繼續記錄香港的食評，現在終於寫到老公的生日了~~ 忙完一個quarter，趁著爸爸收到AE白金卡生日優惠，也不管9/30其實是錯印ID上的農曆生日，總之一連4日的假期不斷食食食! 第一頓是在君悅酒店的Grissini，算是前一天「預祝」生日。
來訪多次，仍舊為酒店的氣派折服，近海的夜景更是迷人非常。當晚抵達時有不少記者及酒店職員駐守大堂，真不愧是六星級酒店，該又是那位權貴來用餐／開會吧! 進到酒堂lift lobby，看見9月份的餐廳主題是牛肝菌，是晚也在侍者的推介下，點了幾款時令菜式來吃。　　
說真的，訂檯前媽媽真估不到這裡可以帶BB來，不過由於平台關係，當晚要繞過後門，才能進到用餐區。抵達時約6:45pm，夜幕已經低垂，餐廳內環境十分幽暗，很有情調。環境實在太幽暗寧靜，寶寶一來到後就沉沉睡著了，爸媽可享有一段難得的二人時光! Grissini餐廳最特別是室內設有圓拱弧門及平台，意式風味濃厚，爸爸又大讚那畫很漂亮，令場內更添藝術氣息。　
AE白金的生日禮遇是免費蛋糕，另可享有本身的85折優惠。此情此景加上優惠，本來也想來杯紅酒，不過這裡的Wine by glass最便宜也由$140起，想想還是算了。坐下不久送來grissini，這個真的超讚超美味了，不但外脆內軟，又有一定棉韌度，超有咬口，絕對是令吃到停不了口，一條接一條，一包接一包的吃! 除了grissini本身好吃，餐廳提供的黑醋甜甜的，同點來吃更加開胃美妙；也是因為這樣，最後兩口子共吃了3包，合共約有10條之多，十分誇張! 　
需時20分鐘焗製的頭盤也上場了（還好它終於來了，不然很可能再吃個十條grissini，情難自制啊!）---Oven Baked Whole Porcini with Rosemary and Taggiasca Extra Virgin Olive Oil($240)是時令牛肝菌菜式，也是侍者的推介頭盤。食品上檯後，侍者會在食客面前剪開包裝袋，頃時全檯芳芬，香氣迷人! 誠然，迷迭香的香氣很吸引，碩大的牛肝菌也焗得juicy美味，不過由於份量頗多，食物種類卻很單一，重複吃多了就會有點悶。 　
寶寶也醒來了，正好這裡準備了可愛貼心的兒童餐具，當晚他也試吃了一些grissini，並顯得十分喜歡! 然後主菜之一的Homemade Tagliatelle with Tuscan Pork Sausage, Porcini Mushrooms, Roasted Cherry Tomatoes($270)也上檯了，也是時令菜式的它，最值得讚是自家製的tagliatelle，十分鮮滑並有淡淡蛋香，味道甚吸引；另外豬肉腸與牛肝菌的配搭出來的滋味頗豐富，又有車厘茄的清新點綴。不過這種豐富的口味，其實不太意大利，反而有點似中式的炒麵呢! 而且份量可能也多了點，吃著吃著就覺得膩了。 　
另一款是意式傳統菜式Ossobuco Alla Milanese -- Stewed Veal Shank with Saffron Risotto($470)，鮮黃色的番紅花意大利飯，令媽媽想起當年蜜月在米蘭吃過一碟超美味出品，可惜的意大利飯口感是對辦的，可香氣與滋味還是有所不及。燴小牛膝則肉嫩又有惹味醬汁，味道很不錯，不過拉勻後以此價位還是失望了少少吧。 　
大量的grissini加上菜式件頭不小，三個菜下來兩口子已經很飽了，甜品完全吃不下啦.. 還有的少量胃納，就拿來品嚐生日蛋糕（也只吃了1/4個）。其實試了第一口後就有點後悔，因為蛋糕十分鮮滑美味，大量的雜果令滋味更香甜又清新，水準超班令人讚賞，這般質素下KO半個絕對不成問題! 侍應的服務一流，主動提出幫忙拍照，一家三口就在浪漫美景下留下溫馨合照。最後還有petit fours，雖然過份甜膩了些，但就為這個美好的晚上劃上完滿的句號。 　
總的來說，食物質素算不上很出色，然而靚景+優惠（今餐折後$931），還是挺開心滿意的一次經歷。而且兩口子與身邊所有來過Grissini的食友都同意，這裡的grissini真是仙級水準的好吃，單為見識它的魅力，就該拜訪一次!

