Doppio Zero

Doppio Zero @ The Pemberton

On a Monday lunch hour Doppio Zero was quite empty. It was blazing hot outside and the first thing we ordered were two icy cold drinks, for me, an iced coffee that was actually quite delicious and for K, a lime soda. We then started to go through the lunch options and decided on the following: 

"Fritti"
This dish had assorted battered seafood, including shrimps, calamari and a piece of sole fish. The seafood were all perfectly cooked on the inside and on the outside, a crunchy light batter. The green sauce is a malt vinegar and parsley dip, quite pleasant in its own right. If only this dish were my main I would've left a happy happy customer...

"insalata"
With red onions, fennel, mixed greens in a lemon-parmigiano dressing. 

"Ricotta Gnochetti, Caprese" ($125)
with basil, cherry tomatoes and mozzarella slices
This dish was pretty disappointing. The gnochetti were so soft they required no biting or chewing whatsoever. K, who had this before, tried it and agreed it was softer than the one on her last visit. The sauce was bland, mostly tasting of mild cheese (mozzarella) and mild olive oil, and there were hardly any fresh tomato flavour to resemble the caprese salad. Without any acidity, the dish just felt too heavy... 

"parpadelle, verdura"($125)
with grilled vegetable cherry tomatoes and supposedly ricotta salata, but it looked more like grated mozzarella... 
I had a little to try of K's pasta - whilst much better than mine, the pasta itself was so wide and thick it was clumsy to eat, though the grilled vegetables were nice. 


Without the lunch rush that many other restaurants get, I do think the pastas should've been well-executed.   Generally though, I do think they could improve on their home-made pastas. 

Food: ♥♥ - ♥♥♥1/2

Service: ♥♥♥

Price: $$$

Doppio Zero 

G/F / Basement, The Pemberton, 

22 Bonham Strand, 

Sheung Wan, Hong Kong

Tel: +852 2851 0682