat however were slightly over-cooked, the red prawn tasting better than the lesser prawn in terms of flavour, but their heads were awesome as expected.
Having said all that - I've always believed that any Crustacean arthropods and their heads will inevitably carry a lot of umami aroma and taste and in that sense, one must give credit to this natural ingredient rather than attributing it completely to the skills of the chef. Any Crustacean based dish, involving the usage of say Crab Roes or Crayfish shells and livers, or Prawns - when cooked with ENOUGH quantity of crustacean roes and shells are bound to fulfill your senses. As a side note, that is why I detest the usage of prawn heads in a Bouillabaise soup, as it ruins the fish sweetness and essence. Compared to a similar pasta dish I tried cooking just once before, I think mine wasn't too far off to be honest. Bearing in mind - this Pasta set me back $480 + 10%!
SCORE: 4.8/5
A Ragu or Ragout pasta dish is one of my must orders when trying a restaurant because a Tagliatelle with Ragu is one of the most traditional pasta dishes in Italy. Its a good test of the kitchen's cooking skills and bares all to the outside world, their inner food philosophy and training skills.
Unlike the Linguine above, this Fettucine was made in-house and hung dry before re-cooking. Although it lacked eggy taste, it was cooked perfectly again and probably the most perfectly cooked pasta I've had recently in HK, more so than the above dish. It also resembled more of a Tagliatelle than a Fettucine in terms of thickness and mouth feel.
The downside to this dish is obvious to the keen eye, however, The so-called Ragu meat tasted mainly of de-skinned sausage meat, usually reserved for cooking Bolognese sauce than a true Ragu - which by defnition should be a slow-cooked meat with a shredded meaty texture that has absorbed its braising liquid. Here, it was mostly like minced meat, slightly herbed, spiced and chili. It was enjoyable definitely but does not satisfy the hype of its namesake, considering this simplest of simple dishes sets one back in the order of $240 + 10%.
SCORE: 3.8/5
I was already full and hoping to order an Italian Coffee, them using an imported brand that isn't available in most Italian restaurants. But a Cappucino here is $60 and an Espresso would cost $55. Ouch! Bordering on Mandarin Oriental prices and even more than Robuchon and PIERRE.
In the end I opted to try the Tiramisu, to be served in a Cup. My expectations were high, again, don't forget I was still on a mission! Should I see any downfalls during any part of the meal, it would only make me more right in the end!
Unfortunately, or perhaps fortunately since I will pay $77 for this, it really was a great Tiramisu and completely authentic in taste. In some areas better than the COVA version. Although not much Savoiardi biscuits were detected at the cup's base, the filling carried some coffee liquor essence but perhaps it could do with more! The creamy topping meanwhile was full of Eggy and Mascarpone taste, largely yellowish beige in colour and beaten to a pleasantly smooth texture rather than overly dry nor overly refrigerated. Its not perfect - but its relatively one of the best I've consumed in Hong Kong so-far. Once again it proved my previous bias as being a bit too sensitive and paranoid, this Trattoria really had substance!
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IN SUMMARY - I thought the food served in Da Domenico can only be rightfully declared as really good but somehow amiss in terms of satisfying the 21st Century palates. All of this quality comes at a price and one surely should not expect Haute Cuisine quality dining and be pampered by Culinary masterpieces. That's even though you will end up paying nearly the same price or more anyway!
Quintessentially Italian Trattoria food very well executed, its nothing more and nothing less. It reminds me of Auction Bids - every human values an item, a wine or an antique item slightly differently in their own unorthodox perspective. If you're happy to pay a 50%+ Premium for essentially classical dishes, but with very limited choices and friendly yet unprofessional enough service, then this I could unconditionally recommend to you. I certainly enjoyed my meal but unfortunately, a ho-hum $240 Fettucini Au Ragu dish once again failed to thrill nor astound my senses, infact my Spagehetti Bolognese eaten at Quarry Bay Epoch at 1/5th the price carried more sophistication in the meat's cooking. The Bread basket was really below modern standards despite everything else falling into place eventually during the night. The general score must be marked down accordingly and fairly.
OVERALL: Mid '3' to Mid '5'
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PLEASE STOP COMPLAINING ABOUT THE PRICE/SERVICE
Come on people... would you buy a Rolls Royce and complain it's "not worth the price because it's just as comfy as a Mercedes?" or buy a Lamborghini and complain that "for the same level of performance it's much more expensive than a Skyline GTR?"
