PIGGIN OUT @ GARIBALDI, BANGSAR VILLAGE

This year, to celebrate our anniversary, we decided to go to Garibaldi at Bangsar Village. Decision on a place to go this time wasn’t really difficult as TimeOut had just come out with their list of awards and Garibaldi won “Best Italian”. 

Located within Bangsar Village itself, Garibaldi is a 2 storey restaurant visible from the streets along Bangsar Village. The lower ground is a bar and the upper storey is a fine dining restaurant, housing nothing more than 15 tables with simplistic but comfy décor. Not much to a view here as you’ll have the adjacent building as a view.

Service here was really good. Not only were the waiters prompt in serving you, our waiter took the time to explain every dish that was served although me being the meaty grubby fellow barely understood anything. Regardless, I was amazed at the effort he took to explain each and every dish to the smallest detail.

To make things easy for us, we decided to order their degustation menu. Definitely the right choice. 

Before anything came was, bread sticks and bread.

Our first course was some chef creation. Don’t ask me what it was, I totally forgot.

Next up was mashed up prawns, celery, green apples placed on top of a slice of tomato with fresh leaves and sweet sauce around it. We loved this dish. Light, sweet and freshness.

The following course was black squid ink pasta with scallops and caviar. Expecting the regular starand of pasta in black to come, we were nicely surprised when the dish came with a roti canai shaped pasta (black of course) with a generous serving of pasta, caviars and best of them all, a 24k edible gold. Crazy but true. The shiny patch you see on the pasta is gold. Edible gold. Out waiter assured us it was safe to eat.

Next up was smoke duct breast risotto. As simplistic and unappetizing this dish might look, it was really good. The deep fried duck breast was fragrantly delicious and the risotto was rich and even though I was already full by now, I could bear the thought of wasting such a delicious dish.

And after all the wonderful dishes and we were already pretty full by now, the MAIN COURSE! I ordered a stewed beef shoulder while my wife had the trout. My beef was tender, warm and just plain good.

Finale, our dessert. You would expect a smallish portion for a dessert but no, everything in Garibaldi is served in hearty generous portions. Caramelized fruits, poached pear and stuffed ricotta.

And just when you thought it’s all over, they came over with this!

Overall, the food and service in Garibaldi was really amazing. I was really contented with the price, the quality of the food, the serving portion and the service. You just step out of this place smiling. Money well spent.

Full description of the degustation menu.

AMOUSE BOUCHE
Daily Special Chef Creation

GAMBERI
Tartare of Red Prawns on Green Apples and Celery with Parsley Gelatine and Tomato Sour Caramel

NERO
Black Squid Ink Pasta Layers with Scallops on Saffron Butter and Topped with Golden Wild Trout Caviar

RISOTTO
Pumpkin Risotto with Chestnut, Smoked Duck Breast and Robiola Tre Latti Cheese

TROTA
Butter Fried Ocean Trout Sage Flavored a la Mugnaia with Fennels Sauté and Black Kalamata Olives
Or
MANZO ALL`OLIO 
Traditional Beef Shoulder Stewed with Olive Oil, Anchovies and Parsley Served with Parmesan and Creamed Polenta

SEADAS
Deep Fried Sardinian Seadas Stuffed of Ricotta Cheese with Grappa Poached Pear and Honey Caramelized Figs 
IL SERVIZIO DEL CAFFE'
Coffee or Tea

RM165++

Location:

Lot 10 & G22, Bangsar Village 1,

Jalan Telawi 1,

59100 Bangsar, KL.

Tel: 03-2282 3456

http://www.garibaldi.com.my/