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好多啊哥啊姐都話呢家餐廳嘛嘛地，但係我就真係想為佢地平反。

我覺得食物的味道不錯，環境好有feel，地點夠方便。

餐牌比較簡單，有改善空間。

湯都唔錯，很濃，應該有很多配料放落去一齊煮。

但如果可以熱一點，就更加好。

和牛真係肉質鮮嫰，材料真係冇得彈。

味道都剛到位，不是太濃，但牛的表面卻煎得很香。

但是出菜時候又可能等久了，唔夠熱，如果熱一點就好。

侍應們值得留意這一點，如果唔係師傅嘅功夫就白白浪費了～～可惜。

最後甜品，是雪山火焰。

嘩！好懷舊的一道菜。

Q唔怕舊，最緊要受！我地食得好enjoy喎，一人一啖，溫馨！

Stepping out of the pouring monsoon rain and into a lightly lit charming rustic dining area, I was looking forward to a dinner at the much talked about "The Food Academics". Probably more famous is its counterpart "The Coffee Academics", but I felt like being adventurous and trying something new. Our reservation was for 6:30pm, but we arrived early at 6:15pm. The staff were happy to seat us and graciously welcomed us to our table. The first thing I noticed was the wide variety of decorations. Each table had a different set of chairs and the whole restaurant was adorned and decorated with many different candle holders, giving the place a very warm comforting feeling. The dinner menu allows you the option of ordering things ala carte, or a 3 course meal (soup / salad + main + desert), or a 4 course meal (soup / salad + appetizers + main + dessert). We took our time to peruse the menu, enjoy the still water, and then proceeded to order. I opted for the 4 course meal.For a restaurant of that is supposedly more fancy, I was extremely disappointed by the selection of bread, which only consisted of breadsticks. I was in a slightly better mood when the waitress placed in front of me a delicate bowl of cheese dip, however this was short lived. The bread stick was cold, soggy, and had no crunch to it. Even worse was the cheese dip, which was also cold and had much resemblance to the nacho dip available at the cinema. The salad portion was quite large. It was filled with many different kinds of mushrooms that were very fresh. The vinaigrette was very light and complemented the greens well. The tart was cold, but the mushrooms inside were warm. There was nothing particularly bad, but nothing particularly brilliant either. The presentation was pleasant, but not exactly very creative or appealing. The mushrooms were very good though.Have you ever seen such a big portion of octopus for one person? Even more amazing is that this is an appetizer, so I was thoroughly impressed. The octopus was very fresh, and the balsamic vinegar made it pop. Visually and practically speaking, it would have been better to slice it into thin pieces for easier consumption. Eating the octopus together with the rocket drizzled in olive oil was an excellent combination. What really stood out for me were the baby pickles and creamy, juicy black olives. They added great acidity and ingenious flavour to an already excellent appetizer. I am still amazed at the size of that octopus tentacle. Even as a stand alone ala carte dish, this option is really good value.This is the best rack of lamb I have ever had, and I will defend it against other reviews. I requested that the lamb be cooked medium rare. Just on a visual note, the modern presentation was flawless. It was served piping hot, which is always a good sign. The roasted rack of lamb was glowing and beckoning for my attention. The sauce was smeared beautifully and the goat cheese was just the cherry on top of an already perfect dish. I really like cheese. I cut into the lamb and the meat was perfectly cooked. It was pink, juicy, moist and there was actually very little fat on the very meaty lamb chop. Upon tasting it, I was in heaven, it was so tender, so delicious, so amazing, totally worth it. The slightly toasted goat cheese with a smear of butter and chopped mince garlic was stunning. Each bite was bursting with flavour and after every bite I just wanted more and more. I would highly recommend this dish to all lovers of lamb. This rack made me forgot about the other dismal dishes of the night.The coffee is hand roasted at the restaurant. It has a strong dark flavour, and there is a slight hint of chocolate in the beverage. The milk that was served with the coffee was extremely hot, which is very rare and I appreciate when restaurants pay attention to the minute details. That being said, the coffee was not particularly memorable, but it did feel good in the wet and windy weather. The presentation was beautiful. I was really looking forward to enjoying this dessert. The frozen latte parfait had the faintest hint of latte to it. It really felt more like a frozen nothing. I chose this dessert for the passion fruit gelee, because I love the sweetness of the fruit. However, only after I had finished the dessert, did I remember that it was supposed to have passion fruit. My point is that I could not taste any passion fruit. The caramel ice cream was refreshing and there was the vaguest hint of brandy. I liked the blueberries, raspberries, and the blackberries though, but thats it really. Overall, I had a good time chatting with my family and listening to the sound of the rain. For the price though, I would not recommend coming again; although the place does have a certain charm to it. The chairs are really comfortable. I will qualify my early statement; I would go again, but I would only order the rack of lamb. The staff were very friendly and generally very knowledgable about the menu. There seems to be a trend in Hong Kong. Many new restaurants are advertising a new special dining experience. This restaurant does not meet that definition.

