Price: $$$$
Cravingness: ★★★★☆
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| USDA Prime Top Sirloin 12oz |
Carnevino is an Italian steakhouse located right at the heart of Central. With its name "Carne" stands for steaks and "vino" stands for wine, the steak house is promised to serve the highest quality steaks and remarkable wine.
The steakhouse was spacious with an open bar at the front door and a grand dining room further inside. The dining room was beautifully furnished with a classy steakhouse ambiance of marble and wood. The service was topnotch with attentive and friendly staffs. Shawl and hot water are both readily available for ladies if they feel cold.
We went to Carnevino today for its Dinning City's Restaurant Week's menu. I always reckon the best deal at RW is dinner at a steakhouse. For the price you are paying for a set menu at RW, you can only get a main course (or less) normally.
I thought it was not really watermelon because it was a cube and I thought it is hard to prepare watermelon in a cube shape? Anyway, this watermelon cube was in tongue size, not even bite size. It was refreshing and sweet with a tint of herb flavour. Please give me more and be less stingy! :(
EVIL as Carnevino are, they dare to serve LARD along with butter with their breads! The lard was savoury and smooth with strong pork flavour, which compliments the bread really well. The unsalted butter was easily spreadable and smooth. The cupcake-like soft bread was light and delicate. I like the flat sliced bread more which was chewy at the rim and soft inner. Despite the crazy saturated fats the lard contains, I smeared the butter and the lard together with my bread. Soooooooooooooooo GOOD!
The cute little anchovies surprised me as the ones that I had was often overly salty. This anchovise from Carnevino was fresh, tender and in good saltiness. The romaine and red endive were both very crisp and fresh. Yet I would be happy if the kitchen chop the leaves finer for me. The garlic dressing was mixed in thoroughly and in good portion to just coat the leaves perfectly. There was a delicious amount of Parmesan cheese all over the plate. The salad was delish.
The calamari was AMAZING. It was deep fried to give a light yellow puffy and crispy crust, and kept the inner fresh and chewy. The spicy tomato sauce was delectable! It was savoury, spicy and mildy sweet. We literally cleared the plate by swipping the sauce off the plate with our bread.
The sirloin was beautiful. It was nicely charred on the outside and perfectly cooked to give a pinkish inner in medium rare. The sirloin was tender and juicy with a crunchy aromatic charred crust. It was a nice sirloin but I still prefer rib eyes or filet mignon more :).
Although not as crazily many steak knife options as the Steak House Wine Bar + Grill, I was still contented with Carnevino's steak knife. The steak knife was heavy and sharp with an etching of Carnevino on it. Carnevino mainly use Christofle for their other utensils like table fork and knives.
The dish came in with a nice presentation and a strong flow of truffle aroma! There was some truffle shavings on the salad and probably some truffle oil as well, thus making the salad tasted heavenly. The roast chicken was extremely succulent, the dark meat was smooth and tender; the white meat was bouncy and tender! The sauce was rich and quite robust in flavour and tasted good with the chicken. The semolina cake tasted like mashed potato with a crunchy top. The dish was awesome.
Ever since I have the amazing cream corn at the Strip House by Harlan Goldstein, I could not resist but order creamed corn whereever I go. This creamed corn was quite weird in taste as lime salt and cherry peppers are added to it. The creamed corn itself was not very sweet nor buttery, its texture was more to the chewy side. I do not like the combined taste of the occasional spiced pepper and the sweet corn.
The 3 layered carrot cake was moist and moderately sweet. The ginger carrot sauce complimented the cake very well and brought some spiciness to it. The coconut ice-cream was light and creamy but did not match too well with the cake, vanilla might be a better choice.
The Lemon Semifreddo was weakly lemon flavoured and had an interesting texture, like frozen gelato. The Sangria sorbet was delectable, sweet with a mild wine taste. I could not remember if I had Semifreddo before, but I don't think I like it too much.
The steakhouse was spacious with an open bar at the front door and a grand dining room further inside. The dining room was beautifully furnished with a classy steakhouse ambiance of marble and wood. The service was topnotch with attentive and friendly staffs. Shawl and hot water are both readily available for ladies if they feel cold.
Carnevino's Restaurant Week Dinner Menu HK$438
We went to Carnevino today for its Dinning City's Restaurant Week's menu. I always reckon the best deal at RW is dinner at a steakhouse. For the price you are paying for a set menu at RW, you can only get a main course (or less) normally.
Watermelon amuse bouche
I thought it was not really watermelon because it was a cube and I thought it is hard to prepare watermelon in a cube shape? Anyway, this watermelon cube was in tongue size, not even bite size. It was refreshing and sweet with a tint of herb flavour. Please give me more and be less stingy! :(
Bread & Butter
EVIL as Carnevino are, they dare to serve LARD along with butter with their breads! The lard was savoury and smooth with strong pork flavour, which compliments the bread really well. The unsalted butter was easily spreadable and smooth. The cupcake-like soft bread was light and delicate. I like the flat sliced bread more which was chewy at the rim and soft inner. Despite the crazy saturated fats the lard contains, I smeared the butter and the lard together with my bread. Soooooooooooooooo GOOD!
