Pici Description

Italian comfort food seems to be the it trend of summer, and Pici, a Hong Kong chain that joins Shanghai as part of the Pirata Group, fits right in. Opened recently in the Jing’an Kerry Centre, the made-fresh-daily pasta at wallet-friendly prices makes up for the fact that you’re in a mall basement. 

General Manager Borja Martinez Otero is running the show, a member of the team since Pici’s first location, while Hong Kong-based chef Andrea Viglione just headed back to the island last week after setting up the kitchen and ensuring consistency with the other nine outposts in Hong Kong. 

The concept is as straightforward as the food – honest Italian comfort eats your nonna would make in a fast, casual setting to satisfy both the lunch and dinner crowd. And that it already does. I