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Cuisine: Italian in Central
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 5
Atmosphere: 4
Price per person: HK$ >500
Level 3 & 4, IFC Mall 2, Central, Hong Kong
2383 8765
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Cuisine: Italian
Location: Central
Posted by Dominic (on or modified on 04/25/2004 06:33)

Special dishes: We had
- arugula and mushroom salad with grapes & parmigiano
- misticanza con aragosta, frutta e gamberi
lobster and prawn salad with artichoke, white mushroom & mango salsa
- minestrone primaverile: classic vegetable soup
- Cannellini e gamberi pizze
Thin-crust pizza topped with cannellini beans and prawns
- angus beef, grilled tagliata style with arugula, parmesan & balsamic vinegar
served with oven-roasted red onion
- crema di limoni con ciliege [fragole] al vino
lemon scented cream with a strawberry compote & caramelized almonds

timballo di cioccolato fondente caldo su crema vaniglia
warm dark chocolate pudding with a vanilla bean sauce

crema catalana con frutti di bosco gratinati
catalane cream brulee with gratinated forest berries

mousse di yougurt con pesche
yogurt mousse with rum marinated fresh peaches

Review: Part of the Va Bene Group, Isola is a new restaurant located at the IFC mall 2. We were invited to a pre-lauch tasting evening. The arugula salad is a traditional Italian vegetable, Hong Kongers may find it a bit bitter, the lobster salad was fresh and nice. We had minestrone soup, the vegetables were soft, the soup was tasty and it is a clearer soup than most minestrone which tends to use a lot of tomato. We had a pizza with shrimp and white beans, large/thin pizza, we had the hand-twisted pasta with tasty ham, the pasta was very chewy. The roast-beef with onion was very delicious too. Finally, the dessert plate includes cheese cake, tiramisu, lemon cream with peach marinated with red-wine, we all loved the desserts.

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Posted by kiu kiu
Cuisine: Californian in Central
My rating: 5
Food: 5
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Price per person: HK$ 301-350
URL
13 Elgin Street
21356645

Special dishes: weekly specials. for lunch, Hamburger Tribute.

Review: carefully prepared food using freshest ingredients. visit the website for weekly menu. small restaurant but packed with returning customers. $98/$108 lunch is excellent deal.

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Cuisine: Chinese in Central
My rating: 4
Food: 4
Service: 4
Atmosphere: 5
Price per person: HK$ 201-250
12/F, The Old Bank of China Building, Bank Street
2521-8888

Review: A very nice colonial looking place, a good mix of Chinese and English style. Members only. The food is also good. On this occassion, we had dim sum for lunch.

Hiking 2003
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