Garden Café — Restaurant in Hong Kong Island

Fresh & Varied food;Outdoor seating is nice

Currently (Sep 2018), the “Flavors of Indonesia” offer is ongoing at the Garden Cafe @ Conrad.... so when we went there we found some authentic Indonesian dishes. But they also continued to offer many of their regular dishes too.

Some of the STANDOUTS were: Steamed Fish, the BBQ station (out in the garden), Lobster gravy, Stir Fried Prawns, BBQ Pork, daily pasta special (Clams Spaghetti), to name a few.

STEAMED FISH- absolutely loved it 😋 . The fish was so tender that the meat would come off with almost no effort on my part 👍🏻. I wanted to get a good PICTURE but everytime they put a new fish there, it never stayed whole for too long and was quickly PICKED APART😃by myself and other patrons (like we were sharks 🦈 or something🤣!). So, bottom line is....I couldn’t capture the whole fish.

STANDOUT # 2: THE BBQ STATION The BBQ station is located outside and is included in the buffet. The BBQ’d whole fish, Prawns and the hot n juicy Lamb Chops certainly deserve multiple visits.😋👍🏻. I just wish I had gone to that station at the beginning of the meal when I had more capacity 😉.

Among the OTHER STANDOUTS, I went at least TWICE for the Lobster gravy, stir fried prawns, Clams Spaghetti and the BBQ pork.⭐️ The BBQ Pork had a chewy skin and slightly caramelized taste, which was awesome😍. I must’ve refilled every time I got up from my chair😃 Clams Spaghetti was surprisingly good too- at buffets, I prefer not to take Spaghetti coz I feel I’m just wasting my appetite on something I make at home every once in a while! How wrong was I? ?😍Not sure why I decided to go for it....and it turned out to be a good decision.

I have to say, overall, Conrad’s Garden Cafe may not match the size and variety of my favorite buffet at Cafe TOO (Shangri-La)..... BUT 👑 ........Garden Cafe’s buffet WINS when it comes to certain specific dishes. I admit, I haven’t had enough of those dishes yet .... and I DEFINITELY want to go to Conrad again so I can have 5-6 plates of those...

「意」亂情迷自助餐@Garden Cafe

自助餐可以吃到「意」亂情迷都真係幾特別！如果嘴巴是貴精不貴多的支持者那便要繼續看這篇分享了。

上星期去到Conrad Hong Kong的Garden Café咖啡園！品嚐由意籍主廚Riccardo Catarsi精心設計的 Festa Italiana自助晚餐。

甫入餐廳便看見牆上這一幅很有意大利風情的壁畫，非常搶眼之餘更令人食慾大增。

嗜酒的我第一眼便看見這180分鐘無限暢飲！價錢由$148~$398/位便可以享用到紅、白餐酒、氣泡酒、香檳、意大利開胃首及Digestif，可以無限享受醉人的微醺時刻。

跟大家行一圈看看有什麼令我意亂情迷的美食先！意大利菜的頭盤對我來說非常吸引，而自助餐亦供應不少款式看得我心心眼喔。

打頭陣有番茄水牛芝士、煙燻水牛芝士、佩科里諾芝士、普羅沃內芝士、塔雷吉奧芝士、布拉塔水牛芝士及水牛芝士球，芝士迷們必定可以吃得不亦樂乎。

轉角位擺滿了各式各樣新鮮的沙律菜及調味醬汁！當中有我超愛吃的火箭菜正喔。

驚喜還沒完這款沙律用上坊間少有的金菜頭，能在自助餐品嚐到簡直是莫大的驚喜。

緊接著有薯仔沙律、雜菜沙律、醃製朝鮮薊、意式醃菜、香蒜醬花椰菜沙律、車厘茄及橄欖拼盤等開胃前菜。

說到意大利菜頭盤當然少不了凍肉的那份兒吧！

我們這夜可以品嚐到意式肉腸、谷巴火腿、巴馬火腿及巴馬臣芝士，光是頭盤區已經超豐富而且很合我口味呢。

來到熱食區率先有精選薄餅！難得的是一次過可以試上多款口味，薄餅愛好者必定會大滿足。

這夜的選擇分別有四色芝士薄餅、番茄水牛芝士薄餅、春季薄餅及辣肉腸薄餅，清香鮮辣味道共冶一爐總會有合心意的口味。

意式粉麵則有意式肉醬千層麵、長通粉、Gnocchi及芝士菠菜意式寬麵，全部賣相也非常吸引要留肚喔。

自助餐重頭戲是這個位上的利佛諾燉海鮮！是主廚Riccardo為大家送上家鄉正宗的味道，以波士頓龍蝦、青口及八爪魚加入番茄、紅酒及香料煮成濃湯，再配襯半隻新鮮的波士頓龍蝦，絕對是海鮮迷不可錯過的美食。

