Picolino, Shaw Centre

Picolino is formerly Lino Pizza and Pasta Bar which was in its previous incarnation Lino Pasta Bar. Casual-er counterpart to Lino of Binjai Park and Forum The Shopping Mall.

These are fried sprats - they look like sardines but they're smaller and taste similar. The dip on the side tasted of tomatoes and smoke and some other things I couldn't identify. Menu mentioned capers. I couldn't tell but it was good.

This was their longanisa Hawaiian. The meat component is longanisa instead of ham and there's suppose to be pineapple and apple chutney according to the menu which was kinda what interested me. Couldn't taste much of the apple. There's a little bit of sweetness but there's not enough characteristics to tell where or what. Also not enough of the sausages to make a difference for the meat so this was just a poorly designed pizza which might have sounded good on paper.

Which was probably what the Tabasco on the table was for. Food that was boring that you didn't need to worry about upsetting the guy who cooked it by hot saucing it. Shame on Les Amis for such standards.

If anyone's wondering, that's a red wine risoni with a leg of duck. There's Pecorino cheese, drizzle marks of sweet balsamic vinegar and some hazelnuts. Not bad this one.

Milo dinosaur panna cotta - sounded nice on the menu. Tasted cheap. Chocolate sauce was thin and sweet just like those from Hershey's squeeze bottles. I saw them can spray the cream. Coco Crunch was Coco Crunch. Milo powder was Milo powder. Ingredients were pretty much bought off the shelf for assembly. Except the Milo panna cotta. The flavour was so weak, I wouldn't have guessed that it was Milo if I hadn't ordered it.