Al Dente Trattoria - Esplanade

Location: Blk 8, #01-13, No 8,
Raffles Avenue,
Colour on the Bay
Singapore 039802
Website: http://www.aldente.com.sg/
Date of visit: 28/03/2009
Time of visit: 18:00
No. of pax: 2

I want to go back again for to try the pizza and have more drinks!!
*Drooling*

Not sure about the yellow sauce but the one in black tasted like vinegar+olive oil.
The bread is very delicious. Super soft.

If there were more people, then can order a bottle.

The combination of the soup may be weird, Carrot & Ginger, but the taste of it is sweet.
You don't actually taste the Ginger.

The Dinner Set Menu came in Sea @ $48 and Land @ $52.
The rest remain the same except for the main entree.
The above is the Land main entree.

Despite the fact that I can't taste the above item, but when he cut the meat into two,
you can see how juicy the meat is which really tempts you.
The portion is really big, super worth the $$.

For your reference, the Sea main entree consists of:
Duo of King Salmon & Hot Smoked Salmon with Creme Fraiche &
Two Caviar Sauce, Beetroot Mash with Fava Bean

The prawn and clam are so fresh which make u feel like swimming in the sea.
Super nice with the taste of the wine.
Yummy~~~

What we ordered
1) 1 Set Dinner Menu (Land) - $52.00

2) 1 Linguini Con Frutti Di Mare - $26.00

3) 2 House Pour White (Chardonnay) - $12.00 to $14.00 (cant remember =x)

Total spent after adding Service Charge & GST
SGD$117.25

Happy Birthday to me!!!

Ok this post is 2.5 months late, but late then never rite?

Anyway, I dunno how the price ended up to be this way,
I guess there was some discount. haha....

The pictures have spoken for themselves, don't they?
Except for the ice cream cos it was like 7.30pm when served and hence the
romantic 'view' of it. Tried using flash, but the outcome not nice.
We spend about 2 hours at the place!!

It is a good place to dine and chill with friends and families.
The dining ambience is pretty good just that the surrounding environment is not very beautiful due to the heavy construction!!
The staff are very friendly and upon arrival,
they quickly offered me a chair for my handbag.
They didn't rush us for our orders and they actually asked if we were rushing for any show or movie.
I think tt's the reason why we had a 2hrs long dinner.

It was 'Save the Earth' day and we were seated on the second level,
we manage to catch the office towers in the CBD area
switiching off their lights at 8pm.
Not very impressive except for Maybank Building.

Anyway thanks dear for the birthday treat =)

Verdict
Atmosphere: 3/5

Worth the $$: 4/5

Service Staff: 4/5

Food Presentation: 4/5

Food Quality: 4/5

Overall: 3.8/5