Where would you choose to dine?
Our choice ~ La Cantina in Venezia.
From admiralty all the way to changi village hotel.
Its really quite a distance.
But the food is a very huge draw factor!
Introducing our new-found favorite which is the reason why we returned on a Sat night!
Presenting the heavenly dish ~ Parma ham and tomato with burrata!
From Wiki: Burrata is a fresh Italian cheese, made from mozzarella and cream. The outer shell is solid mozzarella while the inside contains both the mozzarella and cream, giving it an unusual soft texture.
We love this dish. According to the restaurant, burrata is specially flown in from Italy on a weekly basis. It arrives in Singapore and get served in their restaurant every Fri, Sat and maybe Sunday depending on the demand.
I am not a tomato lover. Neither a cheese lover.
But i love this dish.
Cut a portion of the tomato, some parma ham and some burrata then dish it into your mouth. Just bite.
I cant describe the taste!
The tad sourness of the tomato, the tad saltness of the parma ham and the slightly creamy and cheesy taste from the burrata - everything just flows and combine itself into a heavenly bite!
We can never get enough of this dish.
Next up, our main course.
Linguine Granchio aka Crab meat linguine for me and Scallop in cream sauce penne for dear.
Tonight, i had my favourite crab meat linguine in black squid ink spaghetti. It's tonight special!
Even though i was quite insistent on going for the normal one but the waiter was really trying so hard to get me to try this dish in black ink squid spaghetti and so i gave in.
It was a nice new attempt. I am a crab lover! and i love this dish for the chunky genuine crab meat that was used. Coupled with the sauce it is cooked in - creamy tomato - i am totally in love with it!
I am a tomato-sauce lover (but not tomato lover) but sometimes the dish simply gets too sour for me to finish the whole dish.
I dont like cream sauce cos its too creamy for me.
So, when i was told this dish was cooked in creamy tomato sauce, you know you got the heavenly combination!
Dear's choice remains to be Scallop in cream sauce penne. He loves the cream sauce being served in La Cantina. Personally i think the cream sauce is a tad too light on the palette. But dear love it! He claims that this is the best cream sauce ever. For the extent that he is loving this dish, i love it too. =p
Ambience wise, i love the alfresco feeling.
Being embraced in the lovely sunset and the sea breeze, everything seems to come to a momentary stop. It washes the tiredness and busyness out of a whole day of activity.
Everytime i am there, i always take the chance to relax and takes deep breathe in the alfresco area while waiting for the food to be served!
So, my verdict (out of 5 stars):
Parma ham and tomato with burrata - 5 stars!
Linguine Granchio aka Crab meat linguine - 5 stars!
Scallop in cream sauce penne - 5 stars!
Alfresco dining ambience - 5 stars!
Service - 4 stars!
Price - 5 stars! (Quite expensive especially since the burrata is specially flown in from Italy!)
*Drooling.....
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