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中環的VIVI是一間target了好久的餐廳，這天的主要節目其實是四季的high tea，但high之前總要來點午餐墊墊肚子，就來了這裡一償心願。

餐包是全麥與普通意式麵包，再平凡不過，卻出奇的美味，外皮微脆，內裡綿軟飽含麵粉香氣，配上橄欖油+黑醋這對好搭檔，我們把所有的麵包都解決掉了頭盤拼盤：醃過的青瓜與茄子有點酸過頭，火箭菜甘香不苦澀，配上微甜醒胃的黑醋格外美味；巴馬風乾火腿則肉味出奇的濃郁，不會很咸，但我覺得淨吃會有點膩，還是配哈密瓜較好；中間的筍乾，微帶油潤而清甜；不過最美味的要屬點綴幾滴黑醋的蕃茄仔，竟然沒有一絲酸澀感，甜到當造水果才有的境界，我本來對生吃蕃茄沒有任何好感，可換了是在南意大利，我寧願棄生果而吃番茄了蕃茄湯：賣相平平無奇，初入口只覺得鮮美異常，卻又吃不出是什麼主料，還料想或許是海鮮所造？細問才知原來只是大廚家鄉的蕃茄湯，沒有絲毫酸感，只品到甜美與香醇，還有絲絲檸檬與迷迭香的芬芳滯滯的主菜是pasta，沒什麼特比的用料，只有青瓜與蕃茄的調劑，而畫龍點睛之處在於清新開胃的garlic sauce；寬條意粉也煮到al dente的境界，平凡卻美味，很有家的感覺。

我的主菜是烤大蝦，蝦肉海味甚濃，質感彈牙，烤得微焦的外皮甘香帶一點苦感；沙律菜配白醋香草汁也清爽開胃。

不是說這蝦水準不好，只是唯有這一道菜沒有吃出很意大利的感覺（蕃茄沙律菜除外），還不如試試青筍risotto~甜點我們本來叫了西西里開心果脆筒，卻被老闆提議換成chocolate flan，連menu都都半懂不懂的我倆也從善如流啦。

所謂的choc flan，其實就是心太軟（最近似乎吃了很多心太軟…），朱古力漿香濃甜美，比洲際的出品要更濃郁，還好只是小小一件，不然可能會為之後的high tea造成負擔~不過我總覺得沒有脫模的flan很礙眼，有點『偷懶圖省事』的感覺，好像從烤箱拿出來就well done了，算是小瑕疵吧當然也試了tiramisu，這樣一間地道的意大利館子，沒理由做不好tiramisu這道傳統甜點吧~果然水準也不失所望，這裡用上我最喜歡的bailey‘s，多了幾分甜美與奶香，咖啡與酒香更為和諧；而mascarpone芝士也頗為純正，沒有很多糖與忌廉的修飾，配上點榛子碎更咬口而富果仁香真的很愛這間意大利小館子，老闆熱情好客，南意風情洋溢，要說缺點的話，應該是上菜速度慢悠悠、a la carte的話價格也有點貴。

