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2009-10-09
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Had a pretty frustrating day. Badly needed a break before heading for the next stop.I meant to go to the new Il Bel Paese flagship store, but I mixed that up with the older branch near Wing Fung Street. Anyway. I strolled up Wing Fung Street looking for an alternative and ended up at Classified. Calling itself a Mozzarella Bar I assumed it should offer something Italian and would make a good substitute.The clean and crisp white and woody tones, in addition to the high ceiling of this little eate
I meant to go to the new Il Bel Paese flagship store, but I mixed that up with the older branch near Wing Fung Street. Anyway. I strolled up Wing Fung Street looking for an alternative and ended up at Classified. Calling itself a Mozzarella Bar I assumed it should offer something Italian and would make a good substitute.
The clean and crisp white and woody tones, in addition to the high ceiling of this little eatery makes it stylish yet comfy. I was particularly impressed by the chandelier made of many light bulbs hanging over the main dining table. Wine lovers would love its wine wall too!
Having read the not-so-rosy reviews on its burrata here, I picked Boconccini ($65 + 10%) from the Mozzarella Bar menu for a try. The waitress told me that it was a mini version of mozzarella cheese, and I presumed that things wouldn't go too wrong in terms of taste. The problem was that they somehow misspelt the word "Boconccini" on the blackboard, I read from Wiki that it should spell "Bocconcini". Well I'll leave the spelling part to the experts. The cheese was served with Sun-Ripened Tomato, Rocket and Extra Virgin Olive Oil as a salad, and came with an extra bottle of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.
Bocconcini is a mild kind of cheese like other mozzarella cheese, shaped into bite-sized balls. While you don't get the "cheesiness" in mozzarella in general, as compared with other richer cheeses, the bocconcini here barely had any taste of its own. I don't know whether it's the problem with bocconcini itself or it's a sourcing problem. Fortunately these little cheese "dumplings" were very chewy and I liked that texture. Actually the tomatoes were better - they came in a rainbow of colours: red, orange, yellow and purple, and even though they tasted the same (except maybe the yellow kind which was a bit sweeter), the look of it was a pleasant surprise. Rocket had salt and pepper sprinkled on top, and was just right with my addition of a couple of drops of balsamic vinegar.
I was not in the mood for a drink, but spotted a box of Maribelle hot chocolate on the shelves above the bar table, and decided to have a hot chocolate ($45 + 10%). That Maribelle chocolate, however, was for display only and the one on offer was actually from Vero, so there's no harm giving it a try. To my disappointment (or otherwise), it was not the "syrupy" hot chocolate availble at the Vero chocolate shop itself, but your good ol' hot cocoa with milk. The 70% cocoa content it boasts itself came under the veils of too much sugar - and they gave me another pack of it! Maybe I'd be better off going for the authentic version at Vero for a more full-blown chocolat-y experience.
Like many other establishments on the street, Classified is a great place for some happy hour getting together, or for a pit stop just as I did. There is more to be desired, mainly on the choice of cheeses - how can a self-proclaimed mozzarella bar only offer some 3/4 kinds of cheese a day? Apart from that, I'd give this place a clear pass.
张贴
