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2010-08-21
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A late visit to Domani ever since it's opening in 2008. would love to try out the food variety, so we have ordered the 7-Course Degustation Menu for August. It could be a wine-pairing menu too, but we chose to go with water for the night. Before dinner started, the waiter brought us our pre-dinner appetizer - Lime Mousse on toast I'm a fan of lemon-taste/ lime paste and the thin toast was just about right. Quite a surprise since I usually had the idea that Italian cuisine was heavier than the Fr
Before dinner started, the waiter brought us our pre-dinner appetizer - Lime Mousse on toast I'm a fan of lemon-taste/ lime paste and the thin toast was just about right. Quite a surprise since I usually had the idea that Italian cuisine was heavier than the French in terms of portion.
Gurnard carpaccio with raw scampi, pineapple, cucumber and raspberry powder
VERY nice, and very new approach to Italian cuisine. Rather than expecting a traditional beef carpaccio, the fish and shrimp were raw but seasoned with powder of raspberry and diced pineapple and cucumber. Left a strong impression to my tastebuds. I usually did not like pineapple and cucumber, but I finished the whole dish.
Tuna with eggplant, burrata cheese, basil foam and pinenuts
Did not post picture for this dish, because the presentation was rather messy with the basil foam. I was wondering how I should start eating, whether to have all the stuff in one bite or try to mix and match by myself. The basil foam was decent when served with tuna though.
Marche style seafood chowder, steamed and served in a traditional glass jar
One of the highlights of the dinner! The third course was brought onto the table and the waiter opened the lid of the jar. Right at this moment, tempting smell of the seafood was luring me into eating them all! There were clams, shrimp, mussel, some other seafood, and to my surprise! Mantis Shrimp! this seems like just a chinese-style seafood but it turned out to suit Italian dish really well loved the broth inside too with diced tomatoes.
Paccheri pasta with fennel, mantis shrimp and varnelli liquor
Really liked how they cooked Italian food with Mantis Shrimp the pasta was a bit too thick for my liking tho. It was still a new and nice fusion.
Potato ravioli stuffed with smoked scamorza cheese, truffle sauce and cabbage
Loved this ravioli! thinly wrapped all those ingredients all together, and the cheese was awesome! a nice background flavor for the cabbage. Not too heavy and would love to have more
Sea bass with roast sea snail and pork sauce, orange powder and milky potatoes
There were two main course and the first one was sea bass. The texture could be more tender and the sauce that seasoned the sea snails were a bit too heavy. I did appreciate the potatoes though. It was one of the few times that I really ate these side.
Suckling pig, spring onion, red chicory, anchovy sauce
Again, I thought suckling pig is a spanish/ portugese dish but I was wrong. This suckling pig at Domani was wonderful! Crispy skin with tender meat, and a lot of fat in between, the sauce was well-cooked that it did not cover the original taste of the pig. This dish is certainly on my recommended list.
Before dessert was served, we got a spoon of diced pineapple with white chocolate powder. To be honest, I dislike white chocolate, but awww I love this pre-dessert! The sour taste of diced pineapple blended completely with the sweetness of chocolate and gave a memorable taste that lingered in your tastebud for a little while. and got you prepared for desserts.
Lemon cake, pistachio crumble, lemon foam, watermelon foam, blood orange ice-cream
The reason why I didn't post picture of this dish was again the same. The presentation was pretty messy. I could not distinguish the 2 kinds of foam. Though I got to praise the other 3 components of this dessert. Lemon cake was great when you ate with the crumble, adding crunchiness to the cake and the ice-cream was divine. I'm a die-hard fan of orange ice-cream. Usually people only think of cakes when talking about italian desserts, blood orange ice-cream would be a good alternative when you are looking for something different and refreshing.
Among the petit fours, I fell in love with the coffee creme-brulee. Below the caramelized top layer, it was all creamy and tasted of strong coffee. too bad this was only a tiny cup
The overall dining experience was good. there were not a lot of tables that night. Though I believe the waiters could be more initiated to give an introduction to how the dishes were made instead of me asking them about it. I would still recommend this restaurant. Look forward to try some home made pasta next time, or see if there are any nice interesting fusion again
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