另外還有充滿鮮蝦香氣的番茄貝殼麵，及芝味十足的意大利香腸羽衣甘藍意大利燴飯。

牛魔王就要留意這個澳洲穀飼100日的肉眼喔！

而不吃牛的我就盯上這惹味無骨烤全豬！這Tuscany傳統菜式選用了40公斤的豬來炮製，成品外皮酥脆肉質鮮嫩，可以配襯綠莎莎醬及法包一起品嚐。

緊接著還有辣味白腰豆、意式焗蔬菜、意大利香腸粟米餅、烤焗千層茄子、酸種麵包、意式燉小牛膝、意式會牛肚、慢煮牛面頰、檸檬香草墨魚、意大利香腸粟米餅及蔬菜煎蛋餅等特色意大利菜式供選擇。

餐湯這天供應的是榔瓜花椰菜湯，香甜醇和超美味記得留肚喝一碗喔。

刺身區有三文魚他他、吞拿魚薄片、劍魚他他及燒吞拿魚，意大利式魚生帶來了非一般新鮮感。

冰鎮海鮮區分別有大蝦、波士頓龍蝦、蜆及雪場蟹腳。

還有多款現成沙律及各式各樣的意大利麵包。

飲品會有蘋果汁及菠蘿汁無限任飲，大人細路也會非常暢快。

來到甜品Corner用貴精不貴多來形容就最適合不過。

當中包括有水果沙律、沙巴翁、榛子奶凍、朱古力泡芙、意式忌廉蛋糕、開心果奶酪卷、意式松子蛋糕及意式吉士撻等。

另外亦有供應杯裝Movenpick雪糕！想吃時只要通知服務員就會送到你面前。

以為完了嗎當然沒有那麼易吧！户外位置還設有池伴BBQ Corner，在泳池旁邊有專人為大家燒烤豐富美食。

選擇分別有菠蘿、雞髀菇、粟米、羊扒、豬肋排、蝦及鱸魚等。

介紹完當然第一時間要埋位開餐！打頭陣是每位客人也可得到Tuscany風味意式雜錦凍肉拼盤一份！內裏包括了茴香莎樂美腸、巴馬火腿及雞肝醬及Focaccia，將凍肉放在塗滿雞肝醬的麵包上，一啖放入口鹹香惹味樂在其中。

自助餐第一碟吃沙律前菜是常識吧！爆汁的車厘茄鮮香好吃，另外爽口的金菜頭真的百吃不厭，加上香甜的雜菜沙律墊底罪疚減輕不少。

意式魚生吃下帶上滿滿的鮮香滋味，吃悶了Wasabi豉油這個絕對能帶出新鮮的驚喜。

冰鎮海鮮中爆羔的龍蝦不錯吃，但我更喜歡鮮爽大蝦和梳梳鮮甜的雪場蟹腳，另外幾款芝士也不用錯過奶香十足滋味無窮。

意大利香腸羽衣甘藍意大利燴飯仍帶嚼勁口感不俗！芝士香氣配襯鹹香的腸粒非常匹配。

無骨烤全豬外皮酥脆內裏肉質鮮嫩油香滿瀉，法包塗上綠莎莎醬來增添清香味道之餘更可膩真妙絕。

此刻用號碼牌到利佛諾燉海鮮區取這夜的重頭戲！廚師收到Order後即煮約10分鐘便完成。

先呷一口番茄海鮮濃湯鮮味極致鮮香，那半隻新鮮的波士頓龍蝦鮮爽嫩溜，這菜的味道仿如大海般鮮美很迷人。

榔瓜花椰菜湯清純的湯色頗吸引！細滑的口感喝下很自然舒服，加上味道甜美很易俘虜了我的嘴巴。

BBQ美食取來一大碟跟好友們分享！我喜歡爽口大蝦和豬肋排火燒香氣令味道提升不少，但說到最愛肯定是燒菠蘿，經火焰的親吻後更顯香甜果味大愛之。

到享受薄餅自由時間！餅底香脆鬆軟兼備完美帶出意式口味，芝味濃的四色芝士薄餅鹹香可口、春季薄餅清新味美最後是我大愛的惹味辣肉腸薄餅，吃了那麼多澱粉質真的非常滿足啊。

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Amazing lunch buffet located on the ground floor of the Conrad Hotel. It's located near the back of the hotel, so the outdoor patio area is also quieter without the constant sound of vehicles. Most of the guests seemed to be business people, rather than family meals. You can opt for their buffet or to order a la carte, outside of their designated lunch and dinner hours. When I went for lunch, the food was always refilled, with plenty of seafood, meats, and desserts. They also have some Indian-inspired dishes, a cheese platter, as well as some quality dimsum! Service was perfect, with dishes cleared away frequently and extremely...