偶爾尋找，見有食評話第二份set lunch 半價，固來之

因近日工作過忙，連位也懶得去book……
結果七個人坐bar 檯

似乎呢區咩lunch 都係$88 up + 10%

要了三courses

先來的包，沒甚特別的
凍啡不錯

前菜是越式春卷，西餐廳有呢一道真夠特別，而且味道還很對辦，只係用叉食又要沾那些汁就不方便喇

主菜，大部分人都要了牛柳，因為呢個最吸引。有時都好怕食呢o的伴菜，因為有陣苦澀味，但呢度o個o的幾"彈牙"又fresh。牛柳火候恰當，肉質幾鮮美唔韌，連薯蓉都好可口呀

最後的甜品，唔係好甜，朱古力濃度中挺，但o的berries 熱熱o地？！

值得一試o架真係，不過當然要預留o的時間上山落山，上菜亦唔算很快

店員說下次攜單可全部25% off 之類，但隔o左日再打去問就唔認數……

炎熱的夏天終於離去，
在這帶點秋意的星期日，
同女友去SOHO 食個BRUNCH，忙裏偷閒

本來想去一間近堅道食BRUNCH，
不過由中環搭電梯上到一半，女友已經話有點肚餓 (都快11點了....)
剛好見到這間LOGO似足倫敦UNDERGROUND 的餐廳，
又同時有BRUNCH供應，就決定在這試一試。

BRUNCH 選擇不多，大概有7-8款
雖然地方細細，但係坐得都幾舒服，
我地每人叫左一個BRUNCH，
一個係奄列，一個係叫類似No. 8 plate (類似乜都有咁....)

兩份餐都有跟TOAST，COFFE/TEA/SOFT DRINK
奄列 : 唔記得清楚有咩涵，淨係記得有雞肉同埋燈籠椒，2片多士，水果，炒薯仔
NO. 8 plate: 有2隻蛋，焗豆，炒草菇，煙肉，同埋有D腸 (不知道名字)，4片多士水果，炒薯仔

其實叫得做BRUNCH，都非常之大碟，所以食到最後，食物已經有點涼，不過整體食物的價錢同味道還算不錯的。

而且服務也不錯，很有善。

去士丹頓街食lunch 的代價, 就係要付出三十分鐘的來回時間, 不過, 今日想食西餐, 於是就搭了扶手電梯上去soho no.8 食set lunch了
在這條街, 大部份餐廳都會有set lunch, 巧合地都係八十八蚊一位, 今次食的午餐, 係marinated chicken leg, 即係醃的燒雞腿, 跟甘筍條同好似係炒飯的物體
燒雞脾的味道唔錯, 有一些香草的味道, 雞脾雖然唔大隻, 但係俾到兩隻我, 都夠食了
特別的係似炒飯的物體, 其實真係唔知係咩嚟, 不過細細粒又幾軟熟, 食落就已經愛上了
仲有唔多好飲的冬蔭功, 因為味道反而似咖哩, 不過西餐的冬蔭功又點可以要求咁高
咖啡都唔錯, 作為餐茶, 合格有餘了

usually have early lunch and today had a late lunch maybe that's why it's a bit noisy here

i think the soup is a bit too salty with too much pepper, which makes it a bit too spicy
i like the warm bread and olive oil

the main course is the beef steak. the steak is bit too thick (or is it the british way?) but the taste is not rich enough . so i feel like i am chewing rubber. sorry if it's a bit offensive.

the mest potato and the vege are much better however

the dessert is chocolate moose, which unluckily not my favorite, but it tastes ok.

got 50% off for the second set so it's around 85 each person

the service is good and the ladies are responsive

book左5:00pm,

去到餐廳+酒吧的"SOHO No.8",

坐下來,和我預計的一樣,

除了門前喝著酒吃著小食的幾位外籍顧客,

店內就幾乎沒有其他的客人,

那麼我左影右影都不怕影響到別人啦~~

我們被安排在窗邊的位置,不是太寬敞但因為有一邊全部都是窗,

所以空間感大增,令整間餐廳的感覺很舒適,很悠閒~~~

先點了飲的,我要了Mango Smoothie,味道有少少甜有點像奶昔,

健仔果杯我就唔記得左係咩.........(>.<)

