IL
Cipriani
This classy Italian restaurant serves fresh innovative
food in a bright loft-like atmosphere. When you walk into Il
Cipriani, you walk up a candlelit staircase and into a large
red brick-walled space with high ceilings. The white linen-covered
tables are perfectly accented with gorgeous Korean pottery dishes.
The place is accented by lot of wood, greenery and modern art
paintings. The service is first class and very efficient although
the servers don’t really speak any English. This place
is a favorite with Kangnam ajumas because of its chic atmosphere.
Generally this place is on the expensive side, but the lunch
set menus are a good value. For 30,000-45,000 won, you can get
a set menu with an amuse gueule (a kind of small appetizer compliments
of the chef), soup, salad, a small pasta dish, a main course,
coffee and dessert! It’s seriously a lot of food. The
breads are homemade and delicious. The grilled tomatoes that
come with the dishes are super ripe and tasty. Everything has
a fresh simple and clean taste. Nothing is overly spiced. It
seems that the chef wanted all the natural flavors of the food
to come through. For example I tried a meat pasta. Instead of
using ground meat, there were full pieces of beef and there
were also pieces of brie artfully wrapped with thin slices of
prociutto. It was very original. Il Cipriani is located in Apkujong.
It’s the second floor above Starbucks in a building on
that big main street that Cine City is on.$$$-$$$$ (62-12 Nonhyun
Dong, Kangnam) 02.540.4646
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