Good Pasta Lunch @ The Palate on 25Feb2016

bruschetta

bruschetta

bought a groupon in dec2015 expiring 1st week mar2016. arranged with friend to have lunch at the palate on 25.2.2016. ^^

this was the previous spizzico place. i din have post on spizzico so i guess have not been here for 3+years. spizzico was ok, not must have for me. 🙂

bruschetta

S$6 bruschetta 

bruschetta was pretty ok. nice garlic bread with tomato salsa, overall quite nice taste.

bruschetta

S$18 beef carpaccio 

carpaccio colour looked a bit anaemic, this preparation w/o the olive oil balsamic but pretty good with cheese & natural sweetness of beef. ok la..

squidink pasta

S$24 squidink pasta 

squidink was very good!

especially good with more sauce at the bottom. friend said a bit salty but it was ok for me.

squidink pasta

S$24 squidink pasta 

a very tasty pasta, with enuf seafood topping.

seafood pappardelle

S$25 seafood pappardelle 

i asked server for recommendation between seafood pappardelle & the tagliata pasta since we already have a seafood squidink. he seemed more inclined on the seafood pappardelle.

seafood pappardelle

S$25 seafood pappardelle 

& it was real good! better than the squidink even la…for those who like cheese.

seafood pappardelle

S$25 seafood pappardelle 

a really, really nice pasta!

the lunch for 2 came to S$73+service no GST so S$80.30, just about good for my S$80 groupon which i made about S$40nett. so pretty good deal! & the groupon can be used for dinner monday to saturday.

1 for 1 mains weekday lunch

1 for 1 mains weekday lunch

they also have 1 for 1 mains for weekday lunch. not bad also, just take pasta no need appetizers. ^^

c.h.e.f andy

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The Palate

Address:

81 Clemenceau Avenue #01-13 UE Square Shopping Mall Singapore 239918

OPENING HOURS:

Mon – Sun: 11:30 – 16:00

Mon – Sun: 18:00 – 22:00

PHONE:

+65 62352889

Some Interesting Fares @ io Italian Osteria on 15Apr2015

panini sandwich

panini sandwich – S$9

daughter arranged a 6pax family dinner at io italian osteria at hillv2 on 15.4.2015.^^

she is now our f&b compass, bringing us to different happening dining places & chic cafes.

io italian osteria

io italian osteria

io italian osteria

io italian osteria

nice place too.^^

panini sandwich

panini sandwich – S$9

we had a bruschetta, like a panini sandwich with ham & tomatoes. it was good!^^

seafood bouillabaisse with toast

seafood bouillabaisse with toast – S$14

seafood bouillabaisse with toast

seafood bouillabaisse with toast – S$14

seafood bouillabaisse with toast

seafood bouillabaisse with toast – S$14

the italian version of seafood bouillabaisse was very good standard – flavourful soup, good ingredients for S$14.

beef carpaccio

beef carpaccio – S$16

beef carpaccio was ok. beef was sweet, good cheese & rockets. i guess a boring dish. 🙂

calamari

calamari – S$14

calamari

calamari – S$14

calamari (our “sotong”) was not so good, squid was a bit tough. nothing like the calamari fritto i had recently at la braceria, but that cost a ridiculous 2.5x price!

meat sauce cheese

rice suppli stuffed mozzarella cheese – S$9

meat sauce cheese

rice suppli stuffed mozzarella cheese – S$9

the crispy rice stuffed with mozzarella was quite ok too…errr…like lots of carbs..

cheese ravioli

cheese ravioli

ravioli was good standard but expensive. i think it was like S$28.

porchetta

porchetta with fennel – S$9

porchetta with fennel was great dish for S$9.

porchetta

porchetta with fennel – S$9

too big for 1 pax, just nice to share among 3 or 4pax. we had 6pax.

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack

lamb rack was to me below par, and expensive. not that it was expensive here, but these things are expensive in restaurants. 3 large pieces, but really i do a much better lamb!

keylime cake

keylime cake

keylime cake

keylime cake

keylime cake

keylime cake

youngest daughter wanted to have key lime pie, it was not too bad but not my kind of dessert.

i will certainly come back for the seafood bouillabaisse, bruschetta, porchetta, and don’t mind the crispy rice too.^^

c.h.e.f andy

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IO Osteria

Address:

4 Hillview Rise, #02-01, Hillv2 Singapore 667979

Contact:

67107150

Opening Hours:

Monday to Sunday 10am – 10pm daily

Pleasant Dinner Chat @ Nassim Hill Bakery on 1Jan2015

chilli crab spaghetti

crab spaghetti arrabiata (spicy tomatoes)

wife, son & i went to have a drink & some makan at nassim hill bakery on 1.1.2015. 🙂

earlier we had a homecooked 20pax family new year day lunch.

i was full & we had some leftover food.

wife ordered crab spaghetti arrabiata (spicy tomatoes) & bruschetta & a drink. i did not take any. iced water was free so we had 3 water.

bruschetta

bruschetta

a yuzu pimms drink

a yuzu pimms drink

bruschetta

bruschetta

spicy crab spaghetti was very good, same as what we had last time on 5.10.2014 but w/o the 1 for 1 discounts.

there were lots of crab meat & a good arrabiata (spicy tomatoes) sauce.

wife liked the bruschetta with melted cheese, cherry tomatoes, parsley (or basil) & good bread. we can make this at home.

son was leaving for london the next day. this a good place to chill, not cramped & crowded like assembly coffee, and parking was free. we had nice, relax chat & good time together. 🙂

c.h.e.f andy