Authenticity seems more a matter of ranges and limitations than of outright prescriptions. - Jeffrey Steingarten, The Man Who Ate Everything
Tuesday, November 18, 2008
Ballsy?
Tuesday, November 11, 2008
Ristorante de Parma, Kensington Park Road
We started off with some pomodori al forno and a mixed mushroom soup with pine nuts. Despite the regular tomato in oven sounding name of that tomato starter, it was a tomato that contained bits of minced crab meat on the inside and was topped with a token amount of mozzarella cheese. The portions of the crab would have benefitted with more generosity. Mushroom soup was creamy, comforting and passed muster. I liked that those pine nuts added fragrance to the taste of the soup. Wouldn't have minded more of them.
I didn't personally find the selection for the mains here too exciting (in the realm of my humble opinion and taste naturally) but we managed to pick up the 4 cheese tagliatelle and pizza di menzo. We only managed to come up with these after scouring the menu a couple of times. Not enough Gorgonzola in the sauce for the pasta. Your mileage may vary of course. Not much to say about the pizza except that it was decent, fairly meaty as well and was better than those back in Finalmente Gastronomia.
Their tiramisu was actually not bad despite the glaring lack of alcohol. This was possibly one of the better done ones around. The dessert was creamy and moist, yet not overly so. It would have been great if I could taste the marsala wine. Was there masala wine even?
Saturday, November 01, 2008
Screening Room, Ann Siang Road
Clean and straightforward with a little salad on the side with extra options for side orders which we then decided to go for the duck fat potato cake which was basically a hefty potato lump patty deep fried in duck fat and seemed to be infused with a very distinct flavor of rosemary. I'll say all these warrants a return in the future.
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