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2010-08-17
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A group of us came here for a work lunch, and luckily we had reservations, since the restaurant was completely full during peak lunch hours. I didn't get to take any pictures of the food, but they did look very palatable.Between four people, we ordered the following to share: Baked Dough Balls ($49)I never thought they were great from previous visits where it came on the side of salads, but this time it arrived hot, toasty and with three condiments - butter (not garlic butter, as said on the m
I didn't get to take any pictures of the food, but they did look very palatable.
Between four people, we ordered the following to share:
Baked Dough Balls ($49)
I never thought they were great from previous visits where it came on the side of salads, but this time it arrived hot, toasty and with three condiments - butter (not garlic butter, as said on the menu), pesto genovese and pesto rosso.
Whilst pesto genovese is your standard basil-salt-garlic-olive oil mix, the pesto rosso is a red pesto made with puree of sundried tomatoes, herbs and olive oil. Both the pesto sauces were very good - just enough salt and very flavourful. 7/10
Antipasto ($89)
The antipasto was a platter with salami (sausage), prosciutto (dry-cured ham, same as parma ham), mortadella (sliced Italian cured sausage), coppa (dry-cured pork neck/shoulder), rocket and a couple of marinated sun-dried tomatoes and sweet peppers. Good variety, and although I didn't try the salami (too salty, never liked it), the other selections were fresh, tasty and the whole plate was really colourful. 7/10
Nostrana Salad ($106)
I would've gone for caesar but I wasn't doing the ordering. This had potatoes, sliced chicken, green beans, avocado, chopped boiled egg and dressed in a creamy white dressing ('signature dressing"). The dressing was really good - nothing too rich as just enough was given and nothing too salty etc., salad would be better without the potatoes + avocado and more mesclun mix for me! =P 6.5/10
Parma Pizza (Changed from Neapolitan to Roman base) ($131)
I've never had 'roman' base here before - turns out it was a really thin crispy base that was honestly really good! The toppings included dollops of ricotta cheese, generous amount of prosciutto and hint of rosemary on a tomato pizza sauce base, and has no mozzarella but parmesan instead. The last time I went to Pizza Express I tried the Salmon Leggera (real bad) at Soho and before that, a Trifolata (mushroom) on Neapolitan pizza base at Ashley Rd which was cold and lacked any toppings. Although this Roman pizza was smaller than the average Neapolitan size (think it was about 12-inches?), the abundance of toppings and crust made me forget any minor issues. 8.5/10
Mushroom Pasta (aka Fusilli al Funghi) ($105)
This never made it to our table since they messed up our orders (they served us a pizza and pasta dish which belonged to the table next to us, but didn't put this down when we ordered)
Iced Lemon Tea each ($35)
unlimited refill (if people ever drink so much in one sitting which is a good deal, but I wanted to mention this because it didn't taste like your standard Ceylon Tea...it was much better and unique! I am still wondering what tea it was.
Star Street's Pizza Express doesn't do lunch sets, which I think they should - multi-courses and smaller portions of dishes from their a la carte menu so tables for two may enjoy their own choices rather than resorting to share. The prices could also be a tad lower, after all the servings were all pretty small to justify its price. Service this lunch was also rather slow - ratio of diners: cooks/waitresses was not very balanced, and they kept messing things up...Nonetheless, way better food than Ashley rd + Soho branches!
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