208 Duecento Otto (已結業)

I really wanted to get out of the office after a long and hectic morning, so I decided to meet up with a few friends and enjoy a nice (extravagant) lunch. My friend recommended 208 because her office is just across the street and even though I've been here a few times for "happy Hour", it was my first time dining for lunch. As usual, the restaurant was scattered with chilling patrons in their relaxed atmospheric zone and enjoying their slow lunches on fancy bar stools. It really is a wonderful f

I've been to 208 a handful of times, as it's one of the few places to drink down on my end of Hollywood. Last time I went for the lunch special (2 courses, $158) when I had to fend for myself for lunch.You're given two options at lunch time: set lunch upstairs, with no salad bar, or salad bar and lunch downstairs. I picked upstairs.Being thirsty, I absentmindedly ordered still water. Don't do that; at $70 it's half the cost of the lunch itself.First they start you off with some bread that's pret

After hearing a rave review from a friend I decided to revisit 208 after having not been for nearly a year due to a slighlty disappointing last meal there. We had originally booked a table at the restaurant upstairs, but after having one pre dinner drink at the bar downstairs we decided to stay there, as the atmosphere was more relaxed and friendly which was exactly what we were in the mood for. The smiley manager took our first drink orders and was very helpful in helping us choose which cockta

We were a party of four for Sunday brunch. Moderately grumpy service from our waitress was followed by a long, long wait for the food. At the end of the wait, one dish out of four was incorrect. It was sent back. When the correct dish arrived it was cold and had obviously not been recently prepared. We sent this back, too. The manager got involved, apologetic and sighing and tutting at the situation. Half of the final dish was hot, and by that stage we'd given up. This was for scrambled eggs wit

On the first night after 208's reopening after its temporary closing, it was packed to the brim!A few new additions were added to the menu.Starters:The burrata was giant, however, I was not impressed. The best burrata I've ever had was in Florence and the one we sampled in 208 was far less up to standard, and if I dare say it was a tad sourMains:The fettucini was lovely, very well complimented by the lobster bisqueThe BEST dish of the night was the steak. Surprisingly this was the best executed

It's been a few years and I nearly forgot I was the 1st person to post about here back during the days, as I was too curious to visit here. But things have changed gradully and after various visits later and some of the intermittent visits are reviewed on my blog separately, we returned back again to experience their 2012 December special pizzas (There are two different ones) !. $208 for 2 Beers and a December Pizza -It's a good Bargain of a deal actually! It's fit for a man..Neapolitan/Nap

We went to the restaurant on a sunday afternoon, notice that only half of the table were occupied, standing there for at least 5 mins, and still no one approach us. And until a waitress tell us to sit down at a table, after 10seconds a manager came by n tell us the table were all reserved n assign us to sit on the bar table...that waiter told the manager that we sit there by ourselves.... Can't believe their service was that bad before we gave up at this restaurant!!!

I am Italian so I found this restaurant asking google for "the best italian pizzeria in HK" in Italian. I went with my wife without reservation and the place was quite busy, so we sat at the counter. We had a platter of capocollo (it's a sort of salami made with pork neck) with olive taggiasche and buffalo mozzarella, with a couple of glasses of italian wine. Then we had a pizza with fennel and porchetta. Pizza style is typical of southern Italy, i.e. a bit tall, crispy outside and tender, a bit

We were just in the neighborhood and ended up there since every other restaurant in the area was full and this place was actually fantastic the last time we went. We were seated immediately on the ground floor and were looking forward to a proper dinner. The service was friendly but was quite inadequate. For example, they poured sparkling water into still water and vice versa without ever asking. It's a normally just a small gaff but they ruined the water that they charged $70 per bottle for!The