哈哈又是凍的它是散叫的，不包括在套餐裹 多謝五佰大洋但不夠 creamy, 飯還飯, 汁還汁。好像是 Vegetarian ...Red Onion...我和女友各選 5 course set menu 及一客散收Turbot, 連酒水加一 多謝四千大洋埋單++

後記:
還有大盤 (Pigeon & Foie Gras) 及甜品相, 因未能上載相片... 不能和各位分享。女友是甜品迷，但對當晚的甜品也沒有興趣。
總括：非常失望的一餐。除非有人請，否則打死也不再光顧...bye bye

Friends suggested we eat here to watch the New Year fireworks in the Harbour outside the window. We were quite impressed on a previous visit. This time they had a buffet style standard menu. The antipasti were fine, in fact very good given the challenge of obtaining good fresh ingredients in Hong Kong. We liked 'pasta station', where two chefs cooked your pasta to order, just like a traditional noodle station; again good fresh pasta and ingredients. The mains were a real let-down with tough overcooked meat and seafood; I know it is difficult to get this right for a buffet, but at this price they should have done better. Desserts were not great either, again a big disappointment in an Italian restaurant. Wine list didn't have much under $1,000 a bottle, which pushed the bill for four adults and two children to nearly $9,000. I know CNY is a big celebration but this was excessive. Overall the service was fine, as you would expect in a top HK restaurant. Watching the fireworks in the dry was a plus, although the view is somewhat obscured by the Exhibition Centre.

早一個月訂位慶祝朋友生日，黎到有單邊位坐，幾靜，又同時見到港九兩邊海景，唔錯唔錯
可惜窗外面既地盤吊機真係幾礙眼，景觀大打折扣， 希望再黎個陣搞惦晒 餐廳樓底高，燈光很暗， 裝修同擺設比預期簡單， 意大利餐廳可能無法國餐廳咁講究包裝，有D美中不足
服務生好識做， 湯同蝴蝶麵都幫我地分兩份先上， 服務一流坐低即試招牌菜Grissini長條麵包，麵包新鮮出爐既時候夠香軟，凍既時候又幾脆, 讚
服務生一晚會換三次麵包，每次換晒三條，夠晒新鮮，不過未食晒都會攞走，感覺上有D浪費餐牌只有英文同意大利文，好彩一早上網睇完查埋字典先去食

頭盤Baked Porcini (牛肝菌) - 好香好軟滑，同以前食既其它菌菇原全係兩回事，正湯 Porcini and barley soup w/ speck - 有藥材味似中式薏仁湯，塊煙燻火腿幾香脆麵一Farfalle w/ smoked Eel - 蝴蝶麵 同鰻魚都無乜特別…鰻魚有D腥主菜一Roasted Lamb rack w/ red wine - 比一般羊架多肉，低溫燒熟有D似中式燴肉， 可惜醬汁麻麻，無紅酒味，凸顯唔出羊肉味， 有D失望主菜二Grilled Beef Sirloin - 同羊架一樣醬汁麻麻， 而半生熟 (Medium) 可能唔啱西冷， 冧得滯， 下次要試下七成， 有D咬口希望好食D... 甜品Tiramisu 普普通通， 咖啡味唔夠香濃， 不過點起蠟燭又幾靚, 幾有情調唔覺唔覺呢餐飯就食左三個鐘,渡過一個輕鬆愉快既生日晚上

