Al Dente
Last saturday I was forced to work, and to make up for the slavedriving C decided to join me in Central for lunch. We walked around for all of two seconds and decided to go to Al Dente for two reasons. It was reasonably priced and it was full. Anywhere that’s full when restaurants beside it aren’t is good enough reason.
I’ll preface the entire entry with this. The food was good at this price point, especially for the portions. The food could have been better and I could have done without the grumpy service, but even then I would call lunch here a steal at HK$88. No wonder it was completely packed at 1pm.
Mushroom soup
C liked it and I thought it was just average. But then, I’ve never been that partial to mushroom soup anyways. I thought it was a little thin and didn’t have enough mushroom bits. It was slightly salty, like full of MSG.
Char-grilled ribeye
Next up were our mains. The portion of steak was big and I liked that it was nicely charred on the outside. I thought the cut of meat was a little tough, and I could’ve used with more seasoning. The grilled vegetables was a nice touch, especially the sweet potato and peppers.
Mushoom and chicken pasta
Wow, this was hearty. Thank godness it wasn’t creamy because that would have just been too, ummm, jelat (still thinking of an english translation). Both C and I thought this was better than the steak. I think there must have been a splash of wine in there. The chicken was slightly over charred, so it tasted a little bitter. C thought so too, though it wasn’t too overbearing.
