798 Unit & Co (已結業)

早前到798 Unit & Co吃午餐，这里的气氛很轻松随意。面包有点硬，一般吧。友人点的慢煮鸡腿和杂菌薄饼(HK$88)，我试了两片薄饼，质感不错，有适度的香脆，也不会太硬。我点的Fish & Chips(HK$108)，鱼能够做到外脆内软，薯条也够「肥」，嘻嘻﹗午餐附送小蛋糕一件，今天刚巧是我至爱的巧克力，真幸运 : ) 继续阅读

之前在尖沙咀798试过觉得不错, 所以才选Time Square的798晚膳. 结果很失望.一入门口, waiter黑口黑面, 冇笑容咁招呼我哋坐低. sad我和朋友点菜, waiter净系"唔", "哦", "好呀", 讲嘢冇尾音冇礼貎. 落完单唔同我哋重覆一次我哋的order, 都唔知落得啱唔啱. huffy帮我哋上菜同收碟的waiter, 粒声唔出, 讲声"唔好意思"先收碟都得挂. 万一我哋讲紧嘢手部动作大D, 打亲人或者烫到手就唔好啦. huffychopstick 松露宽条面: 真系好失望. 酱汁的奶味重, 然后食起嚟甜甜哋, 味道好怪. huffychopstick 炒杂菌前菜: 味道OK, 但系真系太细碟.chopstick 蟹肉牛油果菜沙律, 算是正常的沙律chopstick 虾配肠 (忘记了菜名), 虾很新鲜, 配肠很香, 不过很多油.埋单时我签咭, 个waiter多谢都冇句, 就咁俾番张咭我. 真系......食物水准算过得去, 可惜服务唔好, 浪费咗餐厅的环境.我唔会再去呢间餐厅. 继续阅读

After movie with friend at Time Square around 8pm, the most convenience dinning place must be at Time Square 9/F to 13/F. My friend picked 798 Unit & Co. I haven't been there for a long time. It was nice that no waiting at 8pm, not too crowded. We ordered something light to match with the red wine. The food is not expensive in this restaurant by counting on the service, location and atmosphere. My friend missed this grilled asparagus so much, however, too small portion for him. I like the small and thin aspragus more than the big one. My friend ate most of the snails. I enjoyed the mash potato unneath of the snails. parma ham was not salty and filled all over the pizza. The pizza was crispy, pretty good. I had learned a lesson that to read the wine bottle label before opening it. After opening the bottle, I could not change it. Then we realized it was a bottle of 1/2 Merlot and 1/2 Cabinent Saouvigon. The taste was not that good at the beginning, after decane it for about 20mins, the taste was getting better. It was a half body wine. Lamb as appetizer. Since we did not realize that this lamb dish is for appetizer, we were surprised by the small portion. We should have order lamb rack as main dish instead. The Lamb was good without the seasoning on top. The lamb was soft but it was not fresh lamb, probably frozen lamb. Thank you my friend for the nice dinner. 继续阅读

