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One of my friends always come here for dinner and says it is the best pizza here.I definitely agree that the pizza here is great. The crust is thin and the sauce is rich. Each bite was like eating a tomato with melted cheese. Can't wait to try their other pizzas.The Fettucine was also good, being al dente and just the right amount of sauce. Wish there were a bit more prawns though.The Carbonara was unfortunately a bit disappointing. The pasta was slightly softer than al dente, likely because the

One of my friends always come here for dinner and says it is the best pizza here.

I definitely agree that the pizza here is great. The crust is thin and the sauce is rich. Each bite was like eating a tomato with melted cheese. Can't wait to try their other pizzas.

The Fettucine was also good, being al dente and just the right amount of sauce. Wish there were a bit more prawns though.

Silican Red Prawn Fettucine

The Carbonara was unfortunately a bit disappointing. The pasta was slightly softer than al dente, likely because there was too much sauce and the sauce was quite salty.

We chose to the Sea Bass and luckily it was a great protein to have. Its delicate flavors were great especially after eating the salty carbonara.

Whole Grilled Sea Bass

We ordered 4 desserts. The Pink Pavlova was my favorite. Not only was it presented beautifully. the meringue was not too sweet and the Strawberry Sorbet turned this dessert to a tarty one instead, which is my favorite type of dessert.

The lemon tart was surprisingly a bit too sweet for a lemon tart.

I was intrigued by the flourless cake. It was not bad but a bit too dense for my taste.

The tiramisu is my second favorite dessert(and I think for those who don't like tarty desserts, this should be your favorite dessert). The tiramisu itself is rich yet the coffee flavor is not prominent. Yet here is where the coffee ice-cream comes in. The coffee flavor was really rich and you should scoop a spoon of icecream and then a spoon of tiramisu and it will be the perfect combination.

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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Have you ever wondered, in your life, that why are you worth being so spoilt and loved by a friend? I have, and I always do. She is probably one of those who keep prompting this question in my head.But perhaps this is not explainable, or perhaps this is how we are destined. Instead of drilling in such a myth, I decided to pamper her with one of the finest Italian restaurants in town, one that I put it long on my wish list awaiting someone worth uncovering its mystery with me, to celebrate her la

Have you ever wondered, in your life, that why are you worth being so spoilt and loved by a friend? I have, and I always do. She is probably one of those who keep prompting this question in my head.

But perhaps this is not explainable, or perhaps this is how we are destined. Instead of drilling in such a myth, I decided to pamper her with one of the finest Italian restaurants in town, one that I put it long on my wish list awaiting someone worth uncovering its mystery with me, to celebrate her last single birthday

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Centering on traditional Italian craftsmanship and capped off with the coronet of one Michelin star, the restaurant ditched the sumptuous decoration. Instead, it extended the homely ambiance in this gargantuan space: amber lighting under wood-paneled ceiling, open kitchen stations on one side and bookshelves on the other; mopping the floor with tiles, and arraying the wooden tables and chairs.

As soon as we cruised the strip, the freshly oven-baked aroma couldn’t wait to flock to us enticing our palate

. Attending to vibrant colours of food busy dancing around the open stations, our saliva was incontrovertibly dripping

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As soon as we got seated, a bread basket, which comprised crispy sticks, ciabatta and grano spezzato, was warmly served. When it comes to appetizer, nothing beat a warm basket of bread with olive oil and vinegar.

complementary bread basket

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We eased into the menu, reading all those exuberant descriptions while sniffing and peeking around. There was no doubt we couldn’t make up our mind to satisfy all our desires

. After minutes of struggle, we picked a pizza, a pasta and one from the charcoal grill. Thanks to the good ambiance and extraordinary food, we had an unexceptional appetite to finish all with a dessert winding up!

2 Gusti (Pesto (half) & Norcina (half))$280

[Rated 8.7/10]
First popping up to our table was one of their most celebrated dishes – pizza.

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

Pesto (hlaf) & Norcina (half)

The restaurant was considerate enough to offer an option of choosing two flavours

, and we picked pesto with sun-dried tomatoes as one half and homemade sausages with mushroom as another half. Committing to present the authentic Italian craftsmanship, their pizza, unsurprisingly, reined the best I ever had in town!

The crust was simply perfect - well blistered after oven-baked and adorned with agreeable char

. Thanks to 36 hours of natural fermentation that gave the dough the finest extensibility, the base was churned with thickness right on point – thin yet faultlessly chewy

– and presented the complex and nutty fragrances from different Italian flours, which went harmoniously with the robust smokiness – SCRUMPTIOUS.

I was particularly in favour of the pesto sauce, the powerfully aromatic basil resonated with smattering of lactic mozzarella and sour sun-dried tomatoes – DOOZY

that went a long way. The other half with sausages and mushroom, even it was still woven with a slather of mozzarella, fell a bit on the blend side.

Classic Carbonara (Tagliolini) $190 ] [Rated 7.4/10]
The meal started off on a high noteimparting us anxiety about the upcoming dishes. Up next was the classic Carbonara, which was made with tagliolini, a thin cylindrical pasta that works best with cream sauces.

Playing hard on the “stay Italian” game, their carbonara distinguished itself from those we ordinarily eat – the creaminess, instead of cream and whole eggs, was mostly attributed to egg yolks. The dish was on a quite monotonous side, merely unleashing proclaimed hits of custurdy egg flavours

, which in turn concealed drizzles of black pepper and little splash of bacon, not very much to my liking.

I was so obsessed with their tagliolini though

, featuring handmade egg pasta’s uniquely raw yet springy texture faultlessly to render itself out from all those alleged "handmade pasta specialists". The pasta was on a rather hard side, perfectly to be intermingled with carbonara

Iberico Pork Neck (250g)/Spain $290

[Rated 9/10]
The little fallback from the previous dish was soon slashed out by the pork neck. I am never a pork person, or even a meat person, so I always resist ordering meat when eating out. However, the irresistible aroma of grease from the dining tables nearby coaxed us to have a try, which ended up to be the best degustation experience of the night

Iberico Pork Neck (250g)

Iberico Pork Neck (250g)

When the pork neck was first served to our table, it kept oozing divine aroma of grease, mingled with super tang from pork

, that we couldn’t wait for taking another Instagramable photo.

The pork had already been cut into pieces, revealing streaks of delicious fat marbling in the succulent flesh. Carefully grilled to medium rare, the inner layer stayed pinkish red while the outer layer was woven with a nice sheet of grease. When I had a bite of it, the grease immersed into the super tender pork to burst into the tangiest decadent that we couldn’t stop munching on

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The salt, black pepper and butter served together with the dish were never needed, because the pristine ingredient was already the strongest standing by itself

Lemon Tart $140 [Rated 8.3/10]
We were satiated, but a night can’t be perfect without dessert, especially on this special night celebrating my
friend’s birthday. We ordered a lemon tart.

We are definitely a risk taker

, for lemon tart is always the best single gauge of a bakery’s quality t – either sublime or a complete failure; no mediocrity. Thanks God we were brave enough to make this move and brought ourselves this heavenly goodness

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There was a perfect dance to balancing the sweet and tart flavours appropriately

; the tarty filling, never buttery or eggy, was so lemon and contrasted nicely with crispy praline. A dollop of vanilla ice-cream gave the final punchy touch to the dessert – BRAVO

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All in all, it was a delicious line-up of skillfully executed classics staying authentic. At this affordable price, we could hardly find other restaurants having dishes with a lot of depth like those we found here. I would definitely come back for another traditional homely Italian dining experience

(以上食評乃用戶個人意見 , 並不代表OpenRice之觀點。)

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