不過這也可以理解，畢竟這間小館子從骨子裡都注滿了家鄉風情，估計南意大利人的性格，也是這種閒適自在、甚至帶點慵懶的吧。

I only wish I had read the reviews on OpenRice before booking a table here alas! we live and we learn.Went to dinner with my girlfriend after reading that the ingredients used at the restaurant were organic. We're also vegetarian and so when I called to book, was told that they had several vegetable based dishes and could make vegetarian dishes for us. Naturally I was thrilled.It did not last. The first sign of impending doom arrived when the bread basket was brought to us sans grissini which was sticking out of bread baskets everywhere else but in ours. Asking the clueless waitress elicited perhaps pity from the chef (whose eyes were within eyeshot of ours) and soon we had four forlorn salty sticks served in a water glass. We ordered the wine (apparently from Sicily) but the waiter forgot to bring it to us until 30 minutes after because, as he regretfully explained, he was very busy (though there are maybe 89 tables and only about 5 had patrons). The red wine was served in brandy snifters, which if you ask me, is a bit inconvenient for wine (but what do I know). We ordered the asparagus with raw artichokes salad and a tomato soup to share. We were served the salad first because "the soup portions were too small to be served" prior. Now am as accommodating as the next guy, so ok. The asparagus was probably good and the artichokes seemed visible but the liter of lemon juice on the salad probably drowned out whatever flavour they may have yielded. After a long wait for the soup, it finally arrived with bits of orange peel (?) on it. The first taste and I knew we were in for another sour taste explosion. My girlfriend, wisely, hung onto her bread and deftly used pieces to neutralise the acidity good for her! I used the next best thing stlll water which I must admit was the only positive highlight.When we were filled with hope in our first encounter with the waiter, he said the chef would make us spaghetti with cherry tomatoes and zucchini. I wanted to only order one of those and the pizza , but yes you guessed it the pizzas were unorderable.Two orders of the spaghetti then. Well, when it arrived, only the last vestiges of hope clung to us in desperation. Now it's very hard to make spaghetti badly (I would consider myself a reasonable cook) and so how this self professed Italian place (with real Italians) could manage to make it a combination of very salty and sour is not something easy to guess. The zucchini was definitely there because we could see it but tasting it was not possible. The cherry tomatoes I could not see.Anyway after poking fun at ourselves for having gone there we asked for the check. I was expecting sticker shock and it hit hard. The spaghetti was priced at an incredible $158 per bowl ah, ahhh, ahhhhh. Dinner for two was in excess of $700.Bottom line do go there if you get your kicks overpaying for mediocre (or worse) Italian food and terrible service. Did I mention no one asked us for or about anything once the dishes were placed on the table? Not even a "would you like dessert"........

This rather conventional and thus unappealing restaurant is the first one that actually managed to have me walk out half way through the meal.Despite 12degrees Celsius outside the AirCon was blasting and the frequently opened door sent blasts of cold air towards us. Pleasant.Bread and Menus were served quickly but only when signaling that we were ready to order and asked for Pizza we were told that The Pizza oven was “out of order”. So as a result we ordered Mini buffalo mozzarella from Campania with tomato terrine, basil mousse and black Sicilian olive cream and Gambero Rosso Carabinieros with an amazing description as well as Red Mullet and Swordfish. Ten minutes later the waiter came back that due to “Market Conditions” there was no Red Mullet. Again, we changed our order. The waiter was unable to confirm that they had the right vintage for the chosen Pinot Grigio as indicated on the menu and sure enough it wasn’t. We had to indicate various times to refill our empty glasses which was necessary as we waited 55 Minutes for our starters to arrive and requests for more olive oil and vinegar as well as toothpicks were simply forgotten. When we finally received our starters, the Gamberos Rosso were mushy and the accompanying potato flan luke warm and tasteless. Worse, the $156 Mini Buffalo Mozzarella Dish came without tomato terrine, without basil mousse and without black Sicilian olive cream. Instead it was a few pieces of mozzarella and a few cherry tomatoes which seem to be in every dish on the menu. After almost an hour wait for the starters to be served essentially bad and incomplete dishes I asked for the Manager. He casually informed me that due to “Market Conditions” some ingredients were unavailable and thus not on the dish, essentially telling me that tomatoes, basil and black olives were unavailable. Again, it would have been nice to know that before ordering! To my comment that the Gamberos dish was luke warm he simply disagreed and said its not. I asked him to taste it which he blatantly refused. At that point I simply had enough. Out Of Order Pizza Oven, Market Conditions that made half the menu unavailable, not being informed up front, being taking for granted and essentially ripped off, mediocre atmosphere, wrong vintage, forgetful and ignorant service, massively long wait and most of all the Restaurant Managers arrogant attitude made us finally walk out, to certainly never return!

To celebrate one of my friends’ birthday, five of us girls went to this restaurant located opposite to the LFK hotel. We merely picked this restaurant as it scored high in openrice. Just before we ordered, the foreign watier told us that there are a number of dishes on the menu which were NOT available as they have only opened 5 months ago. (well, we doubt how they operate in the previous 5 months…) The waiter was right that most of our selections are not available, e.g.First, ALL pizza dishes were not available as their oven was out of order Second, no cod fish for a cod fish risotto (we still ordered that as there were only 2 risottos there while they charged us with the original price) Third, we wanted to share one salad and the chef advised us to order more since they need MORE TIME to prepare for the main dishes After finishing the desserts, we asked for checking the bill with the credit card discount (10% off using Citibank card as cited in openrice). Then the manager came and told us that the discount only starts in March and the minimum charge in applying this 10% discount is $500/ per head. (these conditions were not stated in openrice and citibank's website) The food quality and taste are indeed OK but their service, choices, price and portion of dishes are very unacceptable (around $178 for a very small bowl of pasta). I wonder how this restaurant can survive in Central….. I can foresee that the restaurant will shut down very soon if they continue to operate lin this way…..

