Ricciotti - The Riverwalk

Hi guys! I hope you all had a great weekend! Sorry for the disappearance once again - Tiff and I are trying to get back in the flow of blogging consistently again! 

Around a year or more ago, my friends and I chanced upon a cute little Italian restaurant at The Riverwalk called Ricciotti and we had the most delicious linguine with tiger prawns. It was TO DIE FOR. So GD and I decided to head down to Ricciotti for our fifth anniversary dinner. We were full of anticipation because we just couldn't wait to eat our linguine!

We chose the alfresco dining area because I love alfresco dining! It looks pretty cute doesn't it?

It took us a while to decide on what to order because we were spoilt for choice!There were just so many things on the menu that we wanted to order and try. 

Finally, we decided on having a salad, 2 pastas and a dessert!

We ordered the Salmon Salad ($15.50) because I was craving for some smoked salmon.

Salmon Salad - Rucola (or rocket), smoked salmon, cherry tomatoes, red onions, orange and balsamic dressing.

It was awesome! The mandarin oranges were especially refreshing! I'd order it again!

Once we were done with our salad, our mains arrived. The first pasta we ordered was of course the Bavette Gamberi ($19.50).

Linguine with tiger prawns, garlic chilli and olive oil.

I'm getting hungry by just thinking about it! 

It was delicious - but it wasn't as good as we thought it would be. Perhaps we painted too perfect of a picture of it in our heads so we expected it to be much better than it really is. Regardless of that fact, it was still quite fantastic! I would definitely go back to Ricciotti for it. 

We also ordered the Spaghetti Marinara ($23.50) - we're seafood lovers!

Spaghetti with calamari, clams, sea scallops, prawns, cherry tomatoes in light tomato sauce.

It was very good too! Their pasta is cooked perfectly - Al dente!

We were quite full by the end of the meal, but that did not stop us from ordering dessert. 

When we first sat down, I saw this:

and I was very happy because I love dessert pizza! I miss the dessert pizza Tiff and I used to eat when we were back in Perth. If you're new to our blog and don't know what I'm talking about, here's the link to the heavenly dessert pizza from Perth. 

http://fabandfamished.blogspot.com/search/label/Leederville 

So when I saw the menu for the dessert pizza, I really wanted to try one (and I really hoped that it will be as good as the one from Perth) but I was SO DISAPPOINTED with it!

This is the Arancia ($13.90)

Chocolate dessert pizza with almond and oranges. There seemed to be a theme in the food we ordered that day - seafood and oranges. LOL! Anyway, the oranges were nice as expected but the pizza was way too hard! After a few bites my mouth got tired from all the chewing. Very disappointing. I suggest you don't order this. It cannot even be compared to the mudhoney dessert pizza from Perth!

Well anyway, other than the dessert pizza let down, we had a lovely dinner. Please do visit Ricciotti if you want to have some good pasta. I'm pretty sure you'll be happy with their food! (:

Now it's time for some donuts!

Price: 

$16.50 - $24.50 for Pasta

$12.50 - $15.50 for Salads

Here's the menu: http://www.ricciotti.com.sg/downloads/Restaurant_Menu.pdf

The Meal:

Mmmmmmm. Everything was perfect, except the dessert pizza.

The Ambience:

Nice place, we had riverside seating - even though the Singapore river is not the cleanest or nicest river, it was still nice and relaxing by the river.

The indoor seating is good as well because we sat indoors that previous time we patronised Ricciotti.

The Service:

Friendly and attentive service crew. Very good!

Overall:

Try it!!!!!!!!

Outlet 1 

Address: 

20 Upper Circular Road

B1-49/50 The Riverwalk

S 058416

Tel:

(65) 6533 9060

Opening Hours:

10am - 11pm Daily

It's very near Clark Quay MRT Station

Outlet 2

Address: 

3 Pickering Street 

#01-36/37 Nankin Row, China Square Central

S 048660

Tel: 

(65) 6438 8040

Opening Hours:

Mon - Sat: 11am to 11pm

Closed on Sundays

That's all for today guys, have a wonderful week ahead! 