星期日好去處, 除了去大埔熟食市場食野及買有機菜外, 就是去食, 今次食brunch, 價錢是高一些, 不過真的物有所值。

先來任食龍蝦, 蝦味濃郁, 而且經常添加, 絕不會要客人等候, Parma Ham 及莎樂美腸, 也很精彩。五款芝士, 濃淡各異, 美味。

Grissini, 秘製麵包, 也是餐廳之名字, 當然不要浪費, 我倆也食晒那三條, 巳半飽了。

至於, 意式甜品,Tiramisu, 真無得頂。

回味中…………………

我真的很貪食，凡有好東西食，我總會興奮和期待。而Grissini這一餐，也是我所期待的，雖然出席人數由原來的七位減至當晚的四位。

五星級酒店的意大利餐廳，樓底得高，裝修設計和景觀均是一大賣點 (只是外面的地盤大剎風景)，但晚上來到，燈光比較昏暗，所以我部傻瓜機影出來的相，大都是不堪入目。幸而，檯面上有著蠟燭，食物相都勉強叫做睇得到。

我到達時，兩位朋友已經來了，還正在吃這裡的名物Grissini，我當然也不執輸，坐下便馬上搣一點來食。仍是熱暖的Grissini麵包條，長長的有如大筷子，鬆脆又有韌度，帶有芝士香，確是很出色。還要一讚的是服務生會不斷的Refill，檯面上總會有新鮮熱暖的Grissini，讓大家吃過夠。

既然都是Share食，那就散叫好了，頭盤主菜意大利飯甜品各有一些，我個人已經很滿足。所要的頭盤係Burrata Cheese，外層柔軟，中心則是香滑，滲出點點芝士香，不差，但跟早前在Bettys Kitschen吃到的，仍是稍遜一點。

來到意大利餐廳，自不然選了一客蘑菇意大利飯。圓圓的飯粒，味道對辦，濕潤亦煙韌，不過個人覺得咬口不足，是要扣分的地方。什菇反而爽口好吃。

院長揀既係Gnudi，睇外表是幾正宗的。吃一口，是帶有淡淡的芝士香，菠菜茸亦打得幼細，入口微微的煙韌。墊底有少許鮮蕃茄醬調味，而如果醬汁可以多一點，整體效果必有提升。

還要了西班牙的豬排，肉質鬆化不韌，瘦中帶點肥，不過要挑剔的是肉味有欠濃香，跟我預期之中的，尚有出入。

問服務生拿個甜品餐牌睇吓，六款甜品之中我們選了五樣，服務生也有少少驚訝，要再Double Confirm。首先上場的是Zuppa Inglese，這味據說是Tiramisu前身的甜品，有著開心果的香味，不過底下一層的莓醬是有點兒酸，相信也是Herbert不喜歡的原因。

Amalfi Lemon，質地是討好的，但是味道較為溫和，就是欠缺了檸檬的清新感覺，旁邊的那小球雪葩，更是大家你推我讓，大概可知其水準了。

另一客就是心太軟加朱古力布丁的組合。那小個的心太軟，是迷你板本，完全滿足不了甜魔，加之流心程度極差，可以說是沒有流心的，所以並不合格。朱古力布丁除了柔軟，未見驚喜。

