The restaurant boasts a loving harbour view and a simple minimalist contemporary décor that is ideal for its casual dining theme.
The food menu promises a lot of surprises and is highlighted by a number of traditional Korean dishes with an Italian twist including their spicy fried chicken with a special carbonara sauce.
We went with their set menus and first up was a porcini mushroom soup that was served lukewarm. Interestingly enough, this was not your typical porcini mushroom soup with a silky smooth texture but instead, they have added something sticky like glutinous rice (risotto?) in there to make it a little interesting. OK but nothing to write home about.
The other starter was a simple salad with a shrimp spring roll.
I thought the main dishes were slightly better than what they have to offer in the appetizer section of this meal. The stir-fried spicy pork with rice ($78) was pretty spicy which was exactly the way I like it but where's the Italian connection?
Less impressive was the Korean fried Yi Mein with prawns ($88). I was really hoping that they would use some sort of pasta (fettuccine?) to give it an unique Italian twist so this was a little bit of a letdown (and a little too much pepper!).
Finally, an ice cold honey with yuzu before we settle the bill.
I was really looking forward to get a lick of their popular desserts including this giant green tea pudding with red beans but too bad it only came with one size and I had no space for more food at this point.
This was a place I had high hopes for largely because of its Korean-Italian connection but unfortunately it wasn't there when we paid our lunch visit.
Food Rating: 4/10
Price: $$$
Address: LCX Shop 34, 3/F, Ocean Terminal, Harbour City, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Closest Metro Station: Tsim Sha Tsui
Tel: +852 2111-0851
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