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Disappointing pizza but desserts were good value
2018-04-20 1947 views
I had visited CIAK - in the kitchen a few times and I remembered that their pizza was so good. I had been craving pizza and finally revisited this place. We each ordered a lunch set and ordered a pizza to share.Their bread basket sucked this time. The bread was so cold and hard. We both ordered this appetizer. This appetizer required a top-up of $80 from their lunch set. The beef tartare itself was so dry and seemed not fatty enough while the rocket and cherry tomatoes were fresh. The Parmesan s
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I had visited CIAK - in the kitchen a few times and I remembered that their pizza was so good. I had been craving pizza and finally revisited this place. We each ordered a lunch set and ordered a pizza to share.

Bread with vinegar & olive oil
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 Their bread basket sucked this time. The bread was so cold and hard. 

Polmard Beef Tartare with Rocket and Cherry Tomato Salad, Parmesan shaves
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 We both ordered this appetizer. This appetizer required a top-up of $80 from their lunch set. The beef tartare itself was so dry and seemed not fatty enough while the rocket and cherry tomatoes were fresh. The Parmesan shaves tasted good with great texture. 

Norcina (Homemade sausage, mushroom and mozzarella) & Estiva (Mozzarella, cherry tomato, rocket, Parma ham and shaved parmesan)
$308
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 These two flavours were worse than the one we had last time, which I recalled was Pesto (Mozzarella, pesto sauce, semi-dried cherry tomato, sun-dried tomato and shaved parmesan cheese). Last time it was so freshly baked, crispy and juicy. This time Norcina seemed so dry while the sausage and mushrooms were nothing special. Estiva was better as it was less dry with the cherry tomato and rocket but the Parma ham was a bit too salty. The crust was not so crispy and much less freshly baked like before. I was so disappointed.

Pan Fried Red Snapper with Bell Pepper Sauce and Baby Corn
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 The red snapper was so dry and rough, maybe a problem of pan-frying? The skin was crispy though and the bell pepper sauce was ok which tasted very natural. The baby corn was ok too.

Charcoal Grilled Sausage and Slow Cooked Pork Neck, Mash Potato and Broccoli
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 I didn't get to try the pork neck and just had a sip of the sausage which was too salty. The mash potato was very smooth.

Chocolate and Amaretti Bonet with vanilla Ice Cream
$66
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 We added $60 + 10% for a dessert each which seemed to be quite a good deal. The bonet was sticky and was quite delicious with amaretti flavour. The vanilla ice cream was ok.

Soft Cheese Cake with Blood Orange Sorbet
$66
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 The cheese cake was like mousse. There were quite a lot of berries to eat with the cheese cake. The blood orange sorbet was ok too. The thin sliced biscuit was delicious.

The overall quality of food seemed to have deteriorated except for the desserts. We might not come back again given the price of the food which couldn't be justified by the quality anymore.
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Date of Visit
2018-04-20
Dining Method
Dine In
Spending Per Head
$636 (Lunch)
Recommended Dishes
Chocolate and Amaretti Bonet with vanilla Ice Cream
$ 66
Soft Cheese Cake with Blood Orange Sorbet
$ 66