沙巴翁以玻璃杯子盛著，賣相吸引。店方下了Marsala甜酒，令本身質感幾好的出品充滿酒味，而那款酒味，很奇怪，是有如花雕的味道，我們四人均不太喜歡，吃剩了。

最後，是大家熟悉的Tiramisu，質感濕潤，滲出咖啡和酒香，岩胃口。這，也是一致認為全晚做得最好的一款甜品。

感覺上，食物是中上(包括Petit Fours)，仍可以更好的。

Grissini係我最喜愛嘅意大利餐。差不多一個月我都會去兩三次，雖然我覺得佢哋嘅麵食唔係最好，但整體上每次去都食得開心舒服。尤其鍾意佢哋嘅sunday brunch. 三文魚唔係特別靚，Parma ham食得出係靚嘢，意大利蜜瓜超級無敵甜。水牛芝士完全無味~無奶味無芝士味！蛋好濃蛋香，我食咗三件。我唔食牛，朋友話薄牛肉好正。海鮮沙律正常。即煮意粉普通，不過黑松露飯就好好味，好多黑松露，味道超香，飯creamy又唔太軟，勁正！焗海鮮千層麵超多芝士，好有水準！烤雜菜真係一流，全部美味！芝士六七種，味道太勁我頂唔順。是日係南瓜湯，唔會太甜，南瓜同湯底加埋有高級嘅香味，非常好飲！蕃茄龍蝦入味多肉，青囗大粒啖啖肉。鱸魚有少許fishy,羊軟熟入味，豬睇落無味食落先知非同凡響，煮得好過好多餐廳！甜品方面，tiramisu最好食，唔太甜，蛋糕軟cream又多。apple tart出乎意料好味，加有雲呢拿小粒粒嘅雪糕真係極品！個brunch食得舒服開心。

又是另一篇過期了一段不少時間的吃評....

為了慶祝舅仔的牛一，一行四人到了"Grissini"享用她的Sunday Brunch。價錢當然不菲，但一年一度的生日大喜日子，要吝嗇腰間錢，是有點過意不去吧....

一走進門口便看到那個"麵包陣" --- 蕃茄foccacia及聞名的grissini都在其中，嗅起來香噴噴的，此時已想馬上拿着碟子衝過去拿兩三塊到坐位了....再走入少許，各式其式的appetizer紛陳羅列在餐枱上 ---- 燒茄子、巴馬火腿、salami、水牛芝士沙律.....大約有十多款左右，說多不多，但勝在夠簡而精。每樣試一round，都已吃得肚子有大半飽....就坐後先喝口清水抹抹手，之後馬上走出去巡場一下。第一件事便是到湯煲裡拿一小碗西蘭花湯來暖暖肚。十分足料的一道湯，很"茸"之餘帶着微微的牛油香，質感細滑，很不錯....來到"Grissini"怎能不吃grissini ? 這一道招牌是永遠不會叫人失望的 ---- 入口既有麵粉香之餘又夠煙韌，外皮亦是脆卜卜的又夠熱，堪稱全港最佳；foccacia質地軟熟，小蕃茄也新鮮多汁，不自覺就會吃多幾塊，肚子很輕易便被填滿了....一系列的西意式前吃的水準仍是一貫的好 ---- 水牛芝士及蕃茄片皆夠厚身，前者奶脂味足，後者則一咬下甜汁流入口腔；巴馬火腿片鹹度適中又夠油潤，脂肪分佈平均得有點像雲石形狀，入口軟綿；蛋批spanish tortilla蛋香十足不死實，同是出色之作(雖然比起小弟奉之為最好的Toscana出品，還差少許)....主食有好幾道可以挑選，最受歡迎當數加了蕃茄及白酒入去煑的波士頓龍蝦。啖啖肉的又爽又鮮甜，茄味濃郁。可以任食之，實在是回本之作；各類手製意粉由廚師即場烹調。要了份扁意粉，入口有咬勁有蛋香，加入番茄粒及香草進去弄，香味登時提昇不少....雖已很飽，但放點甜食入肚還是少不免的。Tiramisu很夠軟綿酒味足；平常較少遇過的經典甜食Zuppe Inglese則香滑甜美。吉士忌亷、朱古力慕絲及sponge cake三者層層相間，混合吃起來既帶甘苦又感軟滑細膩。愛吃甜的，必然會為之傾倒....在云云Sunday Brunch當中，這裡的可算是其一Best of the Town了....

第一次到Grissini, 感覺好似去左意大利, 不過落地玻璃窗要望住一個好光的地盤, 同埋d吊擘, 胃口大受影響之餘, 心情都差左d.由於食飽就要趕住去會展睇show, 所以個dinner serve得好快, 我地都好快手就食完, 不過食唔飽, 唯有食多兩條好出名的麵包啦原因係得3樣野食, 第一個係意大利cheese, 第二個食牛仔肉, last就係tiramisu, 兩個字--簡單!