Insalata Romana Romaine and Red Endive Dressed in a Sweet Garlic Dressing with Spanish Anchovies
The cute little anchovies surprised me as the ones that I had was often overly salty. This anchovise from Carnevino was fresh, tender and in good saltiness. The romaine and red endive were both very crisp and fresh. Yet I would be happy if the kitchen chop the leaves finer for me. The garlic dressing was mixed in thoroughly and in good portion to just coat the leaves perfectly. There was a delicious amount of Parmesan cheese all over the plate. The salad was delish.
Calamari with Spicy Tomato Crispy Calamari with Pickled Chilies, Lemon and Spicy Tomato
The calamari was AMAZING. It was deep fried to give a light yellow puffy and crispy crust, and kept the inner fresh and chewy. The spicy tomato sauce was delectable! It was savoury, spicy and mildy sweet. We literally cleared the plate by swipping the sauce off the plate with our bread.
USDA Prime Top Sirloin 12oz
The sirloin was beautiful. It was nicely charred on the outside and perfectly cooked to give a pinkish inner in medium rare. The sirloin was tender and juicy with a crunchy aromatic charred crust. It was a nice sirloin but I still prefer rib eyes or filet mignon more :).
Although it is best to have steak without sauce, or just with a bit of sea salt, I still appreciates Carnevino's steak sauce. There are in total six different kinds of steak sauce available but Salsa Verde Butter was recommended to go with the Prime Sirloin. The Salsa Verde Butter was rich in flavour and compliments the steak really well! Despite the steak sauce, a cute box of different kinds of salts were brought to us for our enjoyment.
Roast Chicken with Truffles and Semolina alla Romana Roasted Half Chicken with Semolina Cake
The dish came in with a nice presentation and a strong flow of truffle aroma! There was some truffle shavings on the salad and probably some truffle oil as well, thus making the salad tasted heavenly. The roast chicken was extremely succulent, the dark meat was smooth and tender; the white meat was bouncy and tender! The sauce was rich and quite robust in flavour and tasted good with the chicken. The semolina cake tasted like mashed potato with a crunchy top. The dish was awesome.
Creamed Corn with Lime Salt
Ever since I have the amazing cream corn at the Strip House by Harlan Goldstein, I could not resist but order creamed corn whereever I go. This creamed corn was quite weird in taste as lime salt and cherry peppers are added to it. The creamed corn itself was not very sweet nor buttery, its texture was more to the chewy side. I do not like the combined taste of the occasional spiced pepper and the sweet corn.
Carrot Cake, Coconut Ice Cream, Ginger Carrot Sauce
The 3 layered carrot cake was moist and moderately sweet. The ginger carrot sauce complimented the cake very well and brought some spiciness to it. The coconut ice-cream was light and creamy but did not match too well with the cake, vanilla might be a better choice.
Lemon Semifreddo BSangria Sorbet, Mint Fruit Salad
The Lemon Semifreddo was weakly lemon flavoured and had an interesting texture, like frozen gelato. The Sangria sorbet was delectable, sweet with a mild wine taste. I could not remember if I had Semifreddo before, but I don't think I like it too much.
♥ ♥ MUST GET ♥ ♥
Insalata Romana Romaine and Red Endive Dressed in a Sweet Garlic Dressing with Spanish Anchovies
Calamari with Spicy Tomato Crispy Calamari with Pickled Chilies, Lemon and Spicy Tomato
USDA Prime Top Sirloin 12oz
Roast Chicken with Truffles and Semolina alla Romana Roasted Half Chicken with Semolina Cake
Carrot Cake, Coconut Ice Cream, Ginger Carrot Sauce
Carnevino
5th Floor, LHT Tower, 31 Queen's Road, Central
香港中環皇后大道中31號陸海通大廈5樓
☏ 2352-7700
Calamari with Spicy Tomato Crispy Calamari with Pickled Chilies, Lemon and Spicy Tomato
USDA Prime Top Sirloin 12oz
Roast Chicken with Truffles and Semolina alla Romana Roasted Half Chicken with Semolina Cake
Carrot Cake, Coconut Ice Cream, Ginger Carrot Sauce
Carnevino
5th Floor, LHT Tower, 31 Queen's Road, Central
香港中環皇后大道中31號陸海通大廈5樓
☏ 2352-7700
Opening Hours: Mon - Sat: 12pm - 3pm, 6pm - 11pm, Closed on Sun
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The Bill for 2
Restaurant Week Menu @HKD438 - HKD
Cream Corn with Lime Salt - HKD88
10% Service Charge
TOTAL - HKD1061 (HKD531 p.p.)
Cream Corn with Lime Salt - HKD88
10% Service Charge
TOTAL - HKD1061 (HKD531 p.p.)
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