If you want cheap, go to Al Dente, Pepperoni's CPK, or worse yet, Pizza Hut.
If you want service, go to Peninsula, Grissini@Grand Hyatt, or Sabatini.
If you want good food, and I mean PURELY GOOD Food, much like people buying a Lamborghini for PURE driving pleasure (sans the show-off types), then go here.
Those who complain about the decor must understand that decor is there to attract people who are not focusing on eating their foods!
Those who complain about the service... think of it as a restaurant in France! You don't get great service in lots and lots of European eateries.
Like I wrote before. This restaurant is a bargain, it's pricey, but it's good value, because it's saving you a plane ticket to Italy. This restaurant is indeed for the filthy rich to have a taste of Italy.
I'm not one of them, I can barely afford a meal there, but I love it there and understand why it's so popular, simply because it's good. Really good.
And it SHOULD be priced that expensively, because you know what would happen if they priced it like SOHO restaurants?
It would need a 3 months' reservation.
食唔起就唔好去啦...
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one of the best italians in HK
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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Huge disappointment and will never come back!!!
We had walked past the restaurant a few times before and it seemed quite quaint to so we decided to try it out. Of course, with the prices, we expected a quality meal. I'm not necessarily a connoisseur but I know a bad meal when I get one and this is bad! I've eaten at so many other "creme de la creme" restaurants and equally pricey ones but never have I been struck with such terrible service and food. I couldn't even be angry, in fact I was speechless because it was an appalling dining experience.
First we entered the restaurant and the first impression I had was a gaggle of waiters running around like they were flustered and running a marathon. As one previous reviewer mentioned, they were like headless chickens and that analogy is perfectly true! It looked very unprofessional and we were quickly hustled to our seat. But for the longest time there was NO ONE to serve us! Come on, there aren't that many tables and there were definitely enough waiters around to have a competent service. We waited patiently for our table to be set and our menus to be given to us but it was definitely more than 10 minutes before we decided we needed to take some action and call someone over to give us menus etc.
Then one of the waiters ran by and literally threw a basket of bread at our table. No butter, no olive oil or balsamic vinegar, but get this...we didn't even have any cutlery or plates to eat it with! All we had was a lonely basket of bread. I couldn't believe it.
We had to ask for our menus and for water, then when the water came it was once again just DUMPED at our table. Were the waiters for this "classy" restaurant not trained to water for their customers. We asked one of the female waiters if they did not have glasses for water and only wine, and she just said (in very poor english) that there was "only that one" and walked away. She didn't even think about serving us for one second. This really was getting far beyond my imagination and was regretting not just getting up to leave and going somewhere else like L'Atelier, Bo Innovation or Gaddi's. I suppose I was curious at how much worse it could be.
I didn't want to complain yet to see how bad it gets but my boyfriend said we should tell the manager so we would get better service moving on. Right. We couldn't even get anyone's attention and it took another 15 minutes before anyone asked for our orders. Absolutely shocking. My bf had talked to the manager at this point so he came over and apologized profusely and rather unprofessionally. Then he gave an excuse and said that there were a lot of customers and tables and so everyone was really busy due to the demanding customers. WHAT????!!!! How could you blame it on the customers? You're supposedly running a quality restaurant that should have the capability to professionally handle that many customers. I would have fired him if I were his boss and heard him say that.
As if it could get any worse....so we asked for recommendations and he kept pushing us to get the cheese which we didn't want. We wanted to order the parma ham and melon but he told us in a whisper that the parma ham was bad and we shouldn't get it. There was one table across from us that had ordered it, so 1) is he being bias and serving others bad food? and 2) why is a good restaurant serving bad parma ham anyways? Not quite sure I'm convinced.
I also asked the same server if there was butter and just as I began to ask for olive oil and balsamic (he heard me start the sentence), he had whirled around and ran off before I could finish. How absolutely rude. They definitely do not do any training at this restaurant for their waiters and if that is the case, they should not market themselves as a top tier restaurant with these ridiculous prices. It's not worth it.
