Chicco Pasta Bar is the newest idea to spring from the thoughts of Australian-Italian chef Drew Nocente. Consider it as an off-the-cuff, pasta-focused (if the title wasn’t sufficient of a clue) sister idea to his flagship Cenzo, additionally working within the Telok Ayer space.
The restaurant seats 38 in a charmingly adorned blue and white eating room going through an open present kitchen. Its title, Chicco, means grain in Italian — the elemental constructing block of contemporary pasta, the star of the present on the eatery.
There might be seven types of handcrafted pasta, made contemporary from scratch every day in a wide range of acquainted shapes and paired with sauces each full-bodied and flavourful, together with sharing platters laden with meatballs, roasted greens, chilly cuts, and grilled meats.
Strive the fusilli with a standard mushroom ragu sauce uplifted by spicy nduja sausage, or the conchiglie, a vegetarian-friendly medley of conch-shaped pasta paired with creamy Stracciatella, basi,l and a hearty tomato sauce. There’s additionally a rigatoni impressed by the basic Amatriciana, right here made with pan-fried chorizo as an alternative of the standard guanciale and complemented with a punchy cherry tomato sauce.
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Supply: Her World