Otto Ristorante

JY and I went to Otto for an "assignment", to show me how to take photo in restaurant! I was complaining to him how difficult it was to take photo in restaurant, so I was requesting him to show me what would be the best way to take, especially without a flash.

I chose Otto, since they were still running the UOB promotion ($128++ for 2) and also an excuse for me to try the food.  We started the dinner with complimentary bread.  They brought a basket of food to us, and let us choose.  I chose the onion bread, and JY chose the Focaccia bread.  The onion bread was really good, and I had 2 servings of them :-) 
This was taken by Canon G11, by JY.  Not too bad for a PNS, and the white balance was correct, but I was not very happy with the result.

Complimentary appertiser.

Wagyu beef carpaccio served with arugula “La Fenice” style 

Smooth and tender beef, went perfect with the sauce.

 Blue swimmer crab meat, avocado and vine tomato timbale with yoghurt dressing.

I couldn't taste the yoghurt dressing, probably overwhelmed by the tomato.  But it was still good, with fresh serving of seafood.  I shouldn't be eating seafood, so i just had some of the soup to taste it.

Sagne pasta with black mussels and oven baked pachino tomato ragout

Very seldom we got to see Sgane Pasta served in restaurant.  It looekd like a big row tie pasta, funny shape.  This was my favourite dish of the night.  The mussels were very fresh, and the sauce was heavenly.  I wished that they sell the sauce by bottle so that I can use them for my own cooking.  Fat hope!  Otto has lived up to its reputation of serving great pasta.

 

Sautéed lamb tenderloin with chiodini mushrooms and semolina medallions

You can either choose the lamb tenderloin or the cod as your main.  Both of us chose thje lamb, and I had my done medium well.  The 2 lines of gravy at the side means medium well, as explained by the chef.

Dessert was a bit disappointing.  It was passable, but I would usually expect a bit more from dessert from an Italian restaurant.

On our way out, we saw a restaurant/cafe in the Red Dot Traffic Building.  Will be back to check it out.

Overall:  8/10 (For the pasta & the bread)  And thumbs up for the service, and MOST importantly, allow me to use flash :-) 

Otto Ristorante

28 Maxwell Road #01-02 Red Dot Traffic Building
Tel: +65 6227 6819