Capricciosa

Capricciosa Italian restaurant I haven't even heard of this restaurant before. I just happen to came back across we walked in the 8th floor in Sogo Department Store in Tienmu  a weeks ago, after our lunch in Wendel's German Restaurant and looking for a new place to eat by next time. Capricciosa is the same way how they do serve the foods in Bellini Pasta Pasta serving in a large bowl of pasta or risotto and is good for 2-3 person per order. We just had a complict on the set menu, because of the dessert, they only served one kind of dessert. Of course as a customer we want to have a different kind of taste. We tell to the waiter just asked to the manager if can changed the desserts at 4 kinds or at least make it 2 kind of different flavor then we can only add for and an extra money just like in other Italian restaurants.

When the waiter came by and said no! a big no from his manager. Then we stick to the grand menu a la carte style and the staff always remind us we order too many and it cost us a lot of money. Me and my husband we reply there's no problem about it, the problem is the service. Some manager they know how to pleased the customer. The cost-effective alternative upon on our request and didn't reach, we will never come back here again. Neither I will never recommend this restaurant base on our experienced. But in a honest comments on their menu, if you never try Bellini yet and you dine in Capricciosa you may feel it taste appetizing. It was nice but no so good if we compare to Bellini. Capricciosa's pizza, croquette, creamy bacon corn soup, crispy squid serve with tomato ketchup from the grocery store instead they have to serve with fresh tomato salsa with chopped fresh parsley, the seafood spaghetti is just fine a little bit salty on our taste.  The pumpkin tart it was lovely, but Bellini pizza, croquette and pasta everything in Bellini is quite well damn good! Just try Bellini Pasta Pasta or any Bellini Kitchen and Bellini Cafe and Capricciosa you know exactly what I mean to say.

*Foods*

Creamy bacon corn soup

"Minestrone"Italian country vegetable soup

*Salad*

Tuna and squid salad

Mixed vegetable with cube chicken salad

*Antipasto*

Crispy squid

Sicilian-style rice croquette, and a Bolognese sauce
*Main Entree* 

Spaghetti with tuna, calamari, clams, and green lipped mussels in tomato sauce

Salami pizza with fresh tomato

Spaghetti with whole clams in a delicate broth

*Desserts*

Pumpkin tart

Strawberry cake

Then it was ended to hot coffee my 2 kids they had Iced tea.

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Capricciosa

8th Floor Sogo Department Store in Tienmu Taipei City

Website

http://www.capricciosa.com.tw/index.htm

Tang-Bistro

Thought I tell to my husband we never eat Cantonese foods for a while. After we do shopping from Hola and Carrefour for our daily use, we went back home to get  our kids for our supper. We're not so sure where to eat our dinner just looking for the Dimsum restaurant at  the corner of the road in Guangming Chupei, while we looking for a parking space we spotted this transparent window can be seen from the outside view, while you can see the kitchen through the glass case. We asked to the staff if there is any available table, usually you have to make a reservations first before you go to the restaurants. But we are lucky, there is more table waiting for us. Then the waitress brought us to seat and serve a hot of tea as always they do in many Chinese restaurants. I missed Dimsum again. But for the love of food in the restuarant and the service with a healthy simple creative delicate dishes. It was a perfect dinner with a whole family, specially our dear Che-Wei his with us and totally recover from  h1n1. If you are looking for Chinese restaurant in Hsinchu with a nice and warm atmosphere with an average price, I will recommend Tang-Bistro.

 

*Foods*

Sweet flavored shrimps

  

Stir fry abalone mushrooms with spicy dried red chili in miyaho sauce

Minced pork dumplings

 

Seafood dumpling

Thinly sliced ginger and vinegar soy sauce for dumpling dipping sauce

Green onion pancake

Black pork stew

A kind of steamed flour to stuff the pork stew

*Dessert*

Red bean pancake

Taro pastry jam

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Tang-Bistro

竹北市光明一路165號

 No.165 Guangming Road Chupei Hsinchu

Tel no: 03-5551516

Website

http://www.tang-bistro.com.tw/index.htm

Skylark California Cuisine

It's a good day and had lunch with my husband at Skylark California Cuisine. A restaurant can mean a different type of foods with  inexpensive and very affordable price dining set menu. But we preferred the grand menu as always sometime the set menu is limited. But the food here is very healthy and appetizing. It has a lot of improvement on their menu since the last time we eat here, the grilled N.Z. steer tenderloin steak with coleslaw homemade cheese sauce is very tender and juicy. Skylark it has a 2 branch in Hsinchu. 1 is in Xida Road at Far Eastern Department Store and another 1 is located at A.Mart and B&Q in Gongdaowu just one block away from our condominium.

*Foods*

It comes to appetizer first then followed by the soup and bread.

 Beef with olive salsa on French bread

Smoked salmon with ex.v olive oil and aioli

 

Pumpkin pottage

Bread

*Main Course*

 

 Spaghetti and porcini and chicken in creamy sauce

 

Grilled New Zealand steer tenderloin steak with coleslaw homemade cheese sauce

*Dessert and Drink*

 

Panna cotta with fruit and berry compote

Chocolate cake  with vanilla ice cream

 

Hot fresh fruit  ceylon tea

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Skylark

No. 469, Section 1 Gongdaowu Road Hsinchu City

新竹市公道五路二段469號 (新竹愛買百貨內1F)

Tel no: 03-5752421

Website

http://www.sky-lark.com.tw/

11/5/2010 This place is closed and replaced by Cha for Tea.