鬼節當日，來到荷里活道的餐廳食晚飯，沿途目睹不少燒衣紙和壽衣店，不禁有點不寒而慄。來到餐廳，地面屬酒吧部份，而樓上則是fine dinning之所。雖然來食晚飯，但既然訂了樓下的位，也沒所謂，只是開放式的設計，於盛夏未免有點熱。酒吧擠滿happy hour的「鬼」，真應景。XP還在為點菜傷腦筋之際，店方便送上meatball刺激我們的食慾。肉丸乃自家製，打得結實不鬆散，而且肉味香濃，茄醬酸酸甜甜，好味開胃，叫我們食慾大增。Appetizer有不少種類，難以選擇，我們遂決定讓廚師拍板，點了是日精選拼盤，包括lentils, 魷魚沙律, ricotta cheese with grilled vegetables和burrata。Lentils 的味道非人人喜歡，喜愛豆類的我亦只覺尚可，多點seasoning會更好。魷魚沙律的問題一樣，魷魚夠爽口，配以紅洋蔥實為佐酒良品，只是味道稍淡。Homemade ricotta奶香稍遜，亦不夠creamy幼滑，伴隨的烤雜菜是我的最愛，其中以南瓜最好食，清甜可口，部份烤彩椒的邊位帶點焦味，應要留意一下。Burrata既為fresh cheese，好味與

之前有聽過208這間意大利餐廳, 剛巧有被邀請來試菜當晚其實很熱, 被安排到室外坐讓我們覺得很不舒服... 夏天來真的要坐裡面有冷氣的地方比較好先吃了意大利肉丸, 肉丸味道不錯, 有蠻濃的牛肉味肉質鬆軟. 醬汁裡的番茄酸味突出, 蠻好吃的之後來了前菜拼盤, 有酸豆, 個人覺得硬了一點. 魷魚也是有點硬, 但幸好味道不錯我自己很喜歡Marinated grilled vegetables with homemade ricotta, 南瓜片青瓜片都烤得夠香瓜類本身也有甜味, 配上ricotta很好吃, 不過ricotta能選軟滑一點就會比較好burrata, 味道不錯, 有奶味, 但不夠軟滑流心. 如果芝士流心的話就會很好, 因為味道真的很不錯旁邊的番茄很好吃呢, 鮮甜多汁, 跟burrata的味道很配. 不過如果再給多點番茄會更加好, 因為有點不夠配來吃八月份的推介薄餅是菌類薄餅, 這薄餅跟一般吃到的不同, 好像有兩層皮夾著中間的菇菌菌類的味道很吸引, 很香, 皮也做得很薄而不失韌度鬆軟度, 好吃Calzone Mozzarella, ricotta, mushrooms, black

上個月來了208 Duecento Otto吃晚餐，試了菇菌為題的餐單，來到九月，餐廳推出了以無花果為主題的菜式。夏末秋初是無花果當造的時節，無花果有很高的營養價值，除了含有果糖，還有多種維他命及氨基酸，而且鮮甜多汁，對健康有益。這次午飯時間來，除了吃無花果菜式，也吃了Lunch的Antipasti Buffet，價錢是$98，如另加薄餅的則是$128。說起這裡的薄餅，原來用來焗製薄餅的爐，也是從意大利買磚再運來香港砌建而成。而大家對Naples Pizza又有多少認識呢？傳統的那不勒斯薄餅是需要跟從特定的準則，從材料開始要用硬質小麥粉、新鮮酵母、海鹽、Campania的水牛奶芝士及Vesuvius的番茄，而餅糰必須人手搓製，並用柴火烤烘。焗出來的薄餅，邊位帶點脤起，會厚身一點，但不會太難咀嚼。薄餅底不要太厚或太薄，要微軟及微脆，不要過分煙韌，稍用力便可以用刀或叉分開就最好。而當薄餅摺起時，餅底又不會乾脆得裂開，要有一定濕度。前菜頭盤先是自家焗製的麵包，表面帶點微脆，吃下有點油份。烤紅黃椒、蕃茄及手牛芝士我較喜愛的，蕃茄特別鮮甜多汁，用來跟芝士吃最好。還有洋蔥魷魚沙律、芝士扁豆、煙肉薯

