Pirata

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This Italian restaurant is located in Wanchai, occupying the top two floors of a commercial building, with the 29th floor serving as the dining area while the 30th floor a bar and chill-out space. It prides itself on offering honest, authentic Italian taste with the attention and care for customers as if they are part of the family. The decor exhibits modern cozy ambiance with soft lighting, and apparently the restaurant is very popular with many customers on a normal weekday.After having a Cosmopolitan cocktail ($120) to start, we ordered the Tasting Menu ($480 each) and there were three antipasto, the traditional first course of a formal Italian dinner. The first was Vitello Tonnato, which according to the manager was a form of Italian surf and turf, with thin slices of veal, coated with a nice paste of prepared from tuna, capers and mayonnaise, with a few Sicilian caper berries on top. The veal was flavorful, greatly complementary in terms of taste with the paste, a very nice marriage indeed.The second antipasto was MMM, or My Mamma's Meatballs. This is a family recipe from the chef, with the meatball made from a mixture of beef and pork, added with egg and then stewed in a nice tomato sauce with basil and extra virgin olive oil. The meatballs are tender and the blend of the two types of meat giving the right balance of fat and lean, very nice on the texture. I also found the tomato sauce very delicious, with intense tomato flavors and a nice touch of basil fragrance. Another great dish.The third antipasto was Asparagus Flan, having a nice taste, not being vegetal but with clear delicate asparagus notes. With a cream sauce to create a smooth palate, as well as a piece of crunchy Parmesan cheese on the side. Nice also.Next came the pasta, and we were served Tagliatelle with Black Truffle, with the homemade tagliatelle prepared with white truffle paste, shallot and butter, then having generous amount of shaved black truffle on top. I like the texture of the tagliatelle very much, with the perfect chewiness, mixed with impeccable amount of sauce. I always found restaurants cooking the pasta with too much sauce but Pirata got that just right in my opinion. The black truffle obviously added flavors and premium enjoyment for the diners. The dish made me wonder how the other pastas taste and made me anxious to come again and try those out.Then it was secondi, or the meat dish. With a choice we opted for the Whole Italian Seabass Mediterranean Style ($38 per person supplement). The fish is cooked with Mediterranean potatoes, Taggiasca olives, cherry tomatoes, white wine and extra virgin olive oil. The waitress kindly helped us to remove the bones from the fish before serving, with the fish meat tender and juicy. But I found it was the potatoes, the olives and tomatoes which were more flavorful, absorbing the essence from the fish during the baking process. All in all a nice dish.For the side dish of the secondi, I ordered the Roasted New Potatoes, prepared with rosemary, garlic, and extra virgin olive oil. You might wonder why I ordered this despite the secondi also having potatoes. The simple reason was that I overlooked, and ended up having too many of them. The potatoes tasted good with the herbs and garlic added complexity to the simple profile of the new potatoes, and honestly it would be a better side for the other secondi, a steak, instead of the fish.There were two desserts, with the first Tiramisu, prepared using traditional style with coffee, mascarpone and Marsala wine. Not overly sweet, I like the proportion of mascarpone and marsala wine balancing the sweetness and bitterness, with the alcohol not overpowering. But still it could not compare with some of the best Tiramisu I had tasted in other restaurants in town.The other dessert was a Panna Cotta, with homemade raspberry coulis and fresh raspberry. The pudding was silky smooth and rich. The raspberry coulis has an interesting contrast on acidity, so giving a refreshing, cleansing effect on the palate. A nice conclusion of the meal and we all enjoyed the dishes.The bill was $1,211 including the cocktail and bottled water. On the tasting menu alone I think it is very high in value, and the portion also appropriate to fill us up without overly stuffy. Services are also quite good with the staff came to explain each dish, and overall they are friendly and attentive. Overall I feel very satisfied with the meal and no wonder the restaurant was so popular. 繼續閱讀

