As I live nearby, I quite often eat out at this very nice restaurant! To my surprise, for all my previous visits it was not full at all. I guess it's because of its location, which is basically and literally the basement of one building on Gough Street, making it not visible at all. Having said, it's not necessarily something bad because in that way so that I can keep it to myself (well well sort of), and enjoy a nice, comfortable and queit dinning experience! The atmsphere of the restaurant is pretty romantic - a bit dark and with nice decor, even though I have to admit that there is a HUGE ROOM for improvement on their selection of music, I mean pop tunes is a weird choice for such setting. Back to the FOOD. Food here is always super yummmmmyyyyyy that keeps me wanting more. It's nothing fancy, but you can see and taste the efforts of the chef. Plus, being marketed at quite a reasonable price point, there is not much to complain about. First first first, we ordered the Pan Fried Foie Gras with Bell Peppers Salad, which is always my first choice for appetizer here! Apology that I forgot to take a food porn for the dish as I was starving and the dish made my mouth water like crazy. Moving on, we had the Organic Two Styles Risotto, which was YUMMMMMMMMMM. So on the left side that was the organic risotto with vegetable salsa - as it was pan fried a bit, it gave that cripsy texture on top of the refreshing flavor, pretty interesting. On the right side that was the mushroom risotto with 36 month parmasen cheese - I MUCH PREFER THIS ONE as it was so rich and so flavorful. Omg thinking about it makes my mouth water already. Apparently, we were not satisfied after just one risotto, so we went on to have MORE. Following the risotto, the French Halibut came - cooked in a pot with broth and vegetable, it's pretty light and the fish was very tender and moist! Definitely worth a try! Finally, for my muscle's sake, beef is inevitable. We thus ordered the Grilled USA Black Angus Rib Eye (10 oz). Rib Eye is really the basic dish that if a restaurant screws it, the restaurant is a no no no. And of course, Basement didn't, probably never will! The rib eye was perfectly done, medium rare - I got exactly what I asked for! Nice dish, no complaint!Plus drinks, the dinner costs around HK$500 per head, extremely reasonable considering the food and the environment as a package! As for service, the waiters are very extremely helpful and very local (meaning not pretentious at all)! Nice dinning experience as always!…Read More
