Italiannies

“Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he’s buying.”

-Fran Lebowitz

For the moment:

Selfish-Slum Village f/ Kanye West

Today I had a late lunch at Italiannies in One Utama. Here’s my marinara on their pasta.

The Curve 7728 1715
One Utama 7727 1399

This is a place you must go with a 3 pax minimum. I personally think, it should be 5. They started out like that. However, not known to many, lately they do take orders for a smaller (1 head) portion. That said, most of their dishes are meant to be served at the centre of the table and each patron will be given a smaller plate of their own.

With regards to the nature of the restaurant, they are similar to the Chilis and are in fact a brother/sister restaurant chain to TGIF.

They tried to make the place look somewhat quaint. I think it’s alright. They didn’t succeed miserably. I say that because it’s the exact same look with their other outlet, and I presume any upcoming outlet.

While waiting for your order, you will be served two types of their home made bread with olive oil & vinegar. This I must give credit. If there’s 4 of you, they will give 8. If there’s 3, they will give you 6. It’s on the house.

Known for a number of things. From the top of my head, Stuffed Mushrooms and Fettucini Carbonara. These are two things I have almost without fail. But today I learned that it is best to not order these two together, especially if you don’t have a sizable entourage to share the order. Both has cream and cheese as a base, which can be over the top if consumed back to back.

In isolation, the Carbonara is known to be creamy and the smoked beef bacon is smoked beef bacon. You can even smell it. Kudos.

I won’t go too far by saying this is an expensive place. Each eatery has their own prices according to what they provide. A restaurant like this provides you the ambiance, service, food etc. So I was somewhat disappointed when my appetizer arrived at least 3 minutes after my main course. I was there with my 2 pre-teen sisters. That was all that we ordered. It’s not complicated. But I must point this out, when I asked (reminded) them about the Stuffed Mushrooms, another waiter told me it was coming, indicating that ‘yea, all is in order, I don’t see anything wrong here.’

I don’t blame him. I blame a greedy boss for wanting of more profit, and a negligent management for poorly training their staff.

*1 Small Stuffed Mushrooms (8 mushrooms) + 1 person portion Fettucini Carbonara + 2 Ice Lemon Tea + warm water = RM54.

They only have 5 desserts to offer. Which is in a way good to limit the choices. But as a Muslim, I am disappointed to see 2 of them, had liqueur. But I’m sure it tastes brilliant. For this bit, I’ve never heard any complaints.

I’ve been to this place many times in the past but today I would say, is the first time they had a hiccup with me. Honey Star, whom I have to thank for some of the pictures, seem to have good reviews about the place. But Fione didn’t have nice things to say.

Her bill tallied to RM57.96. But the total amount showed RM58. She was upset not for being ‘conned’ 4 cents, but for not being informed of the ‘miscalculation’. Rational Thinker left a comment on her page explaining that’s the Swedish Rounding Up System, and is common elsewhere.

I guess the world loves Ikea that much.