Cecconi's Italian: Slow-paced SOHO

23:48 4 Emptyplates , Italian 0 Comments

Was greatly anticipating to be wow-ed away by this restaurant week place and the food turned out to be just ordinary, I am not sure if the restaurant week menu has done its justice or it was just because the menu wasn't worth HKD328. I think I would have rated this restaurant higher if the dinner menu was around HKD250:)

                       

Parma ham with buffalo mozzarella and rocket
Overall quality was decent. They must have been too heavy on the olive oil as this appetizer was a bit too oily combined with the cheese. Liked the flavor of mozzarella and parma ham – they just can’t really go too wrong.


                       

Classic Caesar salad with pancetta and shaved Parmesan
Chunky fresh cuts of romaine lettuce and bits of pancetta, there was enough shaved parmesan cheese for the whole salad and my case is settled:)
                      

Pan-roasted Salmon, with French beans and bois boudran sauce
Here comes the main dish. The pan-roasted Salmon was cooked just right – tender, juicy, and still a bit pink in the middle. The sauce was a bit asian for the herbs and flavor used, it was a bit too oily for the already pan-fried fish. Beans were well-cooked as veggie was fresh, crispy with this flashy green to it.
                    

Spaghetti meatballs, with tomato passata and fresh herbs
Liked how the sauce was tomato and herbs based, pasta was al dente and meatballs were nice in terms of flavor and texture as well.  
  
                             
Chargrilled beef tenderloin, with celeriac puree and marsala jus
Beef tenderloin was cooked to its perfection as the quality of the beef was tender enough and nicely charred on the sides. I was amazed by the fact that the puree and jus did not come out really wine-like taste but it had a truffle scent to it! Topped off with some brilliant shiitake mushrooms and the beef portion was too big for a girl to finish!  
 
                              

Java chocolate pudding with condensed milk gelatoThe supposedly molten chocolate cake came out disfigured for most of our dishes (yes, really) and it was too sweet after a few bites, the gelato was alright for its taste and creaminess.

Vanilla panna cotta with olive oil caramel
The panna cotta was a bit waterly and was not rich in flavor at all, really mediocre dessert I would say.


                               

I saw people ordering a la carte menu next to us and they seemed to look really good, the restaurant was not crowded at all so if you are looking for a laid back Italian food place in SOHO then this can be one of your options. Overall restaurant week dinner experience was average but then the place was a great spot in SOHO to chill and relax as it is not crowded and greeted by warm-welcoming service.