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Casa Verde
Food and Beverage - 7.8
Ambience / Setting - 7.5
Value - 7.1
Service - 6.5
Will you return to this place? Definitely
I spent about S$89 per person

Review Date: 12 Nov 2008
1 Cluny Road, (Visitor Centre) Singapore Botanical Gardens, Singapore
2nd visit

Was my 2nd visit yesterday for dinner as my boyfriend craved for good pizza again. He's always comparing food around the world and as usual he says sometimes even in North Italy, you can't even find pizza like this at Casa Verde.

Food & Beverage:

1. Mozarella with Tomato - Lightly and not overly dripped with olive and vinegar. Nice vinegar is it's not heavy or too sour. However, could do with a little more touch in cutting skill as the cheese & tomato were not very well cut in different thickness

2. Crostinos - Order the hot ones and they come in 3 typs x 2 each, they are delicious. I will never touch pork cos of it's "porky" taste unless processed but this is nice, the scallop ones are so so as I find the scallops are rather mushy. The best was with porcini mushrooms, smooth and full of flavor

3. Pumpkin soup with crab meat - Interesting combination. Very strong seafood taste but still a nice hint of sweetness from the pumpkin.

4. Prosciutto with Porcini Pizza - We requested for the mushroom to be changed into porcini. Yummy, the pizza has a good mixed with the salty ham and strong taste of porcini

5. Quattro Stagioni Pizza - My all time favourite pizza. It simply means 4 season in Italian. Ingredients are Olives, Ham, Artichoke & Mushrooms divided in quarters each instead of mixing it together. Come to think of it now, I do not recall seeing olives on it..hmm strange. Nevertheless, it was still good cos of it's thin base which is moist from the ingredients and crispy at the side.

6. Italian wine with the 1st word "Michele" on it because I simply can't remember...It was light, slightly fruity. Good on a evening where it's not that hot nor cooling. Btw I think wine is on 25% off till end of Nov

Ambience:
It was a Tuesday night, we got there about 9pm. Only about 5 tables of diners (in/out) and 2 tables of people unwinding, sipping wine. Probably it's way after typical dinner time that's why not that crowded anymore. Sit outdoor so we could hear the waterfall nearby which was soothing. Where we were wasn't exactly a romantic spot as it was bright, at least we could see what we were eating

Value:
Way better valued than any pizza place I've been in Singapore at a green lushy quiet setting with no rushing crowds or fast moving cars or ear deafening horns

Service:
The boy who served us tried his best to provide good service. Seems nervous because everytime we ask for something special he'll head off to ask his Manager immediately. For anybody who's experience, they'll take all orders 1st and get back later. His command of English was rather poor but still understandable. There was another lady, I would assume she's Vietnamese or Thai etc was always smily and we can tell that she has alot of experiences. The other waiter who helped to put the wine glasses on our table was weird, he didn't say a word, shoved the glass infront of my face as a signal for he's setting up the wine glasses for us, rather rude of him.

I think most staff should be trained again on service and pronounciation etc.

 
 
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on DeSte: Oooohhh la la
For the life of me, I could not locate the place when I popped by. Where is it!!?? It must have been hidden somewhere where my eyes failed me :( Oh, and their Christmas Log is to die for!!!!!!!! I didnt actually order it, but the picture of it is georgous!! At $75 a log, I just couldn't bring myself to buy it.

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on Casa Verde: 2nd visit
so they are having wine promotion again, huh?

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