居酒屋 元気一杯

A rejuvenating, re-energizing dinner at 居酒屋 with Alli.
What can be better than enjoying great food with your good friends?

前菜
烏龍焼酎 & 桃サワー
パイクー味噌煮
稲庭うどん
牛鍋
焼き鳥: ネギみそ焼, 手羽先, とり皮

居酒屋 元気一杯, 4/F, Miramar Shopping Centre, 132-134 Nathan Road, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong

Via Quadronno

Another lunch at Via Quadronno on a bright and sunny day. I started with a refreshing tomato soup.

For having Italian food, this restaurant is always a play-safe choice. I like Via Quadronno much more than Cova Caffè Ristorante.
Tomato soup
Mushroom and parmesan cheese risotto

Via Quadronno, Level One, IFC Mall, 1 Harbour View Street, Central, Hong Kong

宮島牡蠣

浜焼牡蠣
焼牡蠣おかか

広島県廿日市市宮島町, 表参道沿路

Fresco

Hokkaido. To name their best food, the first one that most people think of is seafood, and the next is milk products. And people do not normally think of having french cuisine in Hokkaido - but I did! This french restaurant, Fresco, uses only local produce in their dishes, so I thought it would be an interesting new experience to taste Hokkaido from a view of french cuisine.

For starter (clockwise): duck liver toast, pickles and steamed haricot vert, home-made cold cut of pork, preserved eggplant and red pepper, salmon with dill sauce.
Vegetable soup.
Grill rib eye steak, fried mushrooms, baked potato and pumpkin.
Mini cream puff, panna cotta, meringue and chocolate dipped candied orange peel.

Fresco フレスコ, 北海道余市郡赤井川村

Ox tail stew with potatoes, pumpkin and purple onion

A very autumn cuisine which followed closely to the gastronomic calendar.
I've used the seasonal produce in this stew: potatoes, pumpkin and purple onions. The yellow / orange / brown tone of the stew echo the changing leaves and landscapes around us and epitomize the tastes and aromas of autumn.

Ox tail stew with potatoes, pumpkin and purple onion.
Enjoy.

Aqua Roma

A dinner with Kathryn at Aqua Roma.
The starters, spaghetti and other main dishes were just so-so. There were an uncontestable harbour view and a stylish interior, but the 'hip music' was a bit disturbing.

I was more interested in their desserts and grappa.

Pineapple carpaccio with a ginger truffle honey foam and Cantucci biscotti
Grappa Stravecchia

Aqua Roma, 29 & 30 Floors, One Peking Road, Tsimshatsui, Hong Kong

ボタンエビ

超特大子持北海ボタンエビ

すし廣

Another dinner with Mr. Lee.
We chose to have おまかせ, which means 'sushi chef's selected choice'. And here are what we had:

ぼたんえび頭も
刺身: 海神蛤, しまあじ, 中トロ, ぼたんえび
炙大とろ
うに
イカ卷, ウニ卷
ネギトロ卷

すし廣, 10/F, Henry House, No.42 Yun Ping Road, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong

名代鯛ずし

名代鯛ずし。

用上從南紀近海捕獲的鯛魚製成的箱押壽司。非常的鮮美。
可惜的是, あしべ在白浜駅及紀伊田辺駅的賣店已經於2008年5月閉店, 所以這款名代鯛ずし就沒法可再吃到。

あしべ, 和歌山県西牟婁郡白浜町白浜駅

Penne rigate con calamari al nero di seppia

Got a fresh squid which was full of roe.
Penne rigate con calamari al nero di seppia.

I added calamari and dices of tomato and onion which were later blackened by the squid ink. As the squid exuded a pleasant fresh sea water smell, the squid ink was the best seasoning for this pasta.

Squid ink from Riunione Industrie Alimentari
Penne rigate from Pastificio Morelli