Va Bene (已搬遷) 新店位置

雨濛濛的晚上，氣溫再度下降。放工後穿起夾綿外衣，按照計劃走到西環街頭。這夜風勢確實不弱，吹得皮膚也赤赤痛，惟有抓緊衣領，大步大步趕快前行。友人報料，附近開設的新餐廳，邀得意大利米芝蓮二星廚師擔任顧問，貪吃如我，當然誓要走訪一趟。店子位置雖然偏僻，但根據指示很易找到，從港鐵站步行幾分鐘便抵達了。站在門口觀察，餐廳應是行走高檔路線，跟周遭的舊舖頭併在一起，有點格格不入。推門而進，店內面積十分寬敞，裝修雅緻具甚品味，華麗當中又帶點跳脫，顯然經過悉心佈置。透過半開放式廚房，能夠窺探外國廚師預備食物，實屬賞心樂事。柔和的燈光、輕快的音樂、闊落的空間，營造無拘束無束氣氛，實乃happy hour的好去處。點菜後侍應先送來麵包籃，共有啡白兩款，聽說乃自家製作，值得加分。可惜，一拿上手心便已失望了！溫度不足是最大致命傷害，尤其在這寒冷冬天，大家都期待著暖笠笠的食物，若能在奉客前先將麵包烘熱，定必吸引。白麵包外皮挺硬稍難咬開，味道很淡，沾些黑醋欖油較為好味，只試少許便足夠。反而啡麵包略勝一籌，除了散發陣陣麥香，包心又較軟熟，而且內藏粒粒果仁，煙韌有咬口。巴馬臣芝士烤茄子 (Whole roasted e

蘭桂芳一向是飲酒消遣的地方，某夜與幾位女性好友相約到此相聚，不過這次女生之夜的地點卻並非在酒吧，而是在轉角處的一間精緻意大利餐館 Va Bene。餐廳裝修雅緻有格調，氣氛一流。Lobster Meat with Mango & Vanilla Flower with Leaves of Fries’ & Rocket (HK$228)龍蝦配芒果、香草花、火箭菜沙律 ($228)這道沙律以爽彈的龍蝦做主角，不止啖啖肉，味道亦鮮甜。沙律中的火箭菜亦很新鮮。Seared Scallops & Tuna with Aged Balsamic，Endive & Grated HorseRadish ($208)香煎帶子及吞拿魚伴意大利香醋、苦苣、芝士粉芥末 ($208)帶子煎至外層微微焦香，內裡肉質依然鮮嫩。吞拿魚煎香後，則以意大利香醋調味，香中帶酸。兩種海鮮的味道都很不錯。Homemade Meat Filled Casoncelli Pasta with Black Truffle & Crispy Pancetta (HK$228)手製肉醬釀圓管粉配黑松露, 香脆火腿 ($228)在煙韌的

Food is above average, and what I wanted to stress is its decor, having one of the greatest in the trendiest nightlife district in h.k. Service is great, the chef is very friendly and he came out to have some fruitful chats with us. A nice one. Good place for 3-5 friends to dine / have a quality gathering. 

The food at this place was down right oily, plain, greasy, and uninspired. We ordered 5 dishes and when it came it was like food from a microwave and then covered with olive oil.Whilst Italian food is known to have liberal amounts of olive oil, the food we got served tasted ONLY of olive oil.In terms ambiance, there was an annoying fly in the restaurant and the decoration is getting old.

今日系星期六，見做完功課，考試測驗有完左，覺得悶悶地，所以就約個friend過海行下，因為我地兩個都系住起觀塘，對呢到唔系好熟。所以就上來openrice，體下有咩好食。我地起中環行下行下，就行到來蘭桂坊，見到呢間餐廳好浪漫，就人去啦，雖然系幾貴，但系考完試輕鬆一下就無所謂啦。我唔知點解D人話呢間野錦差。入到去，就有一個侍應問我地幾個人。一坐低，無幾內就bei水我地，而且點完菜後好快就來到。(由於系午市ge關係，所以店內唔系錦多人。)午餐價錢一律198蚊，lunch set 有3樣野+一杯野飲。包括前菜，主菜，甜品同埋野飲。可惜我唔記得影相同埋餐牌。D野食鹹甜適中，無乜味精，而野飲我就叫左咖啡，個friend就叫左檸檬茶。D野錦好食，下次有機會一定會再來，不過系食晚餐。如果距有分店起附近就好好啦

