Cariso Delicacies Corner

El Casa Restaurant

During the El Casa invited review session I didn’t manage to taste its spaghetti marinara, therefore this round I decided to taste those that are not included in the past.

Linguine Seafood Marinara RM18.90+

Cheng-cheng-tei! Their version of this pasta was light in sauce with ‘sea’- taste, not the usual sauces like those we could get off- rack from supermarket. The ingredients were not many, it came with fish slices, squids and prawns.

 They served you halfway de-shelled prawns.

Fish & Chip de El Casa RM16.90+

Again, I found this dish to be light-weight, meaning everything seemed to be ’non-oily’.  [...]

Set Dinner Menu

Pasta (RM39.90++), Fish Set (RM55.90++), Meat Set (RM69.90++)

Soup of the Day – Pumpkin soup

Grilled lamb rack with onion sauce and baked eggplant. [...]

Set Dinner : Pesce Misto alla Milanese (RM43.00+)

New item, only available as Set Dinner (Soup of the day + drinks (lavazza coffee / tea / ice lemon tea) + dessert of the day).

-Grilled salmon fillet and jumbo shrimp with classic Milanese sauce.

[My rating 6/10]

Again, I always believe grilled salmon in western cuisine has the risk of having strong fishy smell, if compared to Japanese cuisine.

The jumbo shrimps were pretty good though. Most of us were impressed by the mashed potato, not only the outlook was eye-catching , internally it was stuffed with melted cheese! Surprisingly good !

Set Lunch with main course of Chicken Parmigiana (RM25.00+)

The set lunch comes with Soup of the day + drinks (coffee / tea / ice lemon tea) + single scoop of ice-cream. [...]

I have done a food review on this restaurant back in 2009 when it first launched its new menu. You may refer to here Bravo Italiana (New Menu) Part I and Bravo Italiana (Invited Review) Part II.

This round is for 2010. Nearly ending already! Let me see if there has got any surprise for us?!

Bravo Italia is a trattoria dining establishment that serves inexpensive and rustic food in a less formal dining atmosphere.

Bruschetta (RM8.80+) -Toasted bread topped with fresh diced tomato, Italian herbs, olive oil and melted cheese.

[My rating 5/10]

The serving size seemed to be larger compared to last time. This bruschetta supposed to be without cheese. The restaurant owner cum chef (Mr. Lim) has modified this to suit local taste especially for those cheese lovers. For me, I still do not know how to appreciate / buy this dish, like last time.

Grilled Chicken Salad (RM17.00+) – Strips grilled marinated chicken, topped on fresh mixed salad. [...]

It’s been ages since I last stepped into El Mondo (Krystal Point). Last week I went to the branch @ E-Gate instead.

Fish Cordon Blue (RM21.90+)

Fish fillet stuffed with chicken ham and cheese coated with homemade breadcrumb, served with mushroom cream sauce, sauteed vegetables and french fries.

There was inconsistency in the spread of salt on the breadcrumb. Some parts tasted very salty whereas some other parts were not.

Pizza El Mondo (RM28.90+) [...]