MICHALANGELO'S!!
~ near holland v there lah.... check out the webbie for add... =p

Appetizers:
Stuffed Bocconcini- $18- "Globes of fresh mozzarella filled with a compote of pesto roasted sweet capsicum, semi-dried tomatoes and pinenuts atop thin slices of bruschetta"

Duck & Crayfish Salad - $23 - "An ensemble of smoked duck breast, marinated crayfish tails and asparagus on a couch of mixed lettuce, beetroot and pumpkin chutney, dressed with a spicy orange sauce"

Main Courses:
Black Cod
Agnelo alla Griglia (lamb)
Risotto Nero
Fettucine con Salmon

- find their descriptions on: http://www.michelangelos.com.sg/
=p heh, lazy to copy and paste...

Well, no pics cos it's basically too dark to sneakily snap pictures when the waiters are not looking.. hehe.

Anywayz, you won't be disappointed with the presentation lah.. go ahead and check out the webbie for their delicious-looking pics which standard i'll never attain with my mobile phone cam.. haha.

Was there with my family- dad, mom, bro and i! so tt's why there's 4 main courses! no no, can't finish all by myself... and for students like me, yes, it's EXPENSIVE! 4 of us ate a dinner of $249! and no desert.. no space in the tummy for it anywayz. =p

For appetizers, dad chose the duck and crayfish, i chose the stuffed Bocconcini.. and i realli did prefer my choice!
duck & crayfish salad: the orange dressing was too sharp for my liking.. and it was a disappointment that the crayfish was limp.. but the duck was not bad... i like that the duck had a light flavour, which matched the salad well..
stuffed Bocconcini: read the top to know what exactly it is.. heh. i chose it cos it was interesting lah.. and expected to haf to finish it myself.. *evil grinz! but in the end, everyone liked it! love the way the texture of the cheese and the lovely warmth of the tomato stuffing.. and the dressing for the salad was delicious! olive oil, vingrette and pinenuts! i like toasted pinenuts!! thou it's cheaper than the rest of the appetizers, and sure, as of all rather ex resturants, the servings are mini.. but it taste great!
there's only 2 other places where there's good salad: Sizzler, and Pan Pacific's Summer House Cafe - they have sun-dried tomatos that you can toss into your Caesar's Salad (tt you haffa make by yourself ofcos!)

The main courses!
Mom said hers was good, so i guess the Black Cod is good! haha.. mom's abit fussy sometimes.. cos she's a cook! so if she says it's good, it's guaranteed good! but she said the spinach was salty... hmm...

Dad had the lamb.. he gave me a piece of it.. and it was simply scrumptous! infact, it's voted the best main dish at our table!! it's perfection!! sweet, tender and the taste is controlled. no heavy, meaty lamb taste.. it was delicate, slightly crisp at the edges, juicy in the middle piece of rib. yes, yes, it's a muz try if you're there!

Bro's risotto and my salmon Fettucine was on the salty side.. but the risotto is realli good! in the sense that the flavour of the seafood broth was realli not shy at all! it was a spring of flavour that was unexpected.. well, cos it's juz rice! but i'd think tt they should add more meaty ingrediants into it.. afterall, it's juz rice and seafood noe... but, still, it was well-done!

My salmon Fettucine was not bad for overall.. i loved the cream sauce (yupz, i prefer cream to tomato).. undoubtly the best cream sauce- not too thick tt it cogragulates as some does, and juz delightfully creamy yet not heavy. Had a fun time twirling them around my fork in the sauce... and the sauce juz coats it so beautifully you taste both the pasta and the sauce in a great balance of flavour. But my disappointment was that the salmon was salty, and tasted like smoked salmon.. the reason why i ordered it was bcos they said "salmon fillets" not "smoked salmon"... why can't they put bouncy boiled salmon pieces that i normally put in mine own when i cook at home? i can't do the lovely sauce that they do, and it'll be marvellous if i could! cos the taste of salmon fat (you know, the part near the skin and the skin..) and cream will be juz luxury... okie, i digress.. but it's not a bad pasta dish..
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Isit worth $249? not realli.

the thing i hate abt these places is the uncomfortable mix of casualness and class. it's like neither here nor there.. if you're an ang moh, maybe it's casual.. but the waiters are all classy. i don't like the way that they repeat your menu item.. cos i obviously can't read french (for another place nearby..) nor italian, so i point to the items on the menu.. you don't haf to make it obvious tt i don't know how to read rite... my family doesn't gif a fuck if i can't read french la.. and it's abit condesending.. like if you don't know french, please stay away....

but, it's noted that i know it's not easy to be employed there.. a friend of mine, who's a chef, told me that they haf to meet high standards.. and you can see that they are indeed skilled.. like the way they balance the plates effortlessly on their wrists. haha.. but it's their attitudes tt are irritating.. like they're too busy too cater to you.. i like my attn, and i like it unrushed, polite and inviting. if the other tables' all ang moh too.. all the better, cos the same standard of service is expected. thankyou. =)

The ambience was... irritatingly dim. There were beautiful artworks and sketches on the walls.. they were "featured", sorta, with lights.. but the ones of the ceilings had "faded into the darkness" of the night.. and the ones on the walls were not realli "featured" cos the light shone away from them... i saw that they had simple chandelier lights but had declined to use them.. why?? and it was quite difficult to see what we were eating sometimes.. like in the olden times, when they depended on candle light to see- we depended on the candle they placed in the middle of the table for extra light... tt was seriously lame. Dishes took alittle too long to come too.. and they had a open kitchen concept- you can smell all the other food being prepared as you wait.. lolz.

Okie, on to better stuff, i'm grateful that the description to the dish is in english. And i love the way they've described their own dishes. it's good to know that they put in pride, even in the presentation of the menu.. not only do you know what's coming, there's anticipation of what's coming...

I appreciated when the bar tender came to ask abt my bro's drink - Michanlangelo's Sling (i think.. it's the first item on the drinks list..) we didn't realli touch it cos no food had arrived.. bad to haf alc on empty stomach... and the bar tender got worried that he had created a lousy drink.. he even came over to ask abt the mix, to explan his mix, etc... i felt bad for not drinking it.. lolz. but it's nice to see that he bothered abt his creations.. unlike some bars... they juz pour you a drink as if they're doing you a favour by attending to you. And the drink was real nice... i like banana juice and rum. *hic!..... nah, juz kidding, it's the type of drink perfect for a date.. gets you relaxed, but nowhere near drunk..

And on the way out, we met Angelo! the head chef / creator Michalangelo's! he was sitting on the bench outside to take a break.. juz as we were leaving, he said to me: "thankyou, Signora." and bcos of that, i forgave the waiters who got on my nerves. =)