之前試過食pizza 同risotto 都好好味. 所以今次同朋友再試New Year’s eve dinner with 4 courses special menu.Sea Bass Carpaccio with Caviar and Whipped cream - 超fresh嘅sea bass,好味, 無諗住whipped cream同raw sea bass 會咁夾. Next, Lobster Risotto - 大大隻lobster鉗, Risotto 都變成橙黃色, 每一啖雖然唔係啖啖有lobster, 但啖啖都食到lobster味, yummy yummy! If I have to complain, that must be the portion of the risotto is too large which already fill up everyone before we more on to the next course. Still chose Block Cod as my 3rd course....well seafood, never t

靚仔請食飯，當然一囗答應，到了蘭桂芳，被一間意大利餐廳的裝修環境吸引，走了入囗侍應招呼我們坐下，只見場內只有三四枱外籍客，已經覺得奇怪，星期六晚上蘭桂芳人頭湧湧，但間餐廳職員仲多過客，問部長有甚麼美食推介，部長很有耐性推介各種食品，靚仔揀了個牛柳，我就揀了個龍蝦仔番茄忌廉意粉加杯凍檸茶，之後侍應奉上一大籃麵包，外相很吸引，但一擺入囗又乾又凍又硬，好似d隔夜麵包甘，d蕃茄粒又無味.為了留個胃食主菜，所以無再食d麵包..主菜上後，意粉及牛柳賣相非常吸引，但一食落囗.救命！從來未起中環區食過甘難食既嘢，之前去soho間東歐餐廳已經中過一次招..呢間仲恐佈.D意粉咬落去係硬到未熟既，個汁及格但d龍蝦全完是梅到爛的，味到只有一大陣腥味+雪味，好似擺咗起雪櫃千年既肉咁，食咗2啖已經無胃囗，靚仔個牛柳仲大件事，我試了一囗，以為自己食緊牛肝，梅到不得了，薯茸及格.唉.靚裝修氣氛甘好招呼甘好賣相甘好都無用，好睇唔好食..原來男人女人一樣，都容易被美麗既外表欺騙.＞.＜靚仔話唔想浪費勉強食晒件梅到飛起既牛柳，我就只吃了2啖意粉..之後部長嚟收碟，問我地d嘢啱唔啱食，我好老實甘話佢知我從來未食過d甘難食既嘢

Tried this many yrs ago when it still got Michelin ranking. Now, it's quite "lonely" with only 4 tables guess on wkday lunch (don't know how this restaurant sustained with such low customer flow). Lunch set 198 three courses with drinks. Appetizer: deep fried pawn salad: prawn was fresh and not that oily even fried, but salad vegetables were not fresh and a bit bitterMain course:Angel Hair (another two choices include seafood stew and duck breast). it's very large portion with excellent cream sa

I came for dinner with a business associate...despite being Sicilian, he asked to dine at this specific restaurant (I would have thought he wanted to try Chinese!).So, when we arrived at the restaurant, we were immediately greeted very warmly - friendly and attentive. Once the host realized that my associate was visiting, and was Sicilian, the Italian was flying As we were reviewing the menu, the manager came over and introduced himself. After a bit of small talk, he asked us if we would allow