Early June(Stuffy)We have been to the newly opened Just A Restaurant by 798 unit & co a number of times and find the food impressive. Therefore we immediately bought the $400-worth cash coupon for eating at 798 - it was nice having good food at half the price with the coupon. The only downside of the coupon was that we had to book the table in advance. Not a big issue as we planned to eat there after watching a movie at the Times Square, Causeway Bay.798 unit & co is on the 13th floor on Times Square, a part of the mall I dont usually go to - there are way too many good restaurants out there along the streets. After a short journey up the escalators we got to the place - a dimly lit relaxing bistro it appeared to be.We were not greeted very warmly by the staff, and the place was still setting up as we were brought to our table. The staff were copying the special dinner sets for two and etc. onto the large chalkboard, and sadly one made a very serious and laughable mistake without noticing.The menu was printed on an A3 paper, on both sides. Not a great variety of dishes are available, but we were pleased and satisfied with what we were offered to choose from.A small plate of sliced french baguette and butter was also brought to us. I thought it was icy cold and stone-hard but it turned out to be warmed and crispy. Did not like the butter however as it tasted too bland - we got not to be too health-conscious when it comes to butter, I think. You either eat the full-fat butter, or you dont eat it. NEVER substitute it with a low-fat variety as that always suck.My dad loved the French Onion Soup($60) he got at J.A.R, complimenting the richness of the flavour and the caramelized onion every time he ordered one. This one he got at 798 looked 99% the same but was much blander in taste. Matter of fact it tasted diluted and there was little sweetness of onion in it.Has the chef forgotten his salt and pepper? I'd rather throw it away than drinking it, to be completely honest.Ma's wild mushroom soup with truffle oil was awful as the onion soup($50). Despite its deceiving brownish look it tasted like water. There were lumps of mushroom floating in the soup but they looked more like floating rubbish rather than part of the soup. There was flavour in them but they were locked in, instead of released into the soup. The truffle oil had not injected any flavour nor aroma into the soup, only giving it an oily appearance. I have no idea what the white thing on top was - it could be a lump of cream or truffle cream but I am not sure, as it tasted as bland as the soup was. It was really bad - the WORST mushroom soup i have ever tasted in my life. Even a random cream of mushroom soup from a local Chaa Chen Teng could K.O. this.I did not have soup by myself and we ordered a baby spinach & toasted corn salad($88). It was okay - more than an okay in fact. The baby spinach leaves were fresh and crisp, and the corn cob were sweet and really juicy. The little halves of tomatoes were so-so, not extraordinarily juicy, but I really like the sour and refreshing salad dressing. It tasted like something between vinegar and the Italian dressing. My dad said it was too sour for him but i thought it was okay - the tartness of it balanced against the greasiness in the bacon bits. In general,it was a very simple but good salad.-->There was a long, sleepy wait before the main courses were ready. A quick side note on the delivery of dishes first - I could clearly see how the food were brought from the kitchen to the delivery island from where i sat. As we were waiting I saw three dishes, suspected to be what we ordered, being brought out by someone in white from the kitchen. I thought a server would quickly bring them to our table, serving them fresh and hot from the stove. They didn't, and something really strange happened. The restaurant was not very busy by then and there were servers walking around in the arena, and I was quite sure they must have seen the unserved dish on the island. I do not know if there is a rule of wait-for-5-minutes-before-you-serve-the-dishes here at 798, but they just ignored the covered dishes and walked away. Whether there was really a rule or whether there had been an attitude issue, I do not know. All i know is that if the dishes were not brought to the table once they were ready, they would possibly go lukewarm, even stale, and I do care about the temperature of the food I have, a lot.Anyhow, both me and my food did not mind waiting as long as the taste and temperature were still acceptable.Rosemary roasted rack of lamb - with spring vegetables, pancetta & mint bearnaise($188). We wanted it medium but it returned medium-rare - even better as i prefer pink meat over well-cooked ones. The lamb rack were excellent. We loved what we got at JAR and that was why we ordered this at 798. This was even better than that we had! The meat was extremely tender yet so full and rich of the distinctive taste of lamb. It was definitely NOT overcooked (it couldnt be, obviously!) and an awful lot of juice was still locked in it. The exterior of the racks had the distinctive taste and crispiness from a roast, and i love the bits of crumbs that gave it a thin crunchy twist. It was perfect and I ended up holding the thin bone lovingly with my hands!It tasted even better with the mint jelly and mustard, two must-haves. The mint bearnaise sauce, a close relative to the Hollandaise sauce which i love, was great. It tasted just right of egg yolk, butter, while the mint in it made it a less greasy sauce to dip the meat in. Even the vegetables with pancetta, taking up the juice from the lamb, was delicious. All in all while i expected to have just an lukewarm, so-so lamb rack, this was much better than what I had in mind. I would come again just for the lamb rack - it was really THAT delicious!Chargrilled U.S. thick-cut pork loin chop - with roasted pineapple, apple-potato salad & honey mustard($148). Dad's pick it was. I usually avoid ordering pork chops in Western restaurants, especially not the expensive ones, as many use frozen pork chops and they always return so dry, tough and coarse that you could not even eat it. This was a thick-cut and much to my surprise, it remained tender after being grilled and bore the distinctive marks of charcoal. The meat was tender, the fibre were fine, and you could find juice in it; it tasted naturally of the sweetness of pork too, unlike the ambiguous, unidentifiable piece of meat people call 'pork chops' you get elsewhere. The honey mustard was a perfect match of the chop, and i enjoyed the roasted pineapple more than the so-so apple salad. They used too much mayo in it, i think. But all in all - a hidden gem the dish was!Slow-cooked oxtail risotto($108). My pick this time as i adore risotto - I love how the rice grains have picked up the rich flavour of the stock. They were way too tender to be called authentically Italian, and more cheeses and cream should be used had it been prepared in other restaurants, but we all LOVED this more-creative-risotto. Bay leaves and sun-dried tomatoes mixed with the rice varied the texture while flakes of soft, aromatic, shredded ox-tail meat were truly delicious. The rice was great and thanks to the reduced amount of cheese and cream, we could finish it without wasting any of it!We skipped dessert - a pity as i heard the dessert here (bread pudding omg!) is really nice. With the coupon we had, we paid a net amount of $506 for the meal. 30% was waived from the bill. A true bargain!The food was great - except the soup perhaps - while the service was really, really bad. The managers pulled a long face whenever she came by, and was not very polite when i tried to redeem the coupon, asked for mustard and mint, or just for general inquiry. I think i heard no 'thank you' throughout the night from anyone from the crew too. I do not mean everyone have to be smiling with their teeth visible no matter how tired they might be but theres something so basic and simple that one working in the F&B industry should never forget and miss. While i would happily pay $188 for the rack of lamb as it was wholesomely delicious, I did not think they deserve $64 service charge.In short - I got ample reasons to come and not to come a second time. The food urged me to go as they were truly delicious, while the bad and inhospitable service deterred me from visiting again. Now that depends on my mood on the day of visit I guess - and i should not risk pissing myself off here at 798 on a already-shitty-enough day. Or maybe I should stick to J.A.R. in Central where the staff were super-friendly, helpful and nice during our previous visits. 继续阅读