And for those of us who are working, lets all look forward to the next weekend together! (:

Love,

Huiyi

Lambretta Cucina Italiana

Hi friends!!! Sorry it's been so long since the last post! This past week or so has been hectic with school and lots of other activities! I feel so sad that we've neglected our blog and readership has gone down!!! :(

Anyway, I just wanted to blog about this Italian restaurant that Tiff and I visited weeks ago. Yeah I think we just submitted a major assignment that day and rewarded ourselves by going shopping (again???)!!! After the shops closed, we chanced upon this little Italian restaurant in Nedlands so we decided to give it a shot! 

Since there was only 2 of us, we couldn't order alot because food portions are huge here in Australia so Tiff and I usually share.

After scanning through the menu, we decided to order:

Italian Bread with Olive Oil and Vinegar Dip - We were CONNED into ordering this!!! Haha the very charismatic Italian owner suggested that we order the Italian bread for starters. According to him, its woodfried or something and hence, very good. We were so smitten by his charming good looks we said ALRIGHT (Silly girls!!!) and........it wasn't nice at all because it was too hard!!!! Disappointing!

Garlic and Chilli Mushrooms. They were delicious! It was a very simple dish but it made us very happy! Oh it wasn't spicy at all (well at least to us it wasn't). 

Penne with Italian Sausage - It was alright, definitely not fantastic and I wouldn't go back for it actually. I'm not saying that they don't serve good food at Lambretta, but we just didn't really enjoy this particular dish we ordered. Everyone else's food looked and smelt so good though! 

As usual, we had to have a dessert after our meal

Awesome Tiramisu! It was very very very good! Both of us loved the cream portion of it but felt that it would have tasted so much better if it was colder. YUMYUMYUM!

The best dish of the day deserves a photo with us! LOL (:

So that's all we ordered!

Here are some photos of the interior of the restaurant - They're not very well taken sorry!!! 

Can you see the red mini bus frame thing behind that table? It actually honks! The owner of the restaurant presses the honk whenever customers are done with their meal and are on they're way out! Very cute! I think it means "Bye, take care, I hope you enjoyed your meal and see you again!!!!"

Price:

$15 - $25 per main

The Meal:

There were hits and misses so I'd say 2.5 donuts! Order wisely if you decide to eat there!

The Ambience:

Nice place, small and cosy, we liked it!

The Service:

Service was CRAZY SLOW from taking our orders to waiting for the food to come. We were famished by the time our food arrived (We hate waiting for food!). Other than that, the staff was friendly and nice (especially the boss!)

Overall:

It wasn't bad, but given a choice, I would only visit Lambretta just for the Tiramisu. That's just me though. You guys might want to give it a try and order something else, it'll probably be good (:

Address:

45 Hampden Road, Perth, 6009

Tel:

(08) 9389 5858

Opening Hours:

Tuesday to Friday Lunch: 11.30 am to 3 pm

Tuesday to Saturday Dinner: 6 pm to late! 

That's all for now, Bye!

Have a great week ahead! (:

Love,

Huiyi 

The Walk Cafe

Hi everyone! Sorry it has been AGES since we last blogged...have really been busy! Was away for the mid-sem break...and Huiyi was also busy doing who knows what! LOL. 

Anyway, just this afternoon, Huiyi, Cheryl and I decided to go for our usual Wednesday lunch! And not surprisingly, Cheryl was once again the guru, suggesting that we try out The Walk Cafe at Subiaco! 

At the Walk Cafe! 

Left to right: Huiyi and Cheryl :)

The inside of the Cafe! They have both indoor and alfresco dining, but we decided to sit inside! The place is quite pretty and cosy, nice for a delicious breakfast, simple lunch or delightful dinner :)

Took quite a while to decide on what to order...but finally decided on...

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The Linguine with cauliflower, spinach and mushrooms served in a creamy white wine sauce

This dish was not on the actual menu, but was under "Wednesday's Specials" on the board! Even though there was no meat, the dish was really really yummy! The sauce was just perfect! Not too creamy but also not too watery, and the mushrooms were just divine! :)

The dish was actually our favourite of the three dishes we ordered!  