Fri Night group 揾飯食, 嚟呢間話自己係全香港最trendy嘅trattori試吓. 餐廳雖然位在正正蘭桂坊的中心, 但餐廳內尚算優靜, 地方環境, 設計相當時尚. 去過幾間Gaia集團祺下嘅餐廳都有不錯的水準, 對Va Bene亦有相當期望. 我哋一行六人, 有叫set同a la carte. 我地點咗:頭盤: 風乾牛肉 + rocket 菜, 鰻魚沙律, Mozzarella + Tomatoes主菜: Ravioli with 南瓜餡, Veal shank 配mashed potato, 忌廉汁銀雪魚, 蜆意大利粉 甜品: 雪糕蘋果批, Tiramisu樣樣碟頭賣相吾錯, 不過一食落去就有被欺騙的感覺, 水牛芝士嘅蕃茄又冧又冇味, 街市買嘅蕃茄重好味. 銀雪魚就簡直就是一個笑話, 肉質淡而無味, 食落似o趙海棉, 舊魚吾知出入咗冰格幾多次. 魚雖然好難整, 但吾係整成咁嗎?!!! 最近試過嘅Aroma就吾係整得吾錯囉. Veal shank 也是一樣, 全無肉味,舊肉好似煲完湯D湯渣咁, 夾硬用D調味品嚟上D味, 好難頂! 意大利粉屋企

五月二十‧下雨 想不到Va Bene在Openrice只得區區4個食評！就加上我的一個。六月二日是意大利國慶，在香港也展開了意大利節。不過這與我沒有多大關係，我有興趣的，就是有幾間意大利餐廳做了一個特別的推廣，不同的餐廳就其主廚的根據地，做了一些regional cuisine menu，三道菜連一杯意大利汽酒，價錢只是388，午市晚市俱相同。對於好吃的我，當然又會給其吸引過來。先選區域，我喜歡北意大利，就由米蘭及隆巴底區域開始。負責這個區域菜色的，就是這裡的主廚Paolo Federici。就在一個周五的晚上，拉了朋友來一試。 九時來到，是座無虛席。這裡的氣氛格局，是較輕鬆隨意，感覺就像是意式小酒館一樣。侍應先拿來兩杯意式汽酒Prosecco，喝起來具果香，帶微酸，氣泡雖然不算十分綿密豐富，但也清新可口，絕對是很稱職的餐前酒。 這個三道菜的regional cuisine menu的三部份皆有選擇，前菜及主菜都是三選一，甜品則是二選一。很快便選好，先吃麵包。三個選擇之中，以香草包最得我心，法包及脆片俱一般。反而另上的沾醬卻好吃，用來配麵包就最好了。 前菜上場，我們在三個選擇中，放棄了

We were looking forward to some good Italian, but were sadly disappointed by Va Bene. The bread basket was the first disappointment...usually bread baskets should be good in any decent Italian restaurant, but not here. Greasy lavash tasted like nothing, other breads were slices from large loaves...no yummy little bread rolls. No butter either... instead we got two dips, a tasteless tomato salsa that lacked garlic or salt, and what looked like a hummus (minus the flavour). It might have been baby

had a late dinner with my boyfriend here, surprisingly, they still serve food at 11ish, and with amazing quality!we had the beef carpaccio as starter. knowing that we were gonna share the food, they were so considerate as to divide it into two portions and bring it to us in two separate dishes. the beef is really tender, good pick of cheese and olive oil, the whole thing is just so perfect!i had the risotto as the main dish. it was pretty good. my boyfriend ordered the clam linguine. i have to s

點解你要迫我....你間姊妹餐廳係IFC都不錯,你咁唔生性!!話晒係意大利高級餐廳, 又唔忙, 我攞住啲嘢, 俾啲風度同基本禮儀呀唔該, 拉拉張凳please!网上面睇好似幾靚,實境一般,枱&凳有啲細.傾密計都ok,不過枱同枱有啲近,有壓迫感. 頭盤同main dish都唔得, 等於姊妹餐廳6成功力. 甜品可以.呢個價錢我會去(1)四季Caprice食mix appetiser(人哋連手袋都有張法國凳仔坐, 服務好到嚇一跳); (2)盛智文(蘭桂芳之父)旗下餐廳, 又平啲, 好味得多囉!!

食過兩次，毎次都係公司Lunch。如果唔係公司請，自己一定唔會去。食物好咸，咸到不可原諒。毎個人都有食浄，可想而知。Service也真係麻麻。落單時記客人位置是基本工夫，但送上食物時仍是一片混亂。