Domani

Located at the basement of Ngee Ann City is this small restaurant called Domani that sells Spanish and Italian Cuisine food. It's a really small restaurant, therefore during meal times, there may be a queue. The place is cosy with a nice ambience due to it's dark interior. The food is not that expensive too and it's quite nice. Below is a short review on the food.

Fritto Calamari $6

Comments: The batter was nice with its slight crisp on it. Not sure if their tar-tar sauce was home made, but it complimented the calamari well. If only they added a bit of their crispy crumbs.

Bruschetta Salmon

Comments: Part of the set meal, ordered the Bruschetta Salmon. Poorly done though. Just a piece of salmon on a baguette with butter. 

Ajillo Shrimp $5

Comments: A type of Spanish appetizer. Fresh shrimp topped with a little chilli powder with button mushrooms soaked in olive oil and garlic. It's a refreshing dish as it perks up your pallets. The shrimp is cooked just nice and taste sweet.

Iberico Pork and Cream Tomato Shrimp Spaghetti $26.90 meal with the Bruschetta Salmon

Comments: A combination of 2 main meals. Firstly, the pork is really nice. Cooked nicely with a little bit of fat. The sauce not too salty
The spaghetti was not bad too with it's freshly made tomato sauce and fresh prawns. Spaghetti cooked nicely.

Overall Review: A nice place to have dinner, but the staff there can be quite slow and un-attentive. The food is nice as it is a fusion of Italian and Spanish dishes. Not many places in Singapore sell Spanish food too. The pricing is also not as expensive although it is located in the town area.

Website: Welcome to Domani

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Details of the Place: 391 Orchard Road #B2-37, Ngee Ann City Singapore 238872

Contact: +65 6734 1638

Lu Gang Xiao Zhen by The Asian Kitchen

As a roast pork lover, I was intrigued to try out this place when I saw a picture of their roast pork on their menu. The review is below. Also found out that this place is also mostly Taiwan food therefore went to try it out. Have a read below on the dishes I had. Sorry I don't have most of the prices for the dish because I misplaced the receipt and their website is quite lousy because their menu do not have the prices to the dish and they do not have pictures of their dishes.

Village Tofu

Comments:  The starch is slightly salty and thick but you can't go wrong with tofu. It still taste nice but the portion is quite small. Serving it in a claypot also keeps the dish warm.

Fried Glass Noodles

Comments: Quite a refreshing and nice dish. Easy to eat but not much ingredients in it.

Oyster Mee Sua $8.90

Comments: Quite salty and not quite the same as those in Taiwan. A very small portion for $8.90. Not worth it

Guitar Duck and Roast Pork Combo

Comments: The meat is slightly fat, moist but the skin of both the duck and the pork could be more crispy.

Crispy Duck Roll

Comments: This is quite good although could be quite filling. The duck inside is moist and soft and the roll is crisp.

Prawn Paste Chicken

Comments: Normal. Chicken was quite tender

Lemon Sliced Fish

Comments: The fish was fresh and the lemon gives a nice citrus taste to the dish.

Overall Review: In all honesty, this place is a nice cosy place to have dinner, but the downside of having it in ION Orchard means that during dinner time there would be this never-ending queue, plus the dishes would be expensive and their serving really small. The food is not that fantastic to die for also. There are other places that money could be more well spent. Their website is also not done up properly. So I'm not really gonna recommend this place to my readers out there.

Details of the place: 2 Orchard Turn #B3-22 Ion Orchard