The next thing we ordered was actually what we decided to call, "The Lot" which included Baked Beans, bread, poached eggs, chipolatas and had actually come with a grilled tomato which we swapped for more mushrooms! As you can probably guess, yes, we love mushrooms!!!

However, this dish was quite a disappointment! There was really a lot of baked beans, the poached eggs were TOO well done, the bread was ok, the only things that were pretty nice were the sausages and mushrooms! But overall, wouldn't go back and order this dish again. 

And our last dish was Blueberry pancakes with double cream and maple syrup!

I think this dish definitely looks better than it tastes! I guess it could have tasted nice, but we saved it for last, so by the time we started eating it, it was already quite cold. :( However, I also found that the pancakes were quite dense and not light and fluffy! The good thing about it was the delicious double cream that accompanied the pancakes and the crazy amount of maple syrup everywhere!!!:D:D:D

The outside of The Walk Cafe!

It was pretty crowded for a Wednesday afternoon. 

The both of us! 

All three of us outside the Cafe.

It's always fun when you're with great company! :):):)

Price:

$15-$25 for each main

Our total bill was $57 for the three dishes

The Meal:

The Linguine was definitely yummy, but the other dishes fell short of our expectations. But overall, it was still pretty good and will definitely go back! 

The Ambience:

The place is pretty and would also be a nice place for dinner!

The Service:

Our French waiter was pretty cute and had nice eyes and a nice smile...Haha. Very charming!!!Lol. So yes, service definitely gets more donuts!

Overall:

All in all, the food was nice, the place was relaxed and cosy and the service was pretty good.

Address:

97 Rokeby Road

Subiaco, Perth

Tel:

93812466

Opening Hours:

Open for Breakfast and Lunch: 7 days a week

Dinner: Thursday- Saturday

Website:

http://www.thewalkcafe.com.au/

Love,

Tiffany 

Tiamo Cafe Restaurant

After a long tiring day...(at the beach, haha!), we were really craving some good chili mussels! So we decided to head to Tiamo. We've been to Tiamo before and their chili mussels have never let us down, so we went there again this time looking forward to it! 

Tiamo is situated in the heart of Nedlands and is just a walk away from the University of Western Australia. It offers a variety of Western food that includes pastas, main courses and even has quite a good breakfast and tea-time menu! 

YAY! Eagerly waiting for our meal to be served! 

That's Chris again, a famous face on our blog! Haha

This is the both of us! The faces behind Fab and Famished. :)

We ordered a large serving of the chili mussels. The mussels were very big! And also very fresh, which made it so very yummy! And there was so much sauce for us to dip our garlic bread in. As you can see, from our post at Ciao Italia, we are a fan of chili mussels and garlic bread. Haha. Didn't manage to get a picture of the garlic bread though, think we were too excited about eating. 

We also ordered the Carbonara which we loved. This is Huiyi's all-time favourite carbonara! The pasta is just perfect and the sauce and mushrooms and everything put together is heaven!!! 

Next was the Linguine alla Tiamo. We liked it, but didn't love it. It had a bit of an Asian flavour in the pasta, and we don't really enjoy western food that tastes Asian! 

Here's Chris and Loo, who joined us for the meal and whom you'll will probably see a lot more of in posts to come! 

Good food and good company = a great night out! 

Price: Mains are priced between $15-$20

The Meal: 

Portions were a little too large, so we couldn't really finish everything. But all in all, very yummy! 

The Ambience: 

Tiamo offers both indoor and alfresco dining and exudes a relaxed, cosy vibe. 

The Service:

The food came quite fast, but the waitress that served us wasn't very friendly. In fact, she seemed very spaced-out and a little strange!

Overall:

All in all, we had a great meal at Tiamo!

Address:

57 Hampden Road

Nedlands 6009 WA

Tel:

(08) 9386 6611

Opening Hours:

7 days, 7am till late (closing times may vary)

Love,

Tiffany