主菜要了Kaffir Lime Leaf Chicken Satay's,配菜可自由配搭,

我們要了Creamy Horseradish Mashed Potatoes,

燒雞脾皮脆肉嫩,上面個醬好夾好好味,仲有點香草的味道,

薯蓉真係好似個名一樣好creamy,有點牛油味,

至於另一道主菜,就選了½ Rack of Australian Lamb Seasoned with Indonesian Spices,

岩晒我鍾意食羊~~配上Risotto with Spinach and Parmesan,

羊扒大約7-8成熟,有成吋厚,但係一切就開,食落仲好淋好有羊味,啖啖肉~~^O^

配Risotto就因為我一直都對意大利飯情有獨鍾,

呢個係店員推介,估唔到真係好味,好creamy有d芝士汁,

入口有點煙韌,仲要係"暖粒粒"熱既,呢樣野我發現其實唔係太多餐廳做到囉,

同我至愛既羊扒一樣咁好食,

本來來這裡是因為餐廳設計是倫敦的地鐵站,

新奇又得意,但原來食物都有一定水準,

而且食完晒之後店員仲問我地味道好唔好,鍾唔鍾意,

又主動幫我揸機影相,細心位抵讚~~~

新開的店，看見門外寫著 Set Lunch 第二份半價，便去試試。
Set Lunch 有：
餐湯 -- ginger pumpkin soup (好特別，不是一般南瓜湯)
starter -- salad (似泰式salad, 入面有grilled prawn, 柚子和 basil, grilled prawn很好吃) / spring roll (spring roll 入面有香菇和豬肉，very delicious)
main course -- tuna (very good!) / risotto (無試) / beef kabob (牛肉"鞋"咗啲，好乾)，main course 的配菜可選 mashed potato or English chips, mashed potato 超好味！
dessert -- kulula cheese cake (咖啡酒味芝士餅，近乎無酒味，cheese cake texture 很好, 好smooth)
可選三個courses 或四個courses
both are included tea or coffee

Overall the food is good, 但等main course 出都等咗幾耐下。

愛倫敦,也愛倫敦地鐵的logo,沿用了百多年,仍覺得不過時,難怪在蘇豪上的新餐廳"Soho 8",是用倫敦地鐵作為主題.其實,用到倫敦地鐵作藍本的,遠在冰島,已經有一間叫Kaffibarinn的酒館.英國Brit pop組合Blur的主音Damon,聽聞是此酒館的老闆.

此店前身是Pepperoni,s,現今化身成為倫敦地鐵最新的一個站,抬頭看著個地鐵圖案,心裏有個謎,想著店內會否有條秘道,落去tube的月台,直飛倫敦?而這個站,是屬於那一條線?Piccadilly?Hammersmith?Central?Jubilee?彷似是摸不透的迷思.看著隔離的約克郡,倫敦同約克這兩個城市,從未如此接近過.

晚飯的黃金時段,店內一個客也沒有,誤認是否一早被人包場開派對,走上前看看,店員說暫時未有酒牌,只能喝非酒精飲品,此店同隔離Yorkshire Pudding同一集團,記得上次去約克郡晚飯時,同樣沒有酒牌,但可在Staunton bar叫酒來喝,可惜今次不行,店員煞有介事說昨夜出了一點問題,是什麼問題就沒有再問下去,反正同行的朋友不喝酒,沒有太大問題.

入到店內,沒有貼上眾音樂劇,廉價航空海報,沒有人拿住結他賣藝,更聞不到陣陣的霉臭酸縮味.只見燈光頗暗,挺有情調,牆上貼上地鐵圖案,內裏的站名,是同集團的餐廳.黑色封套的菜單,好像昔日Travel card的套,連侍應的制服,也同倫敦地鐵內的職員相似,果然跟到足.小弟拿著Oyster card,又可否在此通行?

餐牌上的菜式,不是一味英倫菜,隔離的約克郡已經是英倫菜代表,如果也是吃炸魚薯條,約克布甸的話,豈不是同室操戈,自相殘殺?此地鐵站的菜式,是較為國際化,有Pasta,Risotto,亦有牛扒,漢堡包,更有沙爹,越式米卷這些東南亞味道.

