Who doesn’t love
Italian food? Pasta, pizza, you name it, I believe they have been a part of
your life. You love or not, I’m sure that for at least once in your life you’d
tried it, right. I’ve tasted many kinds
of Italian food in many Italian restaurants from the street to authentic one. I
prefer the non-authentic one because it suit to my taste bud, too much tomatoes
in most of Italian food recipes sometimes kill me hahaha…However, there are
some restaurants who serve best recipes with authentic Italian food but still
suit to my taste bud, Scusa Restaurant is on my list. At the previous post, I
had dining experience here and last week (how lucky I am) I was invited to
taste their authentic Italian food in their Italian Week Fair held week ago
from June 1 to 9, 2013 commemorating the Italian Independence Day. Yay, finally
!! (since I’ve been curious about their signature Italian dishes).
Italian
Week Fair brought Italian food
enthusiasts a selection of exclusive set menu from the well-known region of
Italy, i.e. Sicily, Tuscany and Veneziea. Each region will be featured on the
set menu along with favorite menu options for the ultimate dining experience. I
was happy to try the Sicily set menu. It crafted well for someone who love or
start to enjoy the authentic Italian food. The night was opened by two kinds of
Primi Piatti, an appetizer that success to raise my taste bud.
Scampi Giganti
Salad stole my heart with its fresh shrimp and refreshing Italian herb dressing.
I love how the chef fused the orange juice, basic olive oil and prime rosemary
into the dressing and mixed with red onion, mesclun vegetables, baby radish, onion, shrimp and oh the orange which made them a refreshing appetizer for
me! I felt like drinking an orange juice instead of salad haha. Love it!
Insalata
Vegetariana was also raises my curiousness since I found crispy parmesan
covered the rocket leaves, olives, cherry tomatoes and green beans. It sooo crunchy, lil bit bitter but when I
started munching it, it gave me rich of cheese taste! Me likey! However, the
salty anchovies somehow against my first crush with this dish. It’s too salty
for me.
The appetizer
succeeds to open my night and the Zuppa Polpetta simply completed it. The homemade
meat ball made from minced tenderloin with fat wagyu. The juicy texture of
which paired perfectly with the aqueous soup. I simply love the soup since it’s
not too rich of tomatoes hehehe….
Now it’s time
for Main Course! Give applause for Scottato Branzino. This seared sea bass has
a juicy and tender texture without any fishy smell at all. Completed with crunchy
green asparagus and a not-too-salty anchovy-dressing, this main course simply
gave me a true Italian taste. Oh this dish also served with stuffed calamari
infused minced shrimp and placed on the red green bell. How lovely this dish!
Unfortunately,
the second Beef Involtini didn’t catch my appetite. The beef might be well
crafted since it’s made from refined beef, raisins, garlic, pine nut, and
poured with mushroom sauce made from Portobello and champignon; however, the
texture wasn’t as juicy as it looks. This dish served with pumpkin tortellini
and stuffed eggplant.
When it comes to
dessert, who can say no?! And I said yes to Pistachio Tart, a beautiful crafted
small cake with soft and crunchy texture and filled with the pistachio, almond and
ricotta cheese. All those filling and the chocolate custard on the top were assorted
perfectly and gave me a super scrumptious pistachio taste. I started to want
more, but I just get one *ups hahaha!
I’m a cake lover
of course I always want something more, and when the Sicilian Cassata offered
by my friend, of course I couldn’t say no haha! This is actually Neapolitan ice
cream with candied fruit and nuts. It comes layer by layer, cake covered ice
cream, covered cake, and so on and the raspberry flavor simply made me also
love this cake!
The dinner session was also completed by these two refreshing drinks, Fruit Punch (65K), with a super refreshing fusion of orange, guava, pineapple, mango and grenadine syrup. It's so refreshing! And the Lychee Martini (110K) which always succeed to make me sleep well after arriving home haha!
Oh God, I was
speechless and just rubbing my tummy after that. I had another great night in
tasting such authentic food. Unfortunately, this event held very short, for you
who haven’t get a chance to visit Scusa, you might be won’t missing this event
next year. For IDR399.000 ++, I’m sure you’ll get an authentic dining
experience. Thanks Scusa for having me and fellow food bloggers that night.
Always feel bless to have Scusa’s staff who treated us like a family.
Ciao!
Icha Khairisa,
craving for Pistacchio Tart more.
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