Location: Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Hong Kong
Date of Visit: 22nd January 2012
>> It's Chinese New Year eve and most shops will be closed before evening arrives. So, finding food may be a problem in the next couple of days.
The family wishes to go to this BLT Burger place nearby but with the queue so long, we gave up on the idea and stop by here instead. Al Molo serves up Italian food on a very high note and the food is absolutely delicious. I was skeptical of this place at first when I was at the entrance, thinking that it is just one of those not too bad Italian restaurants that would charge its patrons expensively because where this restaurant is located.
Step right in... and oh boy! Was I ever wrong about this place! People say to never judge the book by it's cover and I shall not do that again as long as I am in Hong Kong. This restaurant is located in the prime area of Harbour City, with a view overlooking Hong Kong's Victoria Harbour. Whether you are there for lunch or dinner, if you are seated close to the windows, you are in for a magnificent view.
This lunch time experience was indeed a pleasurable one as we're there for a pre-Chinese New Year family reunion lunch. The ambience around the restaurant was very pleasant because there weren't too many patrons when we arrived. Best of all, there's not much mainland chinese in the restaurant. Those roughneck chinks can be loud and noisy, definitely will spoil every moment of it if there's a handful of them at that time.
The family made a few main course orders and some wine to go with the meal, that was basically it. We were pampered early on by its freshly made Italian bread that's crispy on the outside and fluffy yet still warm on the inside. Serve it up with a dash of olive oil and balsamic vinegar... it couldn't get any better. Our bottle of Marqués De Riscal Roble Tempranillo 2008 arrived soon after and a toast for a very good year ahead.
One by one, the lunch is being served to us starting with Gambero - grilled king prawns, mustard greens, kabocha squash, polenta cream and preserved lemon. Next comes Casarecci - semolina pasta, clams, squid and spicy tomato; this tomato paste pasta tastes absolutely gorgeous with a hint of spicyness in it's sauce! Spigola - wild seabass, artichokes, roasted peppers, black rice and pine nuts; arrived after (as seen on the left).
Mom's order of Risotto - acquarello risotto, wild mushrooms and parmigiano; came before the last dish was served which would be my order of Salsiccia - pork sausage, brocolli rabe and smoked mozarella. After getting a taste on a variety of dishes that is being ordered, my view on Italian food has taken a setback where most of the Italian food that I've tasted so far in Malaysia cannot out match what is being plated at Al Molo. I might have over-rated this place, but it is still one of the best Italian restaurants that I've ever been.
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