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Delucca – An Evening of Homemade Pasta and Live Music in the Heart of Kuala Lumpur
Recently celebrating a friend’s birthday, we had all decided to indulge in some Italian food, wine, and music all in one night.
The interior has a warm feel to it and you see a mix of families, couples and friends enjoying the night.
To start the night off, you get a nice plate of bread while you wait for the food to arrive
We decided to share the starters (as well as the mains) so that we all could get a taste of the different dishes. The Insalata di pollo is a roasted chicken salad with half-boiled egg, tomato, spring onion, cucumber with creamy parmesan dressing. It reminds me of a Caesar salad more than anything else.
Another starter that we had was the vongole con erbe aromatiche, or more easily understood: clams sauteed in oil with garlic and white dry wine served with garlic crostini. I thought the clams were nothing out of the ordinary, thumbs up for the presentation in a pan though.
As for the pasta, we were told that a selection of the pasta was homemade, including this, the Pappardelle dello chef. This is one of the chef recommendations. It is a broad pasta with Italian dry beef bresaola tossed with fresh herbs, white beans, and gorgonzola sauce. Only complaint that I have is that I wish there was more of it to savour.
Another recommendation is the Marea nera, a squid ink tagliatelle with mixed seafood in a vodka cream sauce.
Now, we can’t go all out with pasta, so we also decided to try their Fiorentina, T-bone steak which was tastefully done. They did not mention the price of it on the menu, but when it came out, it was a whopping RM82.
The funghi porcini risotto was cooked in white wine with button porcini mushrooms and topped with grana cheese. I found the risotto a little too al dente for my liking.
Here at Delucca, they serve Calzones, or folded pizzas. So we thought we’d give it a try with the Delucca Special. Tucked inside the pastry is mozzarella, mushrooms, sundried tomato, beef salami, artichokes, and gorgonzola cheese. I wasn’t a very big fan of it, but maybe it’s because I haven’t tried many Calzones.
Now on to desserts. An interesting choice is the Rum baba which has bite size sponge soaked in rich rum, served with mini fruit salad and vanilla ice cream. Definitely something different which would be hard to find on other dessert menus.
I liked the peach upsidedown cake, which some may find rather sweet. Always good to share though!
And of course, to round the night off, these guys were awesome. Love the music to end the night.
Delucca
Ground Floor, Tower C, One Residency
Jalan Mesui
Off Jalan Nagasari
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: +60 3 2144 6545
Fax: +60 3 2144 6532
Website: www.delucca.com.my
Pizzeria Bella Italia – Italian Food at SS2 Petaling Jaya
This is a decent Italian restaurant with rather affordable prices. Pizzeria Bella Italia makes some good pizzas in this suburb that is packed with all sorts of restaurants. It is a simple restaurant with friendly service which attracts quite a few of the local crowd.
Pizzeria Bella Italia
Neroteca, an Italian Restaurant in the Heart of Kuala Lumpur
I recently celebrated a friend’s birthday at a small cosy restaurant tucked away in the busy heart of Kuala Lumpur. Located on Lorong Ceylon, in close proximity to Jalan Alor and Tengkat Tong Shin, Neroteca has a wide variety of dishes to choose from.
For drinks, we decided to have a bottle of white wine. We went with a bottle of Arneis, which was a pleasant surprise as it turned out to be well-balanced and smooth.
For starters, we decided to be healthy and go with a salad, the Neroteca salad. It consists of crutons, four cheeses, crispy smoked pork bacon, shallots, sun-dried tomatoes, olives and some grilled vegetables dressed with a healthy serve of a balsamic vinaigrette. A definite must try, which tasted like a modified Caeser’s salad, as the mix of flavours complemented each other.
Next up, the Grigliata Mista, or the pork platter mix grill. It is a dish meant for 2-3 persons, but for some reason it seemed to be lacking alot more meat than expected. Throw in a few grilled pork chops, ribs, sausages and bacon with potatoes and voila you have a pork platter.
Usually, you would expect to find spaghetti carbonara at most Italian restaurants, a simple and favourite dish. This one in particular was perhaps one of the better carbonaras I’ve had so far. The sauce was thick and the pork bacon used was nice and chunky.
Finally, we arrive at desserts (you always have to leave space for desserts). The Bunet consists of amaretto liquor and coffee’ flan. The picture looks tempting doesn’t it?
We then tried the Torta della Nonna, a lemon and pine-nut tarte which had a very smooth and pleasant texture and was not too sweet; something I would recommend to try.
Those in search for a restaurant that goes no holds bar on pork, then this is one that should not be passed up.
Neroteca
Ground floor, Somerset
8 Lorong Ceylon
50250 Kuala Lumpur
Cuisine: Italian
Non Halal
Tel: 03 – 2070 0530
Fax: 03 – 2070 2530
Website: www.neroteca.com
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