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Telephone
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Introduction
We are an Italian Trattoria and we offer a menu of authentic, home-styled dishes served with the quintessential warm Italian hospitality in a comfortable & cozy setting.
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Opening Hours
Today
11:30 - 14:30
17:30 - 22:00
Mon
11:30 - 14:30
17:30 - 22:00
Tue
Closed
Wed - Sun
11:30 - 14:30
17:30 - 22:00
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See my full reviews & photos at = http://chefquak.com/2013/11/24/lovely-italian-food-service-al-borgo-on-22nov2013/5 of us decided to go al borgo for dinner on 22.11.2013. al borgo charges S$30 for corkage but if you buy a bottle then the second bottle is free corkage. 1 friend picked up a jacob creek moscato & he orderd an italian red feudi di san gregorio. i ordered a few of our favourite dishes.portobello mushrooms with crabmeat in pink sauce was an excellent starter. portobello was nicely grilled & flavourful & the crab meat pink sauce was excellent, pretty to look at & tasty. parma ham pizza was good too. parma ham was a favourite for many of us (a friend commented it was not so dry when served on a warm pizza than as antipasti though personally i liked the latter more). it made for a fine combination of dishes for the evening though i had no special thing for pizza. we ordered 2 servings of seafood squid ink tagliatele to share among 5pax. they were very good as usual, quite a bit of prawns & squid & the nice flavour of creamy squid ink went very well with the pasta. next was the florentine steak (we waited quite a while for this item as the restaurant was quite full). this was a 700g t-bone steak (new york strip on 1 side & tenderloin on the other). it was S$60 before, now S$75, just as the squid ink was S$22 before & now S$25.it came together with very nice grilled potatoes & mesclun salad & a dip of balsamic vinegar & olive oil (maybe with the grilled juices). it was still good though for this night, the meat was a bit tougher than what we had here many times before. being greedy, i ordered a second serving, and though we polished up everything, i thought afterwards i would have done better ordering the S$38 250g ribeye steak instead. a friend brought a mille crepe, the new hit in town. it was like kueh lapis, with many thin layers of pastry interleaved with cream & custard, very labour intensive to make & obviously very costly. it was not too sweet. we all liked it especially my 2 friends who had this recently at another birthday. for my personal preference though i would prefer a ritz apple strudel which has apple in addition to cream custard & pastry.the service at al borgo was super! nicola, the restaurant manager (he took over from luigi) was friendly, chatty & constantly at our table & mimo (the chef) came many times & took several photos with us including with his “brother”, my good friend who had the same hairdo as mimo. he even recommended the wine. :-) they also arranged for parking redemption for my 2 friends (never knew they had that, so i parked my car along the road with single yellow line though as there were quite a bit of construction going on, i had to park my car a bit further up the road). & the servers, kumar & 2 ladies, were also very friendly, attentive fun & cheerful (an important trait in service business). my wife was commenting on the generation change in the image of chefs. they used to be cocky & temperamental, scowling in their kitchen fiefdom, now they are reinventing to be like gracious, warm, inviting hosts.the evening (& the whatsapp messages afterwards) was filled with conversation, laughter & fun.
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Food served was simply delicious and authentic. The first appetizing dish was Portobello Mushroom with Pesto & Prawn Sauce. Was my fave as I am very much in love with anything pesto. Second appetizing dish served was Crostonebread with Cheese. The cheese was just nice and goes very well with the ovenly-toasted bread. Third dish was Spinach Ravioli filled with Lamb in Capsicum Sauce. I love Ravioli but this Ravioli was lamb and the taste was quite strong. Fourth was Bigoli Pasta with sliced Tenderloin Beef and Porcini Mushroom in light creamy sauce. Love this dish as well. Last dish that I tried was the Hand-made Pork Sausage with Charcoal grilled potatoes. I loved the potatoes. To top it off, Lemon cake was served at the end of it; It was really refreshing. I really love the cosy atmosphere of this restaurant. It feels like you are in a small Italian home. Will definitely visit it again when I am craving for Italian.
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Came here with some oversea friends and most of us had pasta and I ordered a squid ink seafood pasta and it was tasty with a tinge of tomato paste. We also had the Calamari which was good and fresh and then I finished my dinner with a dessert which was called Diplomatical and it actually made of puff pastry and cream that were tucked with some sliced maraschino cherries and quite sweet though. Overall taste was ok but If I had known it was only made with those simple ingredients piling them together, I wouldn't have ordered.
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They have quite a wide selection of interesting pizza pairingsThe tomato pizza was in the form of a pancetta pizza. They’re very generous with their toppings& this came loaded with cubes of smokey bacon.The pizzas here are somewhere in between thin crust & a 12-inch pizza can get quite fillingAt around $20 per pizza, this is good value for money given the sheer amount as well as quality of the toppings.Overall i rate 8/10
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I always love going to Al Borgo. It has such a cosy atmosphere, and the staff is very attentive.For starters, we had Deep Fried Calamari and the Vongole soup. The squid was tender and lightly battered, not overdone, and the tartar sauce accompanying it was of the right tartness.The Vongole Soup was gorgeus, not too salty and full of flavour.Also, the Zuppa di Mare (Seafood Soup in Tomato base) is very rich almost like a sauce. Great for dipping breads.Besides the usual Italian fare like lasagne and squid ink pasta, they have an unusual risotto made up of red chicory.The pastas were of the right texture, with the right amount of sauce coating every strand of pasta. We had a variety of pastas like the Squid Ink (rich but not sickening), Scallop with White Wine Sauce, Seafood with White Wine Cream Sauce.Pizzas were yum and the Quattro Stagioni was quartered to contain the 4 different ingredients - Artichokes, Mushrooms, Ham and Salami. I think it'll be better to mix them all instead of concentrating 1 flavour into 1 quarter.The Chocolate Cake was well-liquered and the sponge pillowy soft, yum The Diplomatica which is a layered pastry cake was not quite what we expected with the pastry limp (not crispy) and too much cream.The Flat White was more of a Latte and the coffee not quite strong. Something that is unsual in an authentic Italian restaurant.Despite the couple of so-so items, the service was great - the waiter told my daughter that we didn't have to say thank you as we were the customer and it's their pleasure to serve us. Where do we get wait staff like that?!?
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