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2012-03-10
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Yes, my friend & I chanced upon this restaurant when we were hunting for a nice place for dinner on a Friday. It is pretty well hidden at basement 2 of Orchard Central, if not for its advertisement poster near the escalator of one of Orchard Central's floors, we wouldn't even know such a restaurant existed.It was having a promotion for all diners when we visited: 10% discount for ala carte food items & 50% discount for cocktails & mocktails. We had a quick peek at its menu before deciding to
Yes, my friend & I chanced upon this restaurant when we were hunting for a nice place for dinner on a Friday. It is pretty well hidden at basement 2 of Orchard Central, if not for its advertisement poster near the escalator of one of Orchard Central's floors, we wouldn't even know such a restaurant existed.
It was having a promotion for all diners when we visited: 10% discount for ala carte food items & 50% discount for cocktails & mocktails. We had a quick peek at its menu before deciding to step foot into this restaurant as the price looks reasonable with the promotion, & the ambience looks cosy & welcoming.
We ordered 1 pasta & 1 pizza to share, as well as a cocktail for myself & a mocktail for my friend.
The complimentary slice of bread was served warm & soft, but I guess I have eaten better bread appetitisers at other Italian restaurants.. My Gnocchi Roma was very tasty, which was Italian-style potato dumpling pasta served with bacon bits. The portion looked small but it was actually quite filling.
When the Hawaiian Pizza came, we still hadn't finished the pasta & so decided to finish it before starting the pizza. So by the time we ate the pizza, it was not very hot & hence the crust was a bit tough already. Otherwise I think this pizza should be pretty alright too. As you can see from the picture, the pizza was quite big, 8 pieces in fact, & we struggled to finish. For the last few pieces, we had to scrape off the crust to lessen the carbo-intake haha. Luckily the crust was thin & not so wasteful.
I also enjoyed my Lychee Mojito ($16++) as much as my friend enjoyed her Lychee Smash ($12++). The only difference between our drinks was that mine was an alcoholic drink whereas hers wasn't. Maybe the alcohol effect worked on me, I forgot to take pic of this nice cocktail!
After we finished the food & couldn't decide if we wanted to stuff ourselves with desserts (which looked really tempting), one of the waitresses served us complimentary slices of cheesecakes! Wow not bad so many freebies hehe. However, both of us didn't really like the cheesecakes, as it was a bit too cheesy. Fortunately only small slices were served to us.
We were in the restaurant for over 2 hours & I must say the service staff were all quite friendly & service-oriented, although they were a bit careless (not to us but 1 broke a plate while another knocked into some board). The good thing about coming here to dine was also, it's not crowded or noisy & we could take our time to enjoy our dinner. I would say this was a good dinner choice we made, in the bustling & convenient Orchard area but yet a well-hidden cosy corner! ;)Post
