alfafa

My friend and I happened to be picking something up at Hung Hom the other day and we decided to have lunch there when we were done. As we were both not familiar with the area, we kind of circled the Whampoa mall on the look out for a good restaurant, and we stumbled upon Alfafa.
It was actually the logo of the restaurant that attracted me. It was very simple; a circle around the word ‘Alfafa’ written in Century Gothic font (I know this because — fun fact — Century Gothic used to be my favorite font). Underneath it was the words ‘fresh, tasty, healthy’, giving me the impression that this was a restaurant where I’d be able to have a hearty, laid-​back home cooked-​type meal.
My analysis aside, we were there at around 1pm so it was no doubt that the restaurant was crowded. We waited for around 10 minutes before being led inside to a table. After some pondering, I ordered the chicken, mushroom and organic flax seed with red mixed risotto in mushroom sauce. Wow, what a mouthful! My friend went for the sirloin steak with angel hair pasta. Our sets came with tomato soup with bread and peach tea.
The tomato soup tasted pretty good but was a little watery, in my opinion. Our main courses didn’t take long to come; my rice came first, and I was impressed my first bite in! The mushroom mixed with rice made it extremely fragrant and the chicken was very tender. I love risotto but I’m picky — I like my rice to be soft, but not so soft that it’s like mush, and I like it chewy but not too hard that that it takes forever to swallow a bite. Going by that criteria, my rice was just right. They didn’t skimp on the portion either — I felt that it was just enough to fill me up. My friend said her sirloin steak was slightly overcooked and therefore a little tough, but otherwise not bad.
Overall, I really liked the restaurant. The food was good and decently priced, and though the restaurant was crowded, it wasn’t too noisy and my friend and I could still have conversation over our food. I will definitely be back!