Just like what I'd told you before. I went to the Italiannies (located at Pyramid Shopping Mall) with my 4 other girlfriends. To tell you the truth, it was really awkward for us upon entering the restaurant - or ristorante in Italy. Me and my friends came from Indonesia, and I'm the only one who came from Jakarta while the other came from West Sumatra and East Sumatra. In comparison, think Jakarta as New York and West/East Sumatra as Minnesota (it just popped into my head, probably because of the name, so sorry for Minnesotanian out there!) therefore, we aren't used to eat in such places (I'm also because me and my family rarely eat western food)
So when the waitress - or cameriere in Italy handed us the menu, most of us didn't know what to order. Thankfully, due to my daily activities - reading people's blog about food, I know most of the term and able to help my friends in making decision. Finally after such a long thinking,meditating, and arguing, we had our order to be taken (sorry waitress). While waiting for our food, we use this moment as picture-taking session (you know..teenagers) using our blackberries (notice that I'm using -ies here instead of -ry, because all of us were using blackberry, hence the -ies.
The Girls (I was taking the picture)
(from left to right : Elvin, Elvina, Evelyne, Cindy)Complimentary - Sourdough bread (eaten already) and White bread served with Olive oil, Dill and Balsamic Vinegar
I was hoping for toasted bread and butter for such a high-class restaurant *sigh*. Anyway, each of us grab a slice (except, I grab 2 slices, pardon me for I'm a bread whore) and dip it to the olive oil (Even until this moment, I still don't feel the extravagant taste of olive oil that folks are talking 'bout, for me it's just an oil) then to the balsamic vinegar (One of my favorite dressing).
Verdict : I love the sourdough bread, perhaps because they contain some acidity (not from the vinegar) and some herb fragrant. The white bread crust wasn't crispy enough though.
We also order some appetizer to be shared among us (I only taste a piece remembering that I'm a flexitarian)
Appetizer : Clams Fra Diovolo
This dish gained our recognition, for its soft and plumpy texture, complemented with spicy-tomato broth and garlic - typical chinese and indonesian food. My friends love the clams, as for me, I love the tomato broth. Yeah, I'm a tomato-whore too.
My dish : Caesar Salad
My first reaction when the plate arrived in front of me : WHAT THE F***. Sorry people, it just that the portion itself was surprisingly a LOT and I rarely eat a portion of salad that much (exception for Vietnamese salad though). Also, for some cheese-lovers out there, this food may be their paradise because it was tossed with cream cheese, vinegar and topped with parmesan. But I don't, in fact I was devastated..I hate cheese that's why (sorry people) I never like cheese, the only cheese that I ate is mozzarella cheese and a little bit of cheddar (mild types). I don't know why people loved cheese in their food, but I don't , I only love cheese with bread and egg (omelette) but the melted one ! Anyway I tried it, and......wow, the dressing was salty and sourly, kinda refreshing somehow so I guess it wasn't so bad at all. The croutons though, the little tiny pieces of croutons was so crispy, crunchy and I love it the best !!
Elvin's struggle with her food : Angel Hair Podomoro with chicken
Despite the fact of my huge pile of salad, nothing could beat my friend's pasta surprise that night. Her dish was actually designated for a family (which we don't know) so it came with a really really big portion, but her pasta would be the one that I order for next visit (yes people, we will not backed down). For it got rich tomato sauce with tomato chunk but overcooked pasta (which I love the best) that definitely attracts a tomato-whore like me. Too bad this girl don't like tomato that much and it ended up unfinished (no one could eat it anymore, we are too fulled).
Because I was so astounded by my salad and her pasta, I actually forgot to take a picture of the rest of the menu that night. But I could still recall the taste of the menu that night though. Here are what I remember about last night menu :
- Elvina : Salmon Fettuccine, fettuccine cooked with white sauce and vodka, then tossed with smoked salmon (which she didn't finished, don't ask me why) and some spring onion. Nice and creamy, but I don't like creamy thing so it didn't worked for me.
- Evelyne & Cindy : Penne Bolognese, penne tossed with bolognese sauce (tomato, ground beef) This dish was the worst of the night, because it was so dry and cold probably because it had to wait for the other dish to be finished before serving. If only it was hotter, it probably will worked.
P.S : Sorry for the bad quality picture, please bear with me until I bought my camera in Indonesia.
Sincerely,
Dev
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