This Italian restaurant located at Bukit Timah Plaza also offers students from Ngee Ann Polytechnic another option for dining in. The food here is affordable as GST and Service Charge are not charged, making it an ideal place for students. With a top up of $1.50, you can enjoy free flow of drinks. A wide variety of drinks are available from fruit juices and fizzy drinks to hot beverages. However, do not expect high quality food.
Cheesy chicken steak with pork, $8.20. All my friends recommended me to try this out when I first dined here. Basically, this dish consists of a cheesy chicken steak, some flavorful pork, a few slices of baked potato and some fresh corn; all topped with a delicious gravy. The highlight here is the chicken steak, it is really thick and juicy. Okay, here's the verdict.
Taste: The chicken steak wasvery well cooked; due to it's factor that it is thick and it can prevent lose of juices during cooking. However, it lacks a little bit of seasoning. It tastes flavorful only on the outside which is the skin, no doubt it still remains juicy in the inside. The pork is very well-seasoned but the portion given is rather small. Only a few thin slices of baked potatoes are given, it tastes average as well. The dark roux meat sauce is what that really gives the dish it's flavor; it is slightly sweet and it really goes really well with chicken and potatoes.>
Squid ink pasta, $5.80, one of the few interesting dishes on the menu. So, I decided to try this out. As it's name suggests, it is pasta with squid ink as the sauce. It doesn't look very appetizing; dull and black as compared to other pastas.
Taste: For those who have never tried squid ink/paste before, it tastes like squid and rather "fishy". Unless you love seafood, otherwise you might not want to try this out. The pasta is quite bland, you can only taste the saltiness of the squid ink and pretty much nothing else. A stingy portion of squid is given in the pasta; thankfully the squid is not overcooked.
P.S. You wouldn't want to eat this on your first date or when your crush is around. Unless you want your crush to look at your black lips and your stained teeth when you smile at them.
Conclusion: The portions given for some dishes can be quite little. Overall, it is quite value for money. Do try out the chicken steak with pork, highly recommended!
2 comments:
Cool! I've tried the hot plate before! It's really very nice! Also I was always curious about how the squid ink pasta tasted, haha seems like I have a slight idea of it now!
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