Dinner @ Pasta Marche

D found out about this newly opened restaurant in Tseung Kwan O called Pasta Marche a few months ago and we decided to go and try it.  Pasta Marche is an Italian casual diner founded by Japanese Master Chef, Mr. Akira Watanabe located in Metro City Plaza.  With an upbeat atmosphere resembling a farm house, cute drawings on the wall, a wide selection of pasta with a variety of seasonal fresh vegetable in the menu, this restaurant aimed to provide a healthy diet.  Dinner is extremely reasonably priced at around $80 to $100 per head. 

(1) We started off with  Simple Tomato Sauce with Basil - Spaghettini ($49).  The attractive pasta mixed with pieces of tomatoes which said to be fresh off from Japan, tossed in a homemade pesto sauce, was full of flavour in each bite.  The tomatoes tasted superbly sweet and fresh. This was a very light, but very delicious dish. 

(2) They did not lie about the whole onion in the Whole Onion Cheese Cream Sauce - Rigatoni ($65).  An entire piece of onion was served, and well  cooked and blended in the adoringly fragrant cheese cream sauce.  C discovered that you could pick out tons and tons of onion rings from it! Each slice of onion ring was steamy and nicely seasoned and a tad sweet. 

(3) Again, they were extremely generous with so many bits of corn in Sweet Corn & Green Chili Pepper- Spaghettini ($55) covering the pasta. The pasta, cooked also in a sauce made with corn and green chili pepper, tasted awesome - a hint of sweetness and spiciness made the dish fantastic! 

VERDICT

Ambience: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆ 
Service: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆
Food: ★ ★ ★ ★ ☆

Overall remarks: The food at this down-to-earth Pasta Marche greatly exceeded our expectations with its price and the quality of the food. Our only complaint was that the dish was perhaps a bit small for dinner, but the menu proved to be very interesting and the vegetable was quite fresh. It is definitely a good place if you are looking for a nice, light and healthy experience.

INFO

Pasta Marche (website)
Shop 1072-1074, 1/F, Phase 2, Metro City Plaza, 8 Mau Yip Road, Tseung Kwan O