Pazta Roars into the Year of the Tiger with a Special Festive Menu
Returning for a second year, PAZTA designs a festive feast featuring auspicious dishes to welcome a new year
To celebrate the coming of a new year, PAZTA is presenting a vibrant special menu to usher in the Year of the Tiger. Starting from January 10, the carefully curated four-course feast which will be available as an all-day offer includes symbolic dishes to bring good luck, prosperity and happiness. Modernising Chinese traditions and customs in an Italian way, find auspicious dishes which integrate the restaurant’s artistic and cultural identity.
The Tiger Menu (HK$480) gives diners the flexibility with a choice of cicchetti, primi, secondi and dessert to tailor the meal to specific preferences. Guests can indulge in a selection of the finest dishes for Chinese New Year with a number of traditional and inventive dishes that are specially picked out for this festive occasion.
A staple for any Chinese New Year menu is the prawn; symbolising joy given its Chinese name phonetically resembling the laughter. Especially fitting for the zodiac of the year, PAZTA has thoughtfully sourced tiger prawns as a key ingredient for this special menu. Plucked directly from the clear Mediterranean sea, find a series of dishes which highlight the Gambero; sweet and meaty, the crustacean is prepared and cooked from old classic recipes from the coasts of its origin like Cinqueterre, Cetara, Amalfi, Palermo and Cagliari. Available as an option within the first three courses, guests can relish in the flavours of the sea with the Sautéed limoncello tiger prawns (+HK$30) from Cicchetti, Giant pasta tubes with a seafood ragu medley and tiger prawns (+HK$30) from Primi, and Pan-seared catch of the day with tiger prawns, grilled eggplant buffalo mozzarella and basil pesto with confit tomato cream (+HK$30) from the Secondi course.
Meat is often served during the holidays, as a sign of abundance and richness. Meat lovers won’t be able to resist the hearty dishes such as PAZTA’s best-selling Carpaccio di manzo al tartufo bianco – glassy paper-thin slices of Italian cured beef with pecorino cheese and white truffle. As pasta specialists, the Pappardelle al ragu d’anatra is a showcase of the restaurant’s skilful methods and produce, using duck, fresh herbs and lemon zest. For the main dishes, PAZTA recommends its Braised peppered Tuscan beef, a mouth-watering hearty classic served seared, diced and accompanied by fragrant porcini mushrooms and garden fresh greens.
Vegetarian friendly, PAZTA takes care of diners who are meat conscious with impactful green offerings. Starting with the traditional Parmigiana di melanzane layering oven-baked sheets of aubergine between creamy mozzarella, tomato sauce, basil and parmesan. The Tagliatelle al tartufo bianco takes advantage of the last of the season with a pasta dish which is robust in the earthy aromas of the prized funghi. Using Beyond Meat, the Straccetti all’aceto impossibili balsamico e asparagi is a colourful stir fry of bold flavours tossing together vegan plant-based meat, green asparagus and balsamic reduction.
To end, PAZTA has especially created a dessert to commemorate the new year – La delizia del Tigre. A homemade lemon and yuzu sponge cake base for a light and refreshing taste, topped with mascarpone cream and flambéed oranges to taste and mimic the stripes of a tiger. Looking for something more traditional, the timeless Espresso tiramisu with chocolate and coffee amaretti and the Panna cotta with Bronte pistachio cream also never fail to delight.
Whether on the intimate patio to take in the cool, crisp air or into the dining room which echoes the art and culture of Italy through its Italian décor, PAZTA welcomes guests to ring in the Year of the Tiger in the courtyard of a very decorated and festive Tai Kwun this February.