数年前798在时代广场开张后便成为它的纷丝﹐当年装修落本的意大利餐厅在铜锣湾好像没有﹐价钱中上﹐没有吓怕一般人(包括我)﹐自此除Pizza Hut的港式pizza及CPK的美式pizza外﹐终于见识过比较正宗的意式pizza﹐薄饼底类似饼干﹐而不是面包加上大量材料及芝士﹐吃两片已饱腻。这里是跟朋友午间饭聚的好地方﹐set lunch选择多﹐除了环境靓﹑不赶客(超过4小时仍招呼周到!)外﹐最吸引我们一班女士的便是加钱自选甜品。有一段时间没去﹐心血来潮再来﹐发现午餐餐牌转了﹐没有了pizza﹐有点失望﹐以前我必点mixed mushroom pizza﹐这次我终于可以(被逼)试试其他食物﹐喜欢吃包的我最后选了公司三文治﹐打算吃半份留起半份﹐因为要留肚吃甜品嘛。是日餐汤是椰菜花汤﹐很清﹐有惊喜﹐印象中椰菜花没味道但这汤居然很好喝! 面包没特别﹑但很喜欢承载的碟子﹐raw得来有feel! 主菜来到﹐比想象中小的多﹐还有那占去半只碟我不吃的薯条令我心情一沉(menu没写有薯条嘛!)﹐幸好见那三文治内半熟的蛋很吸引﹐心情指数回升﹐吃下去味道都可以﹐但实在小得可怜﹐一般公司三文治都是大大份吓死人﹐这次时太细份吓死人﹐雀仔嘴的傻大姐可以接受﹐但男士们要考虑清楚。餐后那冻啡保持水准﹐有点饱﹑而且有时间﹐决定疯狂拍照看书后才叫此行的主角甜品。12:30pm坐到3pm才叫甜品hot chocolate fondant﹐雪糕改做vanilla。才加$30便吃到$65的心太软实在太抵! 甜品来到﹐边影边闻到那阵阵的朱古力香味﹐匆匆拍下照片便投入跟面前的它谈心﹐边吃我的心边软下来﹐实在太好味啦! 美中不足是vanilla雪糕不香﹐MilkTop的必它香10陪! 下次还是要回hazelnut ice-cream应该比较好。这里服务很好﹐最后坐到5pm才走﹐我真厚面皮! ;D 继续阅读