位於灣仔的Pirata，是一間主打意大利家庭菜的餐廳。餐廳佔地兩層，30樓的裝修走酒吧風格，29樓則是讓客人好好用餐的地方。運氣好的客人，能坐到窗邊看高樓靚景，感覺更舒適哦。是日跟一眾同事午市光顧，品嚐餐廳的意大利式Semi Lunch Buffet哦，包括:  前菜沙律Buffet，主菜，甜品。主菜分為三個價格: $168,198,248，共提供九款不同的美食。自助前菜沙律吧，選擇不算多，但什麼種類都有供應哦。例如: 三款不同的凍肉火腿，巨型芝士，燒牛肉，蕃茄他他多士，西班牙蔬菜蛋餅，雜菜沙律和五款不同的自家製麵包，感到餐廳的誠意哦。Pappardelle with Duck Ragu $198這道用上新鮮鴨胸的寬條麵，用料配搭新穎呢。一般在香港吃意粉，不是肉醬，就是卡邦尼，雖然好吃，但缺乏新意。這盆意粉是採用意大利馬拉沙酒煮鴨胸碎，芹菜，紅蘿蔔，洋蔥，鴨胸煮熟後，油脂溢出，會較易感到膩囗。Grilled Spring Chicken $198一整隻的燒春雞，賣相不俗，預先開半，方便客人進食。雞肉是用啤酒醃製，不過酒味不太濃郁，其後撒上香料呈上，但味道依然偏淡。雞肉屬軟身，但有點略柴，個人認為意粉較為美味。搭配西蘭花，紅蘿蔔，真薯角，也不錯啦。Tagliatelle with Truffle $248最後要介紹的是 餐廳招牌: 鮮刨黑松露意粉。呈上時，傳來濃郁撲鼻的黑松露香，令全部同事都忍不住盯住這份主菜看呀。大量的新鮮即刨黑松露，聞起來和吃起來的味道，同樣令人稱心滿意。 自家製意粉質感軟且富帶嚼勁，醬汁是用白松露烹調跟新鮮獨特，濃香濃郁的鮮黑松露片，完美溶合，呈現一道松露控必愛的美食。最後更有意大利兩大名物，Cafe Affogato和Tiramisu。Cafe Affogate即是把特濃咖啡倒入雲尼拿雪糕之中。Tiramisu是用 意大利馬拉沙酒和咖啡沉濕手指餅造成，囗感濕潤，酒味和咖啡香味道平衡，不過濃哦。 繼續閱讀

朋友慶祝生日，特意安排在此餐廳慶祝。$298 lunch 包括buffet 形式的starters，main course 和 desserts! 如要semi lunch buffet + 酒類2小時任喝則$478Starters除了semi buffet上提供外，還有cold cuts 。Paimi piatti 方面有Vitelli Tonnato: mayonnaise tuna 配小牛肉是signature dish 之一，但tuna 味超濃蓋上了小牛肉的味道M.M. M 是豬肉和手肉丸，配上番茄醬汁很開胃，而且味道不錯，肉質彈牙又juicy。Asparagus Flan蘆筍味滑蒸蛋配芝士醬，味道令人有驚喜😋前菜十分豐富，還沒有開始主菜便已開始覺得飽肚的感覺。Main courses 方面可以選擇the butchers’ cut, 為二人份量，要每人另加$48。order medium rare 熟成度剛剛好，牛味重，但肉質較韌， 令人有點失望。Orecchiette with sausage and N’ duja 味道香濃，而pasta al dente感👍🏻有水準，汁帶微辣友人本來以為eggplant 會較light, 但原來eggplant parmigiana 和Lasagna 均配上芝士，所以較膩。Tiramisu 香滑mascarpone cheese 配上濃濃咖啡酒味濃Panna cotta 奶味濃又滑 繼續閱讀

📍Pirata同朋友去食生日飯，去左pirata度食，aka high end版既pici。book左7點，安排左係落一層食飯。餐廳佔地兩層，30樓裝修走酒吧風，29樓則係用餐既地方。-the butcher's cut @ $340有成500gram，好抵食。嗌左medium rare，肉質好鮮嫩，配菜係火箭菜，車厘茄。呢個組合好難出錯，但唔好期待有啲咩驚喜-Calamari Fritti經典前菜，用黎送酒一流。魷魚好新鮮，炸粉唔會好厚。另外，加左檸檬汁同埋他他醬更加好味。他他醬偏酸，中和左啲油炸既膩-Linguine vongoled linguine唔夠al dente，煮左1-2分鐘會更加好食。而家係太硬，同埋硯入面有沙，洗得唔係好乾淨-Tiramisu用玻璃杯裝另有一層風味。面層落左薄薄既可可粉，中間個層mascarpone cheese好香滑，帶有濃郁既蛋香。仲有用咖啡酒浸過既手指餅，食落有啲似濕潤既海綿蛋糕既口感。-地址：灣仔軒尼詩道239號29-30樓 繼續閱讀

My GF and I went to Pirata for the HSBC Restaurant week for lunch. Let me start with the atmosphere, the atmosphere is great and comfortable. We were sat on the 29th floor window seats overlooking other nearby Skyscrapers. We were lucky having sat next to the cold buffet station where we can help ourselves with the cold meat and etc.There was a limited range of cold meat and salad in good quality. During the day, they had 4 types of cold cuts, 1 salmon dish, and other salad available. Two things I have to put out is the mixed salad with prawns, carrots and celery, it tasted really good and fresh. The salmon was also really good.The homemade meatballs cooked and tasted really well. I literally had to get some bread to finish tomato sauce as the combination went really well!We order the seabass as it has to be shared by 2 people.  One thing I’ve been seeing over and over with European style in fish baking, they all looked so dry but tasted really GOOD! The fish wasn’t too fishy and flavour are in both the fish itself and the potatoes.Your ordinary chef – selection dessert. What else can I say, LOL.Overall, the atmosphere is fantastic and the food was decent. Price is in an acceptable range. What more can you ask for!!! 繼續閱讀