So we went for the bruschetta for starters and the signature linguine scampi and ox tongue for mains. The bruschetta was decent but nothing special. Then the linguine scampi came and I was expecting a $600 dish to be good. I'm not even going to mention the cheap-looking dish it came in, as long as the food is enjoyable. But I'm sorry, I'll have to respond in the negative. The linguine was flavourless and dry - it tasted like the side dishes I get at $70 set lunches in Central, and the scampi was way way WAY overcooked. By now I was regretting the meal so much I wish i had just gone to Fat Angelo's. Because honestly, I could have got that dish at Fat Angelo prices and quality.
My bf and I couldn't even finish the meal and even though we had to use our fingers to pick the meat from the scampi, the waiter didn't bring lemon water to dip our fingers in until after we were almost done. Oh wait, the water didn't have lemon - it was just hot water and so hot I practically burnt my fingers unwittingly.
I had seen enough so I called the waiter over to cancel the order for my ox tongue. I'd rather fill myself up with streetfood than sit through this ordeal anymore. The free prosecco the manager offered was certainly not enough to ease the pain and the prosecco wasn't quality either.
I would be ashamed if this place was advertised in food guides as a fine dining for Hong Kong because it would definitely jeopardize our city's reputation. Everything is of the poorest quality here and although some long-time clientele may call this place home, I would much rather take my money elsewhere to splurge for real service and good food.
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A restaurant for true connoisseur and elite
Just look at the picutres and I don't need to say anymore. The surrounding is simple while offering a comfortable environment for dinning experiences. A super venue for ones to enjoy good foods and wines with a few friends while won't be disturbed by large noisy crowd.
Maybe I am prejudice? becoz I am a regular customers and definitely won't miss out on seasonal dishes like white truffle, figs and squids and prawns.
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Best Seafood Dishes in Town!
My favourite dishes include the Linguine Gamberi, which hauls me back to Da Domenico again and again with its delightfully rich aroma of shrimp miso, cooked just to the right degree of al-denteness and the Grilled Calamari, which is so intensely sweet and fresh that it is addictive. The Grilled Scamorza is also highly enticing, although as an appetizer it is slightly heavy so it would be ideal if one portion is shared between two. Do also try the tomato bruschetta (which smells heavenly) and the calamari pasta!
On a side note, the owner chef can be nice too. He has cooked bigger portions for my friend and I on days we seemed to have ordered too little and also let us try new dishes at no extra charge. He is just a bit "different". So don't be put off by that and go enjoy some fine Italian at Da Domenico!
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Voted no. 1 trashy customer service in HK
Originally I wanted to book a table for ten for my cousins' bridal shower dinner. I made a call to the restaurant and a man picked up. I started my conversation of booking in Cantonese asking for rsvp on Sep 3, and he replied me in English "so you want Sep 3rd the Wed." I was a little shocked as in why he'd respond in English when I conversed in Chinese, thought it was a little unprofessional but went with the flow and continued the conversation in English. When I mentioned I need to book a table for ten, he immediately said we don't cater to parties of ten. I asked if they were full house that night, he replied no but he doesn't want to end up losing business b/c we don't show up. He explained it has happened numerous times before where customers cancelled last minute without calling in and they lose business. I understand their situation and since I'm 100% confirmed I suggested idea of making a non-refundable deposit which will guarantee my attendance. He objected again saying that he can't do that his business will close down and he doesn't need our table of ten b/c he has alot of close repeat customers that come in everyweek anyhow. I was very offended by his rude reply and it sounded more like "who cares about catering to your table when I have my own repeat customers anyhow". I was furious and said to him I'm outraged at the customer service level I'm getting from a renown restaurant like Da Domenico. He then replied with " we are just a small restauarnt and we are very very poor." Honestly, poor is the last word one would use to describe Da Domenico when they are known to be expensive and hosts celeb/upper class diners. He then said to me "go find another restauarnt and what do you want from me...hangup!" I was just speechless when he told me to hang up and still cannot understand how they manage to operate on such service levels. I assume they offer great customer service to their own circle of known customers but not to any new diners who are up for tasting of their food. Truly no comment but to be extremely disappointed in Da Domenico.
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Food was O.K., but at this price????
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Really wonderful food, really really bad service
The reservation was for 8:30pm, and I was the first to arrive at 8:45pm. The first question from the waiter was something like: "Do you know when the others would arrive? The reservation was for 8:30?!" Hmmm... not a good start on the service front - but I guess it's not unexpected. I sit down at our table and wait for the others to arrive.