來之前吃了東西,沒有酒牌之下,喝杯水算數,友人來一杯士多啤梨Smoothie.大家也是吃沙律,她要的是牛油果沙律,我的是Romaine heart salad with qualis egg,crispy parma ham and green goddess dressing.聽個名就好複雜,什麼綠色的女神,難道如陳百強所講,在地下鐵碰著她,好比心中愛神進入夢?

沙律菜用的是中心部份,食落特別爽脆,充滿水份,証明很新鮮.Parma Ham烤到好像薄脆,味道比未燒之前更咸香,至於個女神醬汁,只是混合了芥末在內,酸甜之外,更加一份刺激感.$78吃個沙律,在蘇豪上是差不多價錢,如果想加配料,好像加隻燒蝦,便要多付$30.

今次只是小試牛刀,下一次要帶幾個同樣是英倫迷的朋友,來感受多一點了.

Carrying my bad mood into the evening, the best thing was to go for a happy hour session on this Friday evening. Initially mt friends and I wanted to head to Yorkhshire Pudding but it was pretty full so instead we headed to Soho No. 8 next door. To our surprise, tonight was the first day it opened, the opening night! However, they can't serve alcoholic beverages yet unfortunately. Anyhow, we were too lazy to continue our search so we decided to give this place a try anyhow. The place is located right beside the mid level escalator and its logo is pretty catchy to attract attention to those passing by. Being its first opening night, I can still smell the renovation scent flowing in the air.

I could not really point out what kind of cuisine this place is serving, be it English, American or Italian because it serves different varieties. Let's call it international cuisine I guess. We sat on the first floor and we were informed that there is actually another dinning area on the second floor. (I wonder how it looked.) We also discovered that this restaurant belongs to the same group as the Yorkshire Pudding.

(1) Gunner
Since no alcoholic beverages were allowed, I ordered this drink called Gunner (from Yorkshire Pudding's drinks menu). I had no idea what was in there so I asked. Apparently it was a mixture of Ginger Ale + Ginger Beer + Bitters. Bitters is actually a highly concentrated food and beverages flavouring made from herbs and spices. Angostura Bitters was the brand they used. It reminds me of Unicum. I liked it but I think I will try a variation of Bitters drinks next time because I wanted a more concentrated Bitters flavors.

(2) Kaffir Lime Leaf Chicken Satay's
The presentation was nice but it was too salty for some reasons. In addition to the leaf taste, the flavor was more like Thai style herbs and spices. As you can see, it serves Asian delights as well so very international indeed. This dish would be nice to go with some cold beer ! Maybe next time.

(3) Baby Spinach Salad with Seasonal Pears, Feta and Toasted Spicy Walnuts
Since we were only having happy hour, we opted for some light salads while waiting for one of our friends who were still working very hard at the office. The combination of Seasonal Pears and Walnuts were very refreshing, just like what I had for lunch today, the Apple Brie Cheese Walnuts on Rye. A good dish to have on a hot and humid evening. The dish name mentioned about spicy walnut, nut I wonder what it means by spicy because they tasted like normal walnuts too be. O yes, a nice touch to serve the dressing on the side because I like minimal dressing on my salads and I can now pour the right amount to my liking.

(4) Romaine Hearts Salad with Quails Eggs, Crispy Parma Ham and Green Goddess Dressing
(With Grilled Prawns) Yummy quails eggs! The combination of ingredients was again very good. The romaines were crisp and fresh, quails eggs were tasty and the crispy parma hams were salty enough the balance the flavor of the dressing which was slightly sour. I still have no idea what a Goddess dressing is but an interesting name indeed. With the addition of the grilled prawns, this can serve as a main dish in my opinion. (o yes, the prawns were a bit salty as well)

Service wise, it was alright, very attentive but it reminded my of my Habibi experience. The staff came by the clean out our plates and drinks very frequently and ask if we wanted another beverages when my drink is still HALF FULL (maybe to them it was HALF EMPTY). As soon as I had my last sip of my first Gunner (I ordered two Gunners all together), someone came by immediately and picked it up and ask me if I wanted another one. Chill people, chill! There was no need to be that attentive or were they trying to rush us out on their first opening night on a Friday when they don't even allow to serve alcohol. Hmmm ... Anyhow, will go back to try their main dishes when they can serve alcohol !

Likes:
* Comfortable Atmosphere
* Good Salads

Dislikes:
* over-attentive services

Original Blog: http://jason-bonvivant.blogspot.com/2009/08/soho-no-8.html