又是為好友慶祝生日的大日子，一輪搜尋後放棄了容易令腸胃投訴的自助餐，碰巧好友看到雜誌報道新開的The Food Academics，看報道上說晚餐由$298起，愛嚐新的我便決定來一趟。

幾天前已訂好位，晚餐時段，餐廳的燈光暗下來，情調是有，卻不利拍照。

白天的田園風晚上卻變成Tim Burton式的氛圍，坐位靠近入口，隱約見餐廳中央有盞搶眼的吊燈，還有一道大木桌，上面有一些盤碟之類，看下面的食評才會意是午餐沙律吧桌。

剛坐下侍應遞上餐牌，說有兩款主菜已經賣光，有點掃興。

餐廳開業不久，只有一份三道或四道菜的tasting menu，侍應說要稍後才有主餐牌，因為要等好友來，前後已聽不同侍應說賣完哪些菜達三次之多，應該解讀為服務殷勤吧。

最後一次聽侍應說哪款賣完時，又少了一款頭盤一款主菜，當時還只是八點多，結果我們點了要加錢的羊架跟和牛，要多付$80與$120，有取巧之嫌。

我的頭盤是南瓜湯，好友點了凱撒沙律，我最愛喝南瓜湯了，這湯是真材實料，每一口也嘗到南瓜蓉，還有一片南瓜肉增添口感，最有趣的是碗邊小小的麵包，裏面有一小塊烘芝士，再和著早前侍應派的刁草餐前麵包吃也很滋味。

下一道菜我們都點了煙肉帶子卷，上面鋪上幾顆三文魚子作點綴，除了拌菜外，侍應還說四邊的白泡是骨膠原，對女士皮膚很好云云。

那白泡沒有甚麼味道，好友在質疑護膚功效之際，我還是乖乖把它吃完，帶子有鮮甜味，三文魚子提味效果不俗，可惜煙肉帶骨，最後也沒吃完。

然後是主菜，侍應解說和牛肉質很好，又拿來芥辣，好友說和牛上面有一層鵝肝，非常好吃。

我的羊架則就著此店的主打咖啡，羊架上塗上一層咖啡粉，配搭新鮮，羊架下鋪上芥辣甜薯蓉，侍應又拿來薄荷jelly。

羊架的面層略帶甜味，略肥但對我來說剛好，侍應推介五成熟，滑嫰之餘仍有咬口，很不錯。

至此已聊了大半個晚上，剛坐下時我們都走累了先點了咖啡，因為樓下的Coffee Academics以咖啡作招徠，所以對這杯咖啡都有所期待，想不到如下面食評所說偏淡，加入一顆糖又已覺太甜，只算不過不失。

最令人期待的甜品時間到了，侍應已說又有一款甜品沽清，我受咖啡癮驅使點了Coffee，所謂Coffee其實是焦糖雪糕配Latte冰棒和雜莓，賣相不錯，但Latte冰棒偏硬，令焦糖雪糕早早吃完還剩下一大截Latte冰棒，雪糕味道足本但冰棒一般，最後也沒吃完；至於好友則頗喜歡她的招牌新地，兩顆店家自製雪糕球加上水果和朱古力蛋卷，很有童趣。

花了比預計中多，這店一試無妨。

走時才暼見近門口處有一角精品店，相信要白天來才能看清貨品。

I haven't had such a bad dining experience for a long time. I ordered a four course dinner. The seafood chowder and the scallop appetizer were soso. For main course, I ordered a medium well rack of lamb, but it turned out to be medium rare. I did the order in Chinese, so it shouldn't be misunderstanding. When I told the manager, she simply took it back to kitchen to cook it some more, a typical 茶餐廳 practice. You can expect what it tasted like after this recooking. Yes, it tasted awful. the dessert, baked Alaska, fell short of expectation too. Basically it's just ice cream. What I don't understand is that if you don't know cooking, why open a restaurant in the first place? A word of advice for this restaurant: please do something else, for God's sake.

I was really happy to be invited to a lunch meeting at a new restaurant yesterday. I didn't realise it was new and in fact in a new building until I arrived and saw the big flower arrangements at the door. On the ground floor, it is Coffee Academics, a Habitu group coffee place and Food Academics is the restaurant on the first floor.The restaurant was decorated in a cosy homely style. I suppose a European style, French or English. There were cosy booth tables with sofas and wooden tables with chairs. There is a salad buffet table in the middle of the first section. However, since our meal was specially arranged by our host, we didn't have the starter buffetWe started with a wonderful Lobster Bisque which they called Lobster Cappucino with cheese brioche. This turned out to be my favourite dish as it was rich, smooth and hot and the brioche a great accompaniment to the soup. As this was the amuse bouche, it was only a small portionThe next course was a marinated salmon salad with raspberry dressing and mango caviar. Unfortunately, I do not like raw fish or seafood, so had to ask the chef to pan fry my fish. This turned out to be a bit strange with the dressing and did not give it justice.The choices for main course were seabass wrapped in pancetta or roast Spring chicken. Chicken or fish? made me think of air plane food. I chose the chicken and it was a good decision since we already had a fish appetizer. I didn't think the chicken was very special but it was quite tender and moist. The dessert was another highlight of our meal. It was Latte parfait topped with caramel ice cream. It was hard to distinguish between the two flavours and textures but they did combine well. I nearly finished the big portion which was more than I intended to have. I had high hopes for a perfect cup of coffee since the group specialises in coffee. Sadly, I was disappointed. The coffee was weak and did not have much of a flavour or smell. I wonder if they used enough coffee beans to make it. It certainly was not even as good as a coffee in cafe Habitu. It did not deserve a photo.Worth a mention is the pretty toilet and the nice shop area at the entrance of the restaurant.Chef Barry came out to introduce himself and ask how the food was. Always a nice touch to put a face to the food. Service was also very attentive and polite throughout. I think it's a nice find and would like to come back with friends and family.

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  The Food Academics, 1/ F,38 Yiu Wa Street, Causeway Bay
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