One of the things that i like the most about holidays is the chance to sink my teeth into some good and mouth-watering delicacies....that means " makan- makan and makan!!"..lol
This time around, both of my parents brought us for some AUTHENTIC some kind of fine dining Italian Food....air liur sedang meleleh now....haha, well, of course this is my first time eating the real, genuine stuff and not those commercialised Pizza Hut or Dominoes thing...but the authentic one.
Just one question, how can you classify Italian food as authentic?? According to my mum's Italian Restaurant Guide, it needs to fulfill certain criterias which is :
+ the use of correct ingredients- either imported from Italy or subsitutes that provide similiar results
+ cooking methods- revealed through how the ingredients are cooked and put together
+ an Italian owner or chef- according to the book, this factor helps to ensure some degree of authenticity...haha.
Ahh yes, the restaurant that we have visited is 'Chiaroscuro trattoria pizzeria' which is located at Jalan Bedara, off Jalan Nagasari ( behind Istana Hotel). Yeap, that is the place....the place is pretty cozy and a feeling of 'Italy' with the aroma and scent from the kitchen...smell of pizzas and pastas...how memorable it is...haha.
It has quite a wide range of choices in their menus and most of us have to seek recommendations from the owner herself because there are a lot of italian terms which basically all of us would not even imagine how does it look like..haha, unless you have tried it before la. Sadly, I could not take pictures of their food there. It is written there " No photographing Without Permission", so what can I say man. I've asked their permission but they still insist on letting me to have a few snaps...how 'pah pai'...haih. Ohh well, i've managed to get a few shots outside...haha.
Let's cut short the cakap, and proceed to the pictures....
'Buan Appetitio'
Chiaroscuro!!!
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Brothers marked territory at the place...haha.
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The atmoshere...

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The Kitchen..where magic things happen...boom...out comes the food...lol.

The Baguette was great...not too hard and tough- (the Tesco Extra type)..haha, but soft and you will never stop dipping it into the olive oil and sun-dried tomatoes...they are indeed tasty...

This is our appetizer(the exact)...it is called ' Traditional Eggplant Parmigiana'...this is the one I like the most...wanted a second helping but...I thought of saving up my stomach for the main course...lol.

This is a sample of what is like the ' Parigina Pizza'....it has tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, button mushrooms, cooked ham...not bad at all, it is not even oily!!
NOW comes the main course....

This is their speciality..which is the 'House baked seafood spaghetti'...it is wrapped in a dough and baked in the traditional oven for a while....inside there are lots of seafood like mussels, clamps, prawns, scallops, squids and baby octopus. This is my main highlight....it is seriously delicious.

This is the seafood in that spaghetti...yeap.

Next, we had 'Roasted whole spring chicken stuffed with Mediterranean vegetables and bacon bits'. It is some sort of stuffed chicken...loving it for sure...


They are also famous for their clamps but our stomach is too full, so probably next time la...
Desserts....not forgetting.

Yeap...Chiaroscuro Tiramisu....not bad, quite good. This tiramisu is different though, it contains alcohol, infact actual tiramisu contains alcohol...that's this is called authentic. Tiramisu without alcohol are actually FAKE tiramisus....

And...finally, we had some Strawberry Vanilla Tart...this is not the actual picture la but it is almost similiar to that...haha.
And that's for now, I will continue venturing into more delectable delicasies from time to time, doing what I do best wish is MAKAN!!! haha....chows =)