I immediately take note that the waitstaff - all two waiters plus a bartender/waiter - were buzzing around the place and running around like headless chickens. They were simply too busy and didn't know how to execute things in order of priority. For one of the tables, they didn't have time to clear the leftover plates and glasses until at least 30 minutes after the diners had left the restaurant. And there were a couple of tables around with leftover dishes.
Took us a while to get their attention to bring us some water, as the waiter insisted on first laying down the extra setting that we requested, and then bringing us the menu...all the while leaving us very thirsty. When I got tired of waiting for them to come back, I went to the bar and asked for a corkscrew so I could do the wine service myself. I brought the wine to dinnr, so why couldn't I be the one popping the corks? The waiter happily obliged.
When the last few friends arrived around 9:05pm, we were told by the waiter that it was already "last order" and could we please look at the menu quickly. What?! 9pm last order?! Did I walk through a portal and ended up in another country?
For starter I ordered the grilled cheese, whose Italian name escapes me... The blob of cheese arrived on a plate with two halves of a cherry tomato, dripped in a bit of balsamic vinegar. Honestly, this really wasn't anything special - just looks and tastes like toasted mozzarella.
Fortunately the main course made up for all the disappointments up until now. The grilled scampi was simply awesome. I can't describe it any other way. Awesome. The plate was fully laden with the shellfish, and I was genuinely surprised with how many of them were in front of me. Of course, given the very high price for the dish, I would have been very upset if there were only a handful. I offer some to friends around the table and everyone is happy.
The tail is very fresh and sweet, even better than the ones from the Mandarin Grill the night before. I dispense with the cutlery and dig in with my hands. With the head and the claws in front of me, I eagerly chew on these delicious bits and savor every bit. One of the friends saw what I was doing, and commented that I "looked like a kid in a candy store." He was absolutely right. I was in heaven. I left nothing to waste, going through every head and claw to try to get at everything.
Even though I didn't get a taste, the plate of linguine gamberi next to me also looked pretty damn good. The red shrimps out of their shells looked fat and yummy. Gotta try it next time.
We order two different tartuffos - black and white. Most places don't offer the tartuffo blanco, and I did not regret order this here. Yummy white chocolate with a bit of espresso infused.
So what's the verdict? A resounding YES! The service was non-existent, and I would actually give negative marks for it. And maybe you will have some dishes which leave you wondering why you had to pay such outrageous sums for them. But when you get to taste dishes like the grilled scampi (and by all accounts, the linguine gamberi), redemption would have been achieved. You will come back for more. And I most certainly will. Soon.
original blogpost: http://chi-he-wan-le.blogspot.com/2008/08/return-to-da-domenico.html
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抵唔抵食始終見仁見智!
矛錯,呢度的而且確係有個怪accent既講英語接線人聽電話.....等我仲一"輪"嘴咁講中文!
去到,打開餐牌,手寫的,選擇不多.....
環境:是晚很滿,挺嘈.
味道:Clams-小小既蜆,用olive oil同herbs煮,普普通通.UniKing要了蝦linguini,唔記得蝦既名luu,我要了baby squid linguini.兩個pasta既sauce都係一樣,味道是好的,baby squid好濃好香
食飽要了杯coffee,蒸瘺的,ok.但$50一杯,G@@T!
服務:wait我地個waiter幾好,有耐性解答,同埋remind我地叫多個salad就食唔晒架喇咁.未如食友所講的差,亦未有幸偶遇傳說中既老闆哈哈!
抵食:似乎每一個食友都談論呢個問題哈哈,其實好多人都係因為知道呢度貴,先黎"朝聖"下咁,好好奇一個賣$500既pasta係mut東東咁,黎之前已經知道價錢,抵唔抵真係在乎食客既心態.我會覺得一年黎一兩次可以既.始終呢度有佢既特色,pasta亦真係好.好homemade既感覺,好似以前看foodtv入面既Italian Chef煮既菜式咁.
嚐試一下還是可以的.....看意粉的份上.....
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Ripped off....
Bruschetta - good, but its the simplest thing to make as long as you have good extravirgin olive oil & tomatoes!
Soup - this came to my mind immediately: "...you gotta be kidding me... even I can make better vegetable soup!"
