Jamie's Italian Singapore

Wait. Who is Jamie?

I started to know this cute guy (Jamie Oliver) in "The naked chef" back in year 2000 when we subscribed to cable TV. He's so knowledgeable in cooking Italian...a British who is specialized in Italian cuisine! How special?!

And then he became famous and came out with more series of cook shows, some attempts to change school canteen food to healthy ones for the growing kids, some to proof to us fast food are really crap and bad for us, and of course, how to cook fast but wonderful dishes to impress our guests. I was so hooked by one of his series which he cooked in a cottage house, very homely, and there was a garden full of herbs and veg that was manned by a special gardener who also shared his planting knowledge. I remember there was once I went to Taipei for almost a week, I was so homesick but my hotel room had cable and then I saw his show..felt like home already..

He has sooo many good ideas and kind intentions in cooking that we should all learn. I know...we are so busy right? How to cook fresh and nice food without having to stand in the kitchen for 2 hours right? Well, you can now go to his restaurant in Singapore Vivocity!

I heard walk-ins got to wait for very long time (at least 45 minutes), so to avoid disappointment, I made reservation online and the next available date was already 1 month later!

So finally I was there, the waitress served me well, very polite and professional. She even bothered to remember my request to change to better seats, bothered to wait and confirm the reserved seats are opened and ask me to go over! Great!

 Jamie has written many many cook books to share his cooking skills and recipe.

 Al fresco with the view of the sea.

 Look at the ham!!

Ok, let's go to the food!

 Italian Farm Sausage ($24.50). Grilled pork sausage flavored with red wine and spices, served with sweet and sour peppers, capers, chili and garlic. This dish was abit salty but I just couldn't stop eating it. I like the combination of different texture of the dish.

 Wild Truffle Risotto ($16). Finely minced black truffle with butter and Parmesan. The rice was slightly hard but the taste was delicious....love the truffle.

Crab Spaghettini ($16). Sweet crab tossed with capers, chili, fennel, parsley, anchovies and lemon. This was tooooo salty, like the taste of the sea. Unless that was the intention.

Tutti Frutti Lemon Meringue Pie ($11.50). With limoncello and crunchy pistachio brittle. Goodness...this was super sinful!! The meringue was like marshmallow (not too sweet), but the lemon at the bottom was sooooo sour! I couldn't finish it though.

I would like to try their bread and other dishes next time, hope they have some discount because it is quite pricey..

So here are my views:
Ambience 3/5
Food 3/5
Service 3.5/5
Price Slightly steep
Toilet Availability 0/5

Check out their address and menu at their cute website at http://www.jamieoliver.com/italian/singapore/home

Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Don't eat shark fins!

xoxo 

Paris Baguette Cafe

Puddings! This place rocks for their royal puddings! If you are a pudding fan, I'm sure you already know where I meant. If you don't, then you have to try Paris Baguette's.

I went to their Wisma Atria outlet for breakfast..not many people so I had a very peaceful time there..

Paris Baguette, surprisingly, isn't from Paris. It's a korean cafe with a variety of cakes, bread, sandwich and needless to say, puddings..

 So many types of puddings..so many types of cakes..

 Most of the waitresses are koreans..

 I love the chairs..very comfortable and it is as if you are from the royal..

Kiwi and Orange juice ($9) and Unique Italian Tiramisu ($8)...it is indeed unique because it is in thousand layers crepe style..but I only ate half of it. Find it so-so, can't taste the alcohol and the crepe was too soft. The juice was good though.

My giant portion of Club Sandwich ($17). Don't really like the salad because there was too much vinegar until my veg became so wet. The wedges were greasy, but the sandwich was good. I only managed to ate 1 part of 3 sandwich given so I packed the rest home. The waitress put them in a paper bag..goodness, the mayonnaise soaked the bag immediately and tore it. I had to "recommend" the waitress again to pack it in a plastic bag..

 And how can I miss the pudding?! I packed it as well! Royal caramel pudding ($4.50).

It was heaven...you must try it to believe it. Once you put a spoonful into your mouth, goodness...I cannot describe in words..I should have spent the money on the tiramisu, fruit juice and club sandwich on just puddings..

However the portion is so small! Too small! I can finish in less than 3 minutes..

Next time, I shall try all the other flavors. I MUST DO THAT!

So here are my views:
Ambience 3/5
Food 2.5/5
Service 2.5/5
Price Slightly steep
Toilet Availability 0/5

Next, Jamie's Italian Singapore! Stay tuned...