Went Ricciotti at Riverwalk after work on Fri nite. By the time we got there it was already close to 9pm. The place was almost packed but we managed to get a seat in the open. Not a good spot but well. Both of us were more keen on the desserts and were prepared to skip the mains and go straight to the sinful stuff. We flipped through the menu but couldn’t quite decide what to order and hence signal a waitress over. Asked about what she would recommend since its our first time there and she promptly suggested Soffiato (warm choc cake with choc chip ice cream). Ok, what else ? What mains would she recommend ? Everything drew a blank from then on. She was completely clueless and she honestly told me so. So I asked her to send someone who knows over to help us. The next waiter who came was no better. Soffiato was still the recommended and after that it was again a blank. By then I was getting bitchy and after a few more queries which he finally replied with “Everything here is nice”, I gave up and just ordered the Soffiato. Forget the mains we thought. For all we know it isn’t worth it.
Soffiato came. Nothing fanciful, just a small rounded cake like thingy with a scoop of ice cream by the side. The ice cream tasted toooo milky to my liking. The cake was well, just a warm chocolate cake. Nothing amazing if you ask me. What’s the big deal ? Why could something so unsignificant be their signature dish ?
We then decided to try something else and ordered a Cannoli (tube shaped chocolate pastry stuffed with ricotta cheese, citrus fruits & pistachio nuts). We didn’t enjoy that, cheese just isn’t something I enjoy. The service there sucks really ... we would have expected more from a Garibaldi chain.
The only saving grace was that all desserts went at half price after 9pm. So was glad this unsatisfactory experience didn't cost us.
Thereafter we went to Brewerkz. Somehow my friend likes to go there though to me its just another drinking hole. While waiting for a table, we headed to the open area behind the building to watch those radio controlled kites (Go Fly Kite) fixed with multi-colored blinking light bulbs in action. The group there in similar GFK polo shirts were playing with the RC kites while distributing phamplets to random spectators like us. Its kinda nice watching these kites flying about but how fun is it after a while ? Doesn't it get boring after a while ? :P
Pig out some more at Brewerkz ... glad I managed to relax and unwind after yet another long work week.
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