好唔好食呢? 個cheese就麻麻地, 特別係個白色的皮, 完全無味牛仔肉就煮得好好, 因為係用slow cooked, 配滑滑薯蓉而最有期望的士多啤梨tiramisu, 就真係好普通, 覺得唔夠濃味驚喜就係最後3粒心型的朱古力, 甜到入心最後係餐飲兩杯...如果唔係因為慶祝情人節, 真係好豪架喎!

Went here for the Sunday lunch buffet in celebration of Mid-Autumn's (Okay, I'll admit that that's a lame excuse for wanting to dig in )

It's around $500 per person and that includes a glass of complimentary sparkling wine.

Bread
Grissini: hot and fresh, with extra virgin olive oil & balsamic vinegar, was awesome. Baring in mind that I should save room for the actual buffet I still finished 2 whole sticks. They’re just too damn delicious. (That’s their strategy isn’t it? Make heavenly grissinis, stuff you full of them, so you eat less at the buffet? )
Grape Foccacia & Cherry Tomato Foccacia: both fresh from the oven (at least they're fresh from the oven when I got them. Of course they're not so fresh an hour later.) I love carbs.

Antipasti
There’s seafood salad (scallops, cherry tomatoes, squid, shrimp, etc. Oily but goood), frittata (loved it! Had a second helping), beef carpaccio (I hadn’t had this before since I don’t really eat beef so I can’t compare. But it’s soft and meaty and I suppose it's good), terrine (the terrine itself was fine but the piece of bread underneath tasted like it’s been sitting on the buffet table for a long time), parma ham with melon (ham’s aged to perfection, soft and not overly salty), salami, tuna, smoked salmon, marinated veggies (bell peppers, asparagus, eggplants, and pumpkin. they were seriously good).

Cheese
They had 5 different kinds of hard & soft cheese. I’m never good with cheese names but I tried all 5 of them. Personally I loved the hard one with a nutty and salty flavor. Condiments include honey, marmalade, walnuts, jam, etc. I could finish the whole block if I had more than 2.5 hours you know.

Hot Dishes
There’s pork chop (very moist and tender), sirloin steak & some other beef cuts, sea bass, lobster (didn’t eat this cause I had rashes that day ), mussels in tomato sauce, and pumpkin soup.

Pasta
There’s a made to order pasta station where two chefs cook the pasta of your choice right in front of you. You get to choose from a variety of pasta: fettuccine, spaghetti, linguine, angel hair, etc. Condiments include tomatoes, mushrooms, sausage, basil, grated parmesan, etc. Sauces include anchovy tomato and Bolognese. I had a fettuccine with mushrooms in the anchovy tomato sauce. Pasta was al dente but I found the sauce quite salty; also, the taste of basil was overpowering since the chef added a lottt of it. My grandma had spaghetti Bolognese and she said hers tasted fine.

There’s also risotto in truffle cream sauce (I like my risotto firm and this one was slightly on the tender side. My grandma loved it though as she prefers creamy risottos. Nonetheless, this was still a good risotto. The truffle cream sauce was flavorful and aromatic.) There’s also lasagna. (The noodles are a bit on the tender side. But it’s hot and fresh. They put out a new batch every 30 mins or so, even when there’s still a lot of lasagna left. This ensures top quality but seems a bit wasteful...=/)

Desserts (my main course bwhaha)
There’s tiramisu (taste of wine was strong and I liked it, but I think if they added more lady fingers it’d be better), cherries with mascarpone (my fav. dessert of the day), fruit tart, apple tart, crème caramel (this one’s a miss), pecan ricotta pie (this one’s a miss too), cream puffs, millefuille (this was gooood. Def. a hit.), fruits like watermelon (sweet & juicy), honeydew, cantaloupe, strawberries (sweet & tart. Awesome with whipped cream!), chocolate gelato (super rich & chocolatey), vanilla gelato (made with real vanilla beans. You can actually see the little black dots).

Super stuffed. Super satisfied. I love good Italian food.