Snowy Tay

Through Saint Google, Snowy HD found a  Italian restaurant in the East to go to for Sunday’s dinner.

We arrived at 6.30pm (note: reservation is recommended) and was given a table inside the cosy restaurant. The timing was good because the place really filled up fast later.

The menu presented was impressive with quite a bit of variety to tempt your taste-buds. There’s antipasti, soups, breads, fish, meat, pastas, pizzas, etc…

We ordered Focaccia bread ($5), Pizza Etna,  a “white” pizza (named as such as it does not have a tomato base), and a Linguine al Granchio e Crema di Aragosta to share. The meal was finished with a Tiramisu Pistachio. We were so hungry that I forgot to take a picture of the Focaccia bread. It was warmed (seems that they warm the breads only in Singapore, we had cold bread through the Milan trip!), cut into cubes and served with Olive oil and Balsamic vinegar. One tip though. When they are served, wait a while before you grab those cutesy Foccacia cubes. They are surprisingly crisp on the outside, but moist inside. I prefer my Focaccia to be drier. So if you like it this way, you’ll just have to wait a while, the bread tastes actually better!

Pizza Etna ($25): Mozzarella cheese, porcini mushrooms, Parma ham, cream cheese, pistachio (from Bronte in Sicily)

The pizza came out fresh from wood fire oven. The chef did an excellent job of keeping the dough from drying up or burnt. I found this pizza on the salty side probably due to the combination of mozzarella cheese and Parma ham. But generally it still stands comparable with my favorite Spizza’s pizzas. What you can do is to mask the saltiness with lots of chilli flakes. Yuuuummmmy! Oh yes, you can request for the pizza to be topped (free) with organic extra virgin olive oil from Sicily. Only suggestion I have is, have more mushrooms please!

Linguine al Granchio e Crema di Aragosta ($24): Flat pasta with crab meat in pink lobster sauce

We enjoyed this dish tremendously. The pasta was Al Dente, and there is absolutely not “fishiness” in the sauce. It was not too wet (like the pastas you get in Food Courts), nor too dry. Every strand of pasta was dressed lovingly with the light creamy sauce.

Tiramisu al Pistaccio ($10) – Tiramisu with pistacio flavour (from Bronte in Sicily)

If you want some sugar rush, this is what you should get. Expect a generous coating of pistacio power on top of this cake. The center filling was a bit too sweet for me (its almost tastes like rich pistachio ice-cream). But overall this is a very refreshing change from the run-off-the-mill Tiramisu cake.

Is it worth coming here again? You bet! There’s much more stuff we wanna try, and if you come at the right timing, you can get good food right in the comfort of the heartlands.

Etna
110 Upper East Coast Road
Singapore 455298
Tel: 64449630
Email: info@sicilia-mia.com
Website: www.sicilia-mia.com

Lunch today was at Geyland Road’s Leong Kee Klang Bakut Teh.

We were apprehensive at first as we turned up before its opening hours (11am). Will the soup be too bland? Will the pork ribs be too chewy? Perhaps we should have turned up late afternoon so that the soup would have simmered long enough.

So what’s the verdict?

One of the best Bakut Teh we have tasted so far (“better than Sin Ming Drive’s”, snowy daddy scoffs). The soup has just the right herbal tones (not peppery, not too bitter from the herbs). Most importantly, it was served pipping hot! There were about 5 pieces of pork ribs, served with beancurd skin and lettuce. The ribs though small in servings, had meat that just slides off the bone effortlessly ($5.50). The Giam Chye ($1) was a bit spicy, but very appetizingly sweet-and-salty. You tiao ($1) was fresh, browned, crispy and sweetish. Tao Pok ($1) was cut to squares, served floating in a blander version of the soup.

For 2 persons (ordered small soup, 2 rice), the bill came up to $9.50.

It’s value for money and a must try!

Tip: Park in Geylang Lor 13, or along main street of Geylang Road.