Lunch was the usual 2-course or 3-course selection unless we want to go splurge with the a la carte menu. That had stayed pretty much the same since its debut.
After a basket of bread, here came our appetizers first with a confit of "Taiyouren" organic egg. The onsen egg was met with a nice roman cauliflower emulsion and roasted herb bread to form a surprisingly rich combination of flavors (5/10).
Another starter was a dish of sautéed octopus and lobster. It had a bit of Mediterranean twist to it after the addition of an acquerello rice salad (which tasted very much like cous cous).
I thought this was an average dish. The previous organic egg starter fared slightly better (4/10).
After finishing up our appetizers, we sat back to relax while waiting for our main courses to arrive. But that seemed to be taking forever.
More than half an hour has passed us by and we began to lose a bit of our patience. But we wanted to be polite so instead of calling our server over, we started playing around with our smartphones trying to get the waiting staff's attention. That did not work at all so eventually we called someone over.
Finally our main courses did arrive. The lamb medallion served on braised salsify with mushroom and natural jus was tender enough but the combination with the sauce and sidedish did not make much headway (5/10).
Going back to the service for a moment, this was the worst pacing I have ever seen from any 3-star Michelin restaurant. And that was puzzling considering that we only had a 2-course lunch set, not a complicated 12-course degustation menu.
At the first glance, I thought I was going to have fried egg white as my main course. However, when I looked a bit closer, it was actually a thin slice of snapper fish sitting on a bed of baby spinach and served with an orange, oregano and extra virgin olive oil dressing.
Yes I remembered now - I did order snapper. In all honesty, I was a bit shocked with how thin they made the snapper and the taste just wasn't particularly attractive (3/10).
After our main courses, we decided that we were not going to wait another 30 minutes for our dessert so we went for the bill instead.
Food Rating: 4/10
I thought this was an average dish. The previous organic egg starter fared slightly better (4/10).
After finishing up our appetizers, we sat back to relax while waiting for our main courses to arrive. But that seemed to be taking forever.
More than half an hour has passed us by and we began to lose a bit of our patience. But we wanted to be polite so instead of calling our server over, we started playing around with our smartphones trying to get the waiting staff's attention. That did not work at all so eventually we called someone over.
Finally our main courses did arrive. The lamb medallion served on braised salsify with mushroom and natural jus was tender enough but the combination with the sauce and sidedish did not make much headway (5/10).
Going back to the service for a moment, this was the worst pacing I have ever seen from any 3-star Michelin restaurant. And that was puzzling considering that we only had a 2-course lunch set, not a complicated 12-course degustation menu.
At the first glance, I thought I was going to have fried egg white as my main course. However, when I looked a bit closer, it was actually a thin slice of snapper fish sitting on a bed of baby spinach and served with an orange, oregano and extra virgin olive oil dressing.
Yes I remembered now - I did order snapper. In all honesty, I was a bit shocked with how thin they made the snapper and the taste just wasn't particularly attractive (3/10).
After our main courses, we decided that we were not going to wait another 30 minutes for our dessert so we went for the bill instead.
Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$$
Address: Shop 202, Landmark Alexandra, 18 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Central
Tel: +852 2537-8859
Website: www.ottoemezzobombana.com
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Tel: +852 2537-8859
Website: www.ottoemezzobombana.com
S. Pellegrino World’s 50 Best Restaurants: 39th (2013)
S. Pellegrino Asia's 50 Best Restaurants: 6th (2013)
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