Grayden and SImba @ Pietrasanta

The cousins first excusion together with the Grams and Pops! :)
We had a nice leisurely lunch at Pietrasanta. The Pops recommended this lovely Italian place down at Portsdown Road with a nice veranda for Al Fresco dining.

Pops with his Grandson oh so proudly. "Gimme food" Grayden seems to be communicating!
Simba also communicating her greedy intentions.

We ordered the specials - portobello mushroom with buffalo cheese, italian tomatoes and the risotto with Porcini mushroom and black truffle.


The mushrooms weren't fantastic. The risotto rice cakes were quite nice through with a thin crispy shell encasing moist creamy rice flavoured with the mushroom and a hint of the black truffle. I would of course have much prefered white truffle, but I suppose I can't have truffle with everything.



The tomatoes were a pleasant surprise. They were refreshingly sweet and juicy. Cheery red, they looked too cute to be plucked from their vines and chomped on, but as cute and cheery as they may seem, these little juicy reds were $14 a plate.


L and I shared the grilled lamb rack with rosemary and garlic sauce. The lamb was juicy and flavoursome. Our only complaint was there were only 3 pieces! :( How to share?!

So we also ordered the Tordelli - homemade Tuscan version of the Ravioli filled with meat and sausage.
B ordered the baked sea bream in a pizza crust which sounded yummy since both of us like pizzas. Unfortunately it didn't work out quite as well on a plate as it does on paper. The crust was a little too thick and the fish was just ordinary.

We don't normally order dessert at Italian restaurants. But everyone was just in such a great mood and this was probably the first time in family history where no one - not even the dad - was in any hurry to get the bill, so we ordered.
I had the pear tart with vanilla ice cream. It had a warm fuzzy home-made feel to it and the fragrant vanilla ice-cream was superb.

Sis had the tiramisu since she insists the only way to rate how good an Italian restaurant is, is by their tiramisu;

and the parents shared a traditional Italian dessert made with fresh ricotta cheese with Barolo Chinato (dessert wine). Interesting but I couldn't get to try because of the alcohol content and, well as much as I wouldn't have minded, but everything I eat, Grayden eats too.

Pietrasanta

5B Portsdown Road 0103

Tel: 64799521