So I was at Bel Mondo a few weeks back with a couple of friends to celebrate SL's birthday. It's the third time I'm visiting the restaurant at Millenia Walk, which I guess sorta means I was pretty satisfied with the previous meals I've had there. Sadly, this time was a bit of a disappointment. Don't get me wrong, service is good at the place, and it's a decent joint to hang out with friends on a Friday evening after work. I was over an hour late due to a last-minute errand and my poor friends were already waiting but they were kind enough to not order ahead of me. When I arrived, I was greeted by an angmoh guy(whom I assume was the owner). He must have been wondering why my friends were just sitting at his restaurant and drinking too much of his water without ordering any of his food. Har har. After settling down, we proceeded to order our food.
LY had a bowl of mushroom soup which I gather was probably made with a variety of mushrooms ground to a grainy texture in a blender, with cream stirred in and then recooked again. It was rather good. We also had the tomato bruschetta as a starter, which was pretty decent too(I guess you can't really go wrong with olive oil, garlic and herbs on bread) though the bread could've been crispier and more fragrant. If I recalled correctly, there were rocket leaves that went along with it as well. Here's a photo of it.
LY had a bowl of mushroom soup which I gather was probably made with a variety of mushrooms ground to a grainy texture in a blender, with cream stirred in and then recooked again. It was rather good. We also had the tomato bruschetta as a starter, which was pretty decent too(I guess you can't really go wrong with olive oil, garlic and herbs on bread) though the bread could've been crispier and more fragrant. If I recalled correctly, there were rocket leaves that went along with it as well. Here's a photo of it.
After our starters, the main courses came. SL had her favourite clam and white wine vongole pasta which I thought was probably the best amongst the three we ordered. The taste of white wine was almost about right, except that the dish tasted a little bit on the bland side.
I had my usual crab meat arrabiata with vodka linguini. It was only average this time round, which was a bit disappointing for me because I thought it was quite tasty the last time I had it. It felt like they merely combined some canned crab meat together with tomato sauce and it lacked kick in its taste despite the alcohol component in it. It didn't help that I was a small eater myself and the plate came in a huge portion....needless to say, I only ate about 1/2 of it. I hope the chef wasn't too offended when they took the plates away!
LY had the squid ink pasta(I've always wondered who was the ingenious chap who decided to experiment squishing the ink out from a squid and combining it with flour, eggs and water to make the dish which is now so popular all over the world. I guess he must've been Italian? Harhar.) It was a tad too salty but otherwise average as well.
After my third time dining at the restaurant, I have to say that it might take quite a bit for me to go back there again. Another minor grouse that I had was that the prices look suspiciously 20% higher than the last time I went 8 months ago. Service on the overall however, was good with attentive waitresses serving us.
I guess I should be exploring another Italian joint on another occasion.
Address:
9 Raffles Boulevard, #01-09/1o
Millenia Walk
Rating(out of 5):
Service: 3.5 porkchops
Food: 3 porkchops
Ambience: 3.5 porkchops
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