Today is one of those days where you get extremely hungry and chomp down a meal without breathing. Maybe I wasn't feeling too well or I am used to getting up at 6:30AM every morning and eating lunch at 11:30AM before the lunch crowd hits every restaurants in town. And a 7:30PM meat fest.
We visited Pizza Express in Festival Walk located on L2. I love the two logos that represent Pizza Express, one is an Art Nouveau influenced by Charles Rennie Mackintosh and one is a sans-serif post modernist influenced by the typeface Helvetica. Is it wise to have a branding the composes of two different worlds?
It does represents the food they make and serve. Pizza made in a European styled less doughy crust and minimalist topping that is pleasant to the eyes of the beholder. It looks appetizing and yet not shouting unhealthy like a Pizza Hut pizza with heavy dough and cheese. It is airy and yet functional as food should be to fill you up, but don't weight you down.
I had a set lunch with cream of mushroom soup and four seasons pizza paired with a side of salad for HKD 88.00 and a pear pie that was just baked out of the oven for an additional HKD 20.00.
The service was very good there. And I would definitely recommend this place and the little hint of purplish blue brings in a soothing lavender freshness.
WoolooMooloo (located in the Tsim Sha Tsui Centre, TST East) was just the opposite. It sounded like a chant the Aborigines would sing to welcome you to devour whole slab of meat. The decor is dark and earthy with cow hides, wood and suede all over the place. The logo is compose of dots forming each letters with an hand drawn touch to it.
With a steakhouse you have to invite more people. We were a party of 12 and somehow the guys were on one side of the long table and the gals on the other end.
Food was excellent. I ordered a rib eye 12 ounce steak grilled medium rare. And they sure know how to cook a steak without wasting it. It was juicy and red just the way a steak should be done hands down. The sides were small enough that you may order more to share with the table. I did get a starter, foie gras, duck and pear stacked in that order from top to bottom. The foie gras was slightly sheared in an honey crusted which brings out some sweetness of the liver, but not to overwhelming. The sliced duck was a smoked duck sliced and layered underneath along with sliced pears. It was a delightful starter. And we ended with a cheese platter with assorted cheese from sharp to creamy.
I think these two are great pairing for a TGIF kinda day.
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