HOT Magazine January 15, 2015 | Page 44

HO T FOOD REVIEW Black Mountain Gourmet HOT MAGAZINE RECOMMEND “Chef Sica’s blow me away menu!” T he HOT Magazine team had the extreme good fortune to be invited to review the newly minted Black Mountain Gourmet restaurant on Naresdamri Road. The Black Mountain Gourmet restaurant is part of the Black Mountain chain including Black Mountain Golf Resort, Black Mountain Waterpark and so on. The Black Mountain management is well known for quality and class and Black Mountain Gourmet fits right into this group. Located prominently in town close 44 Dec 15 - Jan 15 , 2015 to Hilton Hua Hin and run by renowned Luigi Sica a very experienced chef. The restaurant serves in Black Mountain teams own words “classic Mediterranean dishes, with top-class steaks as a speciality”. Now those words are true but they serve up so much as you will see from this food review. But first more about the restaurant itself, specifically the décor and ambiance. Black Mountain team wanted to open a Fine dining restaurant in the form of Black Mountain Gourmet in Hua Hin and the décor definitely reflects this aim. Decorated in dark luxurious colours with artworks and accents in glass, such as a stunning glass staircase leading to the second floor, this place exudes class and refinement. Everything from the cutlery to the hushed attentive service tells you already at the start that this will be a dinner to remember. The dinner for us and I suspect all guests start with assortment of homemade breads and pizza type slices served with condiments such as two types of