L'Angolo Ristorante Italiano

I had not met P for a long time, thought it will be good to catch up over some good food.  I chose L'Angolo, which was the same location as Osvaldo Ristorante at Maxwell House.  I passed by there often but never got the chance to try Osvaldo.  It has now shut and was taken over by L'Angolo.

We did not make any reservation, and the place looked rather empty on a weekend dinner.  Perhaps it was still early at 715pm, and we saw crowd streaming in at about 8pm. 

We jumped straight into the mains as we wanted to save some space for desserts.

Squid Ink Pasta

Guess what this is?  It is rabbit meat wrapped with Parma Ham.  Rabbit meat taste like chicken, but i thought this dish was over powered by the parma ham, too salty.  I wonder if the cute rabbits would attack me if they know that I ate one of their friend.

Chocolate Souffle with ice cream.

Nice size, but i found it too sweet.  I like desserts that are not sweet.

What is a Italian dinner without Tiramisu.  Of course we had to order Tiramisu.   This is the soft type without the biscuits base.  Overall is good, but i think that they did not add enough liquor. 

Service was efficient and friendly, and we were pleasantly surprise when the manager gave us a bottle of preserved peaches!  One funny incident was that when I went to the Ladies, the chef stepped out and gave me a shock.  He said that he needed the toilet urgently and there was someone in the Gents.  Haha

Will i be back?  Maybe, to try the pasta. 

 L'Angolo Ristorante Italiano
32 Maxwell Road, #01-03 Maxwell Chambers, Singapore
+65 6224 0978



Stamina Rebuilding & Italian

Went back to running after taking a 4 months break due to injury :-(
Really bad :-( Was panting and heart rate went up extremely fast...and after a while, had stitches!  Totally no stamina to speak about.. If only stamina is like a bank, can deposit and withdraw anytime you like... Anyway will persist to shred off the kgs i put on during festive season.

Anyway, let me introduce to you one of the culprits to my 3kgs- Italian food at Ristorante De Parma.  I bought my good friend, Panda, there for dinner, as I did not know what Christmas present to buy for her. 

The restaurant was rather empty at 1900Hr, only 1 table was occupied.  The ambience is your relaxing family restuarant, not that kind that will make you stiff.  However, being a family restaurant, don't expect to whisper sweet talks to your partner, as you would be distrubed by neighbourhood passerby who were talking loudly.  The table next to us were even dressed in shorts & tshirt :-)
So quite a friendly place for family (including kids and old folks)

We had the smoked salmon pizza and Bolognese Fettuccine as main course.  Dessert was tiramisu and a bottle of white wine, Hauts De Goelane Sauvigon Blanc and a regular coffee.

Complimentary bread was normal, served with olive oil & vinegar. 
We had the smoked salmon pizza before the Bolognese Fettuccine as the waiter saif that the pizza was lighter flavour compared to the pasta, so recommended to start first not as to spoilt out taste bud.  It was yummy!  Probably better than the one in Spizza.  The thin crust pizza was crispy, and the smoked salmon was fresh and not fishy.

Bolognese Fettuccine was average.  It was not bad, but nothing special.  So probably can skip that to save some space for dessert.

The highlight of the dinner:   Tiramisu!  One of the best Tiramisu i have tried (other than those Italy).  I am a great Tiramisu fan, always keen to try Tiramisu if it is on the menu.  However, am always disappointed as not all meet the standard, or my standard..heehee
I thought that basic ingredients for authentic Tiramisu don't vary much: Mascarpone cheese, raw eggs, sugar, espresso coffee, ladyfingers, liquor and cocoa, so the taste shouldn't varied too much.  Well, I guessed i was wrong.

So i was thrilled when i tried the Tiramisu in De Parma.  All the ingredients were nicely balanced, can taste the cheese, the coffee and the liquor.  Not like some tiramisu, no hint of liquor at all!  And it was really an heavenly treat to have such a tiramisu with balck coffee! Yum Yum!

Total damage for 2 was about $120.  Not too bad, considerating we had a bottle of wine too.  Would definitely return for their Tiramisu, or i want to have a nice italian restuarant outside of the busy town area.  Only complain grouse i had was that their table was very small, after all the cutleries and wine glasses and water glasses.  But the waiter was nice enough to let us change to a table of 4 though we have only 2 person.  So my camera bag took one seat ;-)

Overall rating:  8/10 (Because of the dessert)

Ristorante De Parma

14B Kensington Park Road, Serangoon Gardens.
Tel: 6281 3380, 6280 1096.
Closed on Wed, EXCEPT on the eve of a Public Holiday.
http://www.ristorantedeparma.com/