Zone D Ristorante
- 4/F 16 Matheson Street,Causeway Bay, Hong Kong -
Tel: 98025504 / 92110897
My uni friends and I booked a table of 6 at Zone D and had a nice gathering last night :) Zone D (in Chinese:
兄弟私房菜, fair enough ;D) is an Italian private kitchen conveniently located in a tong lau building nearby Times Square, CWB. Filled with anticipation, one still needs to endure a climb of 4-storeys up the stairs to reach this gourmet wonderland.
We made our menu choice by email during reservation beforehand, so all we did was to sit back and enjoy our time through this 5-course meal.
1st course-Appetizer: Beef Carpaccio
This beef carpaccio was thicker sliced than my cognitive knowledge of the paper-thin beef carpaccio. Surprisingly, the taste was superb as it was a very nice flavored beef well cured by the crusting seasonings. With shredded Parmesan cheese topping and my favorite rockets, it was heaven.
2nd course-Soup: Mushroom soup
A nice blended mushroom soup with a little spoonful of truffle to stir in. I love the texture of the soup as there are tiny bits of chewy mushroom in it which was perfect. The taste was a bit on the flat side even though truffles were added (the truffle was not of the strongest perfume neither). The architecture of the dish scored high by the distinctive culinary skills of the chef, my highest respect for the little details.
3rd course-Pasta: Prawn Linguine with Tomato Sauce
Every ingredient in this dish blend in well with each other which was exceptional. The linguine was of perfect cooking time, prawns were good, the sauce and seasonings were awesome.
4th course-Main: Grilled Cod Fish with Fresh Tomato Salsa
This was a better main course choice than the other two (Grilled spring chicken & grilled short rib steak) in my opinion. The fish fillet was perfectly cooked which was still juicy and tender. The tomato salsa crust was magical as the cherry tomato were kept juicy and aromatic while the tomato flavored crunchy bread crumbs stayed dry surrounding the whole juicy baby. Highly recommend!
5th course-Dessert: Creme Brulee
A little bit disappointing I would say, as I always have high expectation on creme brulees from restaurants.The caramel crust which is supposed to give a contrasting texture to the creamy base while keeping unity of the whole thing was too thick... The custard part was on the sturdy side as well...It would also have been better with more vanilla taste and a creamier base :)
Overall, it was a very satisfying dinner with a good price (HK$350 for 5-courses incl. service+free corkage for the 1st bottle). We had a wonderful time in the cozy Zone-D. We will definitely come back :)
Additional Information:
For Private Party booking: Minimum spending HK$7,000, menu is negotiable to customize choices
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