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2007-12-05
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I've been to this same place in the past few years for french food, thai food (was crap), and now italian food.... they keep changing hands, maybe it's the feng shui, i've been told the temple at the end of the alley has something to do with it....it's on the 1st floor, with one side opening up like a balcony onto the street side, which gives it a breezy airy feel... the layout hasn't changed much and it looks pretty much the same as the past 2 restaurants... but it's comfortable for a nice dinn
it's on the 1st floor, with one side opening up like a balcony onto the street side, which gives it a breezy airy feel... the layout hasn't changed much and it looks pretty much the same as the past 2 restaurants... but it's comfortable for a nice dinner with friends or significant other.
the 2 owners are very friendly italians, one of whom used to work in Cenacolo as a manager, now he's the chef at this place... what a waste of his talents as a manager!!
The breadbasket came with sundried tomato pesto, butter and roasted whole bulb of garlic... bread was warm and lightly toasted, and went down well with the garlic. The only thing is that when i eat garlic like this, i get some queasy stomach ache if the garlic isn't cooked thoroughly, which happened in this case. The not-so-subtle difference between cooked and half-cooked garlic was very noticeable, the former spreadable like butter, the latter a bit like trying to ward off a vampire.
We ordered the bruschetta, which was OK, but nothing too exceptional as the bread was a bit too hard. Then we ordered the grilled portobello mushroom with goat cheese, the mushroom was OK, but the goat cheese was cracked and dry (i prefer the ones in Cenacolo, much larger portion and grilled to perfection). Then we ordered a Tuscan-style Panzanella salad, which was just tomatos and some goat cheese on a bed of leaves... it was simple yet tastefully done, and the tomatos were really fresh and sweet, imported direct from italy, we were assured. We didn't go for any main courses, but had a lobster linguine, which made my boyfriend blurt out "ho ho mei ah!"... Al dente, artfully cooked creamy sauce, and a half lobster that was done properly like it should be. My bf said the pasta was a little too narrow/thin to look like linguine, but since it was all homemade by our resident chef, i suppose they know what real linguine looks like.
They have a nice selection of dessert, but we were too full. And they are nice and down-to-earth enough to offer tap water, hate having to pay for something ridiculously priced in restaurants.
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