Red Shrimp Linguini - good; al dente; tastes very "shrimpy"; but I've had same quality or even better pasta elsewhere at much lower prices, and it was actually a bit too oily
coffee - sad; far better at Starbucks!
If after reading all these comments about Da Domenico's over-pricing & you still decide to pay it a visit, there's only one item I'd recommend you trying - Tiramisu ($70). Quite good.
But it was full house that night and I guess most were their regular customers caz everyone seemed to know what they wanted to order.
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三零- 零環境﹐ 零服務﹐零味道
首先﹐訂位時佢話有Party,無晒枱,要係近門口同會比較嘈。唔緊要﹐諗住你食物好食就得啦。去到﹐係門口就見到張離門口不到三呎既吉枱﹐都知應該係我地架啦﹐入到去﹐間餐廳一眼望晒﹐攪成分鐘都可以無一個waiter係眼前﹐差D想自己坐低。好﹐算﹗坐低之後﹐望下個餐牌﹐咦﹐手寫架wor,連winelists都係。心諗﹐真係日日唔同架wor.好﹐見有個item寫beef steak.就問下係咩part of the beef啦﹐點知waiter話無牛。我地問係唔係賣晒。佢答我地今日無牛。今日無牛又點解會係個所謂每日update既menu 上有beef steak 呢。好好笑!!算﹐我地望左好耐個頭盤有咩好食﹐結果揀左parma ham with melon.隔左十分鐘﹐個waiter行出黎話無MELON,真係"MELON"都無!!!咁我地繼續望個餐牌諗有咩好叫啦﹐個waiter好寸咁話﹐"你地慢慢揀啦﹐你而家叫我地廚房都做唔切"嘩﹐真係咩態度呀。
跟住問佢有咩signature dish,佢話佢地既蝦pasta最有名。咁就叫黎試下啦﹐埋黎真係嚇親我﹐一碟pasta有八個蝦頭﹐最可愛既係呢D成三寸長既蝦頭係得三個一寸唔夠既蝦身﹐仲要係屍首分開。真係名副其實既大頭蝦。好﹐我見識少﹐唔識食蝦頭﹐你都俾D新鮮既蝦肉我吖。我朋友話﹐點解咁淋既﹐我糾正佢話﹐呢D叫"霉"。真係點諗都唔明一碟咁既變種異形蝦意粉憑咩值四百八十﹐連加一過五舊。
食完一個八頭三身既所謂招牌菜。諗住個羊扒都唔衰得去邊啦。煎咋wor...咁都衰得?係﹐真係可以好衰!!
五塊羊扒充滿凌亂美咁散落係個大碟上﹐碟旁有"株"醃菜加半粒車里茄。好一個毫無誠意既food presentation, 大家樂D扒都放得靚過佢。算。心諗好味都無所謂。切一小塊入口﹐無點到mustard 同mint sauce...諗住試下原味啦﹐嘩﹐原來D mustard同mint sauce唔係去除羊酥味﹐而係用黎調味lor....因為舊肉係一D味到無﹐真係同食舊煲左湯四粒鐘既豬肉無分別。仲要無問我地幾成熟就整well done。真係切底失望。三舊水既羊扒﹗﹗我地食淨成塊﹐個waiter收野時都唔識問句How's the food.真係咩服務呀?
結果我地連dessert同coffee都唔想俾機會佢就走人。埋單千四蚊﹐真係好唔高興既一餐。唔係講笑﹐如果有得俾十個喊面﹐我俾足十個佢呀﹗
評分:味道 1 環境 1 服務 1 衛生 2 抵食 1
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一流的意大利餐廳
Don't complain about the price as well because this is not Pizza Hut. You want the best, it comes with a price.
Bottled water - $60
Bruschetta $100 - vinegar is perfect
Linguini w/ Red Shrimp $480 - signature dish, must try 鎮店之寶
Parma Ham + Melon $100 - Match perfectly
Grilled scampi $680 - taste is so good, very fresh and large size
Rioviolli $210 - tasty
You can order special portion to suit. The waiter is experienced enough to give you good recommendation.
Overall - If Sabitini is excellent, Da Domenico is also excellent. Only that it does not has complimentary parking and a band to sing songs for you.
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Unbelievable!
I called last night to try to advance my booking to 12 noon, booking of which was made some 2 weeks ago for a birthday celebration.
