Happy Deepavali!
We managed to book a precious dining space at Ristorante de Valentino today!
The legendary crab meat linguine that Ivan has been telling us about and thus, we decided to try it out on this precious day!
Met Sw & Zz and we drove in to this rather deserted place at Rifle Range Road.
It really is inaccessible and parking spaces are really limited.
Luckily we got the 6pm slot and managed to park along the minor road.
The restaurant is quite a homely setting and seating spaces are really limited.
No wonder reservations are needed.
To make a direct comparison between La Cantina & Valentino, we decided to order the same dishes.
Appetizer: Parma Ham with twisted mozzarella cheese
When this dish was first served, i was shocked.
The Parma ham serving was very generous and it came as a separate dish.
On the other dish was the twisted mozzarella cheese with baby tomatoes.
For us, the best part about this dish is to sample the cheese, ham and tomato together.
The baby tomatoes were really juicy! The juice simply burst out when you bite it in your mouth. *thumbs up*
The parma ham is best eaten together with the cheese and tomato cos it is simply too salty to be eaten alone.
The Mozzarella cheese pale in comparison with that of Burrata cheese.
Verdict: We (all 4) still prefer the Burrata cheese at La Cantina. But we also agree that the baby tomato was simply too delicious! *slurp*
Main Course: Squid Ink Fettucine tossed with Crabmeat in Creamy Tomato Sauce
The serving is smaller as compared to the one served at La Cantina.
In a battle between Fettucine vs Linguine, my personal preference is still Linguine.
Having tried the squid ink linguine at La Cantina, my choice is still La Cantina.
However, Valentino's serving of crab meat is really chunky!
Creamy tomato sauce is still won by La Cantina.
Because hubby decided to be special, he was the only one that ordered a different dish ~ Stuffed Pasta with Porcini mushroom perfumed with Truffle Oil.
We were all so shocked again when his dish was presented.
The serving was small.
Oh man! We can literally count the number of stuffed pasta on the plate.
Bill!!!
This came as a greater shock to us.
Gosh, this dinner was all about being in a trance of shock! haha...
A dinner with just 1 appetizer and 4 pasta cost us $200!
My eyes popped out when i see the bill!
The "killer" turns out to be the appetizer.
No wonder the parma ham was served separately away from the mozzarella cheese.
This is definitely costly as compared to us dining at La Cantina.
A bill of $100 could fetch us 2 serving of drinks in addition to our appetizer and main course.
We walked away feeling unsatisfied. Really.
I wondered when we will revisit this place again as long as La Cantina still lives on.
It was a hands down victory for us personally where this battle is concerned.
Till the next time maybe?
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