Lunes, Disyembre 5, 2011

To eat and not to eat

It was an impromptu get-together because a friend of mine from college’s here for vacation. I wanted to suggest drinks and then just stay at her hotel room. But she’s too excited to be confined in a four-walled room so Marina bay it was. It was actually a drama of “to eat or not to eat”. Because some of us our hungry, and the rest, they just want some night life.

There’s this restaurant in the Marina bay area that does al-fresco. So we positioned ourselves, where we can see a lot of people walking. And yes, we still managed to order a lot food. Drinking and talking is a lethal combination in getting one person to eat more. My friends were shocked when I ordered risotto.

I don’t usually order risotto because I’ve been burn before. Some restaurants served me mushy risotto and whenever I send it back, they always tell me that’s how they cook their risotto. I feel like I’m just eating rice with sauce and toppings. I know the taste of rice cooked in soffritto, and not pre-cooked then just sauté it in broth and aromatics.

I got the risotto Milanese. Saffron’s really expensive but it does make everything taste extravagant. I would’ve chosen the simpler risotto which is peas in cream sauce and parmesan. But since they’re drinking wine, might as well go out and order the Milanese risotto.

It was so good it went really well with the Ossobuco. They didn’t skimp back on the saffron and the parmesan cheese. They even used beef broth which you can actually taste, instead of the usual vegetable broth that some restaurants use.

The rice is soft but not squishy. I’m sure there’s white wine involved in the cooking process. I like the taste of wine in my food because it gives that density to the dish. The Ossobuco was cooked till the meat’s falling off of its bone. The marrow’s fat was rendered to the sauce that, it may be a sin to eat it, but it was so buttery.

Good food, great company. A night worth remembering.

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