“Italianità in the heart of Vietnam

“Italianità in the heart of Vietnam”
Dec 30, 2014
Although the name would let you assume that the menu card shows a big choice of different risotto varieties, there are just two. But on the other hand side the range of other Italian dishes is big, especially that of pasta and pizza. Furthermore, they serve you all kind of Vietnamese food.

As we are traveling around Southeast Asia for about one month now, we decided to enjoy once again familiar cuisine. We started with bruschetta (8 pieces served, as we saw afterwards, bruschetta's are served for free, but supposedly just two of them) which were a little bit dry, but the olive oil, immediately brought by the servant, produced relief. Unfortunately, the glass of red wine was still too cold when dished up. The second dish, handmade raviolis stuffed with ricotta and spinach (I ordered them with cream sauce) were just magnificent! The dough reminded me a little bit of fresh spring rolls - but that's totally OK here! The spaghetti amatriciana (chilly, garlic, onion, bacon, tomato sauce and herbs), served as a third dish were al dente and delicious. So tasted the fourth course, a pizza diavolo - crispy as served in Italy.

As a little desert was part of the special offer (two halves of a passion fruit and two melon slices), we omitted to have a look onto the menu card again. The coffee was all right in comparison to Vietnamese standard. A real espresso would require a relatively high investment in an appropriate machine..

All in all, the meals were very tasteful, just missing a little bit of salt sometimes, but that is individual flavor.

Beside the food, the service was very warmhearted and helpful. The interior decoration can still approve, a further question of capital. Even so the red lampions influence the atmosphere positively. Funny is the fact that they served each dish one after the other although my female companion ordered the bruschetta's as appetizer followed by the spaghetti and myself the ravioli as starter and the pizza as main dish. For us it was good as we always share each meal.

Our advise: go there and enj