「無花果」，除了令人想起 N 年前翁靜晶同陳百強那套電視劇外，也也是上環意大利餐廳「208 Duecento Otto」近月的主題。我一向都愛新鮮的無花果，用它來包巴馬火腿是一絕，營養價值豐富。是日吃的午巿頭盤 buffet 人均 $98，另加主菜如薄餅等則是$128起。一系列的頭盤沙律約有十多款，選擇頗足，而且大多是些健康的選擇。凍肉類怎是了鐵膽莎樂美腸及即切巴馬火腿，還有火雞肉等。興之所致，你大可將巴馬火腿放在主食 pizza 上，創出有自家特色的 pizza。沙律選擇有煙肉薯仔、蕃茄水牛芝士、洋蔥魷魚、芝士扁豆、蕃茄沙律及沙律雜菜等，還有炭燒過的爆汁車厘茄、雅支竹及橄欖，吃多多也不怕肥。 另一必吃是自家製麵包，乃店裡的「味自慢」，表面焗得脆口，下層帶點㰖油及鹽花，好吃。 「Pizza Fichi，Organic Fig、Caramelized Onion、Goat Cheese、Toasted Pine Nuts & Dried Cranberries」$188再來是這裡招牌的無花果薄餅，我見到那新鮮慾滴的鮮無花果就知道是好東西！薄餅不是薄脆那種，邊皮位像烘脆的麺包，不會很乾身，

是晚得到食友的邀請，一起來試試這家意大利餐廳。其實我之前也有留意過這家餐廳，通常在中環坐的士到荷里活道，都會行經水坑口街，而這家餐廳就在街的盡頭，兩層高的餐廳，門面特別，容易令人留下印象。餐廳分為兩部分，下層是酒吧，上層是fine dining的餐廳。我們被安排在樓下的半開放用餐區，牆上的藍白色瓷磚很特別，看真一點原來是中國風的圖畫。這裡其中一個最大的賣點就是供應那不勒斯薄餅，是跟足那不勒斯薄餅總會的規定來製造的，只採用來自意大利campana水牛芝士和用一個由那不勒斯運來的特製薄餅爐去烤焗的。D.O.C pizza: mozzarella, cherry tomato, basil。這個那不勒斯薄餅來頭不小，創造這薄餅的人曾以這款薄餅在2006年及2007年嬴得世界薄餅比賽中的最佳薄餅大獎。那不勒斯薄餅不算是厚批 但也非薄批，介乎兩者之間，質感比普通薄餅濕潤，配料雖然簡單，濃濃的芝士與鮮甜多汁的大車厘茄，但相當對味，好好吃呢。Calzone Mozzarella, ricotta, mushrooms, black pepper, porchetta ham。Calzone薄餅我還是

每次經過上環荷李活道208號，也會被這間設計挺特別的意大利餐廳208 Duecento Otto吸引著，木質天花、白底藍花紋的牆身及放在門前的兩張籐椅，格話跟旁邊的餐廳很不同。這裡原是肉品儲藏庫，後來改建成餐廳，地下是酒吧，一樓是用餐區。這晚第一次來，先試試新推出的 以菇菌為題的餐單The Humble Shroom，每道菜都會用了不同種類的菇菌來造，三道菜，價錢是$428。先來有點小吃Canape，Chopped Beef Carpaccio，Pickled Shiitake，Tarragon Cream，及Roasted Field Mushrooms，Wilted Spinach & Gorgonzola。前者牛肉碎混入了一點冬菇粒，口感豐富點，後者的焗蘑菇釀入菠菜及芝士，但味道不太濃，個人較愛牛那款的。第一道Antipasti，White Asparagus with Shiitake，Slowed Cooked Egg，Burnt Butter & Parmesan，白露筍口感清爽不軟腍，味道清甜，加上半熟的慢煮蛋，沾上濃稠的蛋黃漿及牛油汁來吃，加上一顆炸冬菇，味道不會很濃，