Much needed comfort after an exhausting, positively souldraining week.This is an interesting place. What do you think this is? Something edible? No it's actually a small towel. Before it 'grew', it looked like a small pill, with the impression 'COLD' stamped on it. I nearly ate it, thinking it was some kind of beforeeight mint. thank God I didn't put it into my mouth because after we settled and the waitress distributed the menus, she poured some hot water over the small stub, and it grew. it grew into this small towel. 'For wiping your hands,' she smiled. Fascinating. It WOWed me.Part of the contents of the menu. Then the sweet, strong smell of aged balsamic wafted up my nose and i knew i was at the right place for dinner Yep, this is good stuff. Highviscosity, concentrated sweet aged balsamic. bread willing marries this. Yummy and crunchy bread sticks, warm bread rolls. dip that into your evoo and oooooh. nuff said no complaints!Antipasti + salad: Vivi mix salad leaves with mushrooms, olives, artichokes and date tomatoesA really simple salad, with all the basic ingredients and an excellent dressing. they poured the dressing (mix of evoo and aged balsamic in 3:1 proportion) at the table, and let us mix it ourselves. It was great. Simplicity is great. Only when you've got the freshest ingredients. The thing i love most about this dish is the olives. They are so tasty. Not sour at all with a rather meaty flavour and so juicy. Mini buffalo mozzy, tomato terrine, basil mousse and black sicilian olives cream M said it wasn't worth the price because if you get the best ingredients you could probably assemble this baby at home at a much fairer price. But..you won't have the terrine, basil mousse and black olive cream! And it was tasty. Mozzy was firm to touch, mild to taste and mushy on the inside. The tomatoes were not sour at all i wonder where they bought these babies? So fresh and sweet. and juicy. everything good tomatoes should be. Really authentic italian dish. Recommended. Homemade parpadelle, wagyu beef cheek ragout and bitter chocolate shavings I love pasta. Blackberries are an interesting pairing with wagyu. This one was slightly less al dante than I'd hoped, but the sauce was sticky and intense, the beef cheek was extremely tender and juicy (somewhat like pulled beef cheek), and it made a fantastic mains. I couldn't really taste the 'bitter chocolate shavings' though. M ordered this. The only thing you need to be careful with is getting sauce all down your front pasta be bouncy! so eat slowww. don't rush through your meal. be gentle with your food.:chopstick Carnaroli rice with porcini mushrooms and artisan italian pork sausageI ordered this for obvious reasons. It's so obvious this one would be on the tops of my list. Carnaroli is somewhat similar to risotto, fluffier and softer. Well I'm not exactly sure how proper risotto is supposed to feel like, actually. Because I've had too many risottos that somehow didn't seem to be the authentic thing. Usually the grains were undercooked is that how it's supposed to be like...i think not?Anyway this one was thoroughly cooked therefore no undercooked interiors. The porcini mushrooms were lovely of course, and the rich meaty sausage added a kick to the rice. The portion was huge at first I thought I wouldn't be able to finish it since..well, i lost my appetite recently, but slowly picking at my food I managed to rake my way through.Yumyum. And you see a sprig of thyme there. I scraped off the leaves with my fork and it added an extra layer to the dish. Delish! :chopstickReinterpretation of tiramisu The best tiramisu I've had so far was at Cecconi's Italian. Wanted to try this one out since everything else was so nice. Sadly this one was extremely disappointing. I wouldn't have ordered it if I knew the ladyfingers were DRY, mascarpone wasn't nearly stiff/cold enough, any trace of kahlua almost...unnoticeable. Do not try. Should go for the chocolate flan instead. Good red wine for M. Like the spacious table Conclusion: Yes I would come again. There are lots of other dishes I want to try.

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  VIVI Ristorante, 34 Wyndham Street, Central
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• VIVI Ristorante價錢: $401-800
• 分類: 意大利菜,
• 座位: 28
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