There was this jerk with strange accent answered the phone and since I was not expecting that, so I spoke in Cantonese first. The background was extremely noisy so I guessed he couldn't hear me properly, so he abruptly asked someone else to take the line. The lady was very helpful. Things went smoothly and then towards the end of the conversation, I asked again if the restaurant will be opened by then. She then realized that it was not possible, reason being that the restaurant needed to take delivery of imported food on that day and that they won’t open till 1 pm. I then pleaded her if we could just sit and chat till they were ready for taking orders as this was a long planned get-together. She laughed a little and lowered her voice and asked if we really wouldn’t mind as it would be extremely chaotic. Before I could answer, the phone was snatched off and that jerk started bombarding (guess he must understand Cantonese and had been eavesdropping) for more than 40 seconds, saying that on that day, they have tons of food coming in and the restaurant won’t open till 1 pm and if I can’t make it, then change the date or don’t come. He ended this sing-song with a very rude ‘do you understand?’
Since I am a civilised person, I did not even raise my voice, I said I understand what he was talking all along, what I do not understand is his attitude.
You know what that jerk said, then don't come, there are thousands of restaurants around, we are perfectly OK that you cancel your booking. It was so outrageous that the only word I found was 'sure', and before I knew it, he just hanged up on me!
I begin to pity that nice lady because I am afraid she’d be scolded harshly afterwards for wasting time talking to a nobody like me for 3 mins. Now I even understand why she dropped her voice despite the place was so noisy.
UNBELIEVABLE! He is absolutely right –there are indeed many good restaurants in town and I have been to some top and stylish restaurants with excellent food, to name a few, like Amber, Zuma, Caprice, Petrus, Spoon, The Steakhouse, Chez Patrick, Robuchon in Macau …. none of which offered such AMAZING service!! Later, I heard that he is both the boss and chef –with such attitude and temperament, the food he makes would definitely be awful and substandard. I decide to share this with those who plan to go - they might need to sum up their courage to face up to similar challenge and humiliation I experienced some time ago.
While I understand on hindsight that our presence would cause immense inconvenience to the staff and restaurant, but what I tried to find out was whether there was a possibility of letting us to come early while they work at the kitchen –surely if it is not convenient, we won’t insist. We would not have known how the restaurant operates (we are not the staff) so we think we deserve a better treatment of being explained to instead of being shouted at.
My conclusion : this is a place where snobs go –don’t think he dares yelling to the celebrities and bigshots ....
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完全唔值
點知.....完全覺得唔值!! 仲有d 服務態度係扮出黎，係完全無誠意的。
一開始我地點野食，我話我第一次黎既，所以唔識叫野食，問佢有無好介紹，佢就介紹左：
1) 烘飽<-- 好似蒜蓉飽咁，有d 小番茄同菜伴碟，size 就好似本個普通豬仔飽咁上下。
2) parma ham on melon <-- 火腿一般，反而d蜜瓜超正。
3) 大蝦扁意粉<-- 茄汁底，勁重蝦味，都幾好食，waiter 話係鎮店之寶，叫左一份半。
4) 肉丸意大利粉<-- d 肉丸麻麻地，超超鹹，都係茄汁底，因為waiter 話茄汁會好食過白汁。
5) 紅酒燴牛膝<-- 完全唔掂，好似一d好鹹既牛腩，個紅酒汁太酸。
我地一共有5 個人，都ok 飽，因為佢一開始會比d飽你食，d 飽都ok既，會比埋橄欖油你的。
埋單一共：$3046.00
我覺得超貴，其實貴係預左，因為睇返d食評都知，但我覺得唔值咁既價錢囉。講真又唔係話好好食，比得咁既錢無預到會咁普通，份半蝦意粉$780，加埋一即係要$858，一碟意粉個味咁普通要咁既價錢，我覺得係無可能。我比盡佢值$400。
點解我之前會講d waiter service 係扮出黎呢？
當d食物放上抬，佢會立即問你好唔好食，但當你一答佢既時候，佢已經走開左啦，咁又何必問呢？
咁樣問不如唔好問啦~ 超瘀，答佢好似同空氣講野咁。
平均每人要$600，真係超唔抵。
所以以後都唔會去的，這間餐廳永別了。
試過一次真的非常夠了!!!!
評分:味道 4 環境 5 服務 2 衛生 4 抵食 1
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