Table for Four - the sequel =D

Elinn Kong went to Don's Pie. Now its my turn!!!

This time, we headed to Bonta, an Italian fine dining restaurant that has caviar at 500bucks!
BUT hey, don't order caviar lah...folks can still go for the mains that are reasonably priced for the quality of ingredients used and how yummy it tastes!
Mains or pastas start from 20-ish.
Its all worth it I would say. Chef Luca takes absolute pride in his heritage and dishes out fantabulous Northern Italian cuisine with a modern touch!

I was extremely excited when the first dish was presented to us!
Swordfish carpaccio with grapefruit and roe!!!
Omg. The thinly sliced sashimi-grade swordfish simply melted in my mouth.
Its the perfect "wrap" to the tangy grapefruit, salty roe and crisp salad.
My favourite dish!!
Next was another appetizer.
24 month old Parma ham with rock melon!!
The ham's saltiness is nicely toned down with the sweetness of the rock melon :)

They change our cutlery after every dish, so when they placed the fork and spoon on my table, I knew it was pasta!!!
When Chef Luca placed the dish on my table, I swore I could smell the freshness of the sea!
Home-made angel hair pasta (yes, Chef Luca makes it himself everyday) with chunks of crab meat and salmon roe, drizzled with pesto sauce!!
The pasta is so good and so al dente that I finished it even before I cleared up the toppings! Haha.

Time for more mains!
Monkfish wrapped with pork belly on asparagus, served with beans and balsamic vinegarette dressing if I'm not wrong!
The texture of the monkfish was fantastic. Bouncy!
The entire dish had a sweet tinge to it and everything complemented so well.

Next main!
Roasted pork with blue potato and cranberry sauce!
While I'm not a fan of cranberry sauce, I must say that the meat and potatoes were awesome!
The pork was juicy and had a nice woody-roasty taste in every bite =)
Potatoes were neither too hard nor soggy. Just right.

Dessert!!!
Mind you, its not like any other. Its award-winning, and the waiter even brought out the medal to show us! Hahaha.
Nice warm chocolate cake served with rum & raisin ice-cream and fresh strawberries!
I was delighted when warm thick fudge oozed out of the choco cake!
I usually refrain from Rum & Raisin ice-cream but this one was different.
The raisins were nicely infused with rum and the ice-cream was light and refreshing.
The ice-cream was also served on a little cookie medallion :)
Smart. It won't cause a mess and ruin the presentation if it melts!

We were supposed to have one more main course before our dessert.
It was Wagyu Beef Cheek!!!!
Oh man.......... I was so sad when the chef told us about it.
The table skipped it cuz everyone was so stuffed.
But I will be back!!!!