They have a new chef de cuisine Samuele Baudoino at the helm too. Well not exactly new but I haven't been there in 2014 so in that sense, he's new. I decided to check out his former experience online. Turns out he made his move to InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong from Four Seasons Resort Bali last year. Reports also indicate that he has a strong emphasis with the use of the freshest Italian ingredients.
The set lunch includes an all-you-can-eat antipasto bar. I thought they ought to do something with the amount of vegetables and salad available. Definitely not enough variety there.
They tried to make up for it in the ham section with all kinds of parma ham. Ox tongue, roasted beef etc. were also in the mix.
As seen here, not what you would consider a fabulous selection of food.
We got to pick one main dish from the choice of pasta, pizza, meat and fish and mom didn't hesitate to jump on their pasta - linguine tossed with clams in white wine sauce. I tried a little bit of that and thought it was a little bland and slightly overcooked.
As always, I often made the right choice with my main dish and that proved to be the case again! My oven baked monkfish with tomatoes, black olives and capers Livornese style grilled polenta absolutely rocked~
Like the antipasto bar, the dessert bar was slightly disappointing as well.
The panna cotta was probably the only decent choice.
Got all the time in the world to enjoy this cup of tea before we settled the bill.
For the same price, there are plenty of better options available in Tsim Sha Tsui alone, Osteria (at Holiday Inn) and Yamm (Miramar Hotel) just to name a couple.
Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$
Address: B2/F, InterContinental Grand Stanford Hong Kong, 70 Mody Road, Tim Sha Tsui East, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Tsim Sha Tsui EastTel: +852 2731-2870
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