pizza frutti de mare - 9/10so i was reading about Prego's and it said supposedly had some really good hearty italian food. so d made reservations for friday evening and soon, the day arrived. we drove to raffles city mall and walked to fairmont hotel (which is connected from level 1). i was really hungry when i arrived, and was greeted by a huge restaurant, with tall ceilings and a very cafe like atmosphere.
the ambience wasn't as posh or romantic as most would like it to be. its very cafe style and the atmosphere was really nice and relaxed. we were presented with the menu and the list was really long. they had lots of starters and a large selection of pastas, lasagnas and other meaty mains of steak, fish etc.
linguini with guanciale bacon, pecorino cheese, egg yolk - 8.5/10
i was really craving some good pasta and i knew exactly what i wanted; some thick, super creamy carbonara. and thats exactly what i got. i had linguini to go with it because i love how the larger surface area per volume of pasta (as compared to broader varieties like fettucine) is coated with the creamy sauce, which makes each mouthful drenched with the thick sauce. the pasta was really good. it came super creamy with lots of bacon strips inside, making it wonderfully tasty and aromatic.
saffron risotto with sauteed prawns and seared sea scallop - 8.5/10
d got the saffron risotto. this was reallyyy good. the seafood flavor totally seeped deep into the rice, making it immensely rich and flavorful. super moist and yet mildly grainy at the same time, but all the while preserving the taste of the seafood.
squid ink lagsana - 7/10
we also got the squid ink lasagna. the lasagna was layered with squid ink pasta sheets. it was firm and really easy to eat, with a top that wasn't to wet or crumbly and could be easily cut into with a fork. it sheets were firm and you could really taste the texture of it. i thought this was pretty good.
pizza parma ham and mozzarella - 7/10
we got 2 pizzas. one was the frutti de mare aka seafood and the other was parma ham with mozzarella cheese. both pizzas came in a fabulous thin crust, done perfectly well. the pizzas here were really made very well, probably done firewood style. the crust comes out nice and crispy, with just the right amount of fluff in the dough. personnaly, i thought that the frutti de mare was excellent. the seafood nicely complimented the dough and the marinara sauce. the parma ham was a little too plain and cheesy for my liking. but some people like their pizzas plain and with less meat, so i guess its all about personal preference. the mozarella cheese was nice and soft on top of the pizza, and the super thin slices of salty parma ham were pretty tasty.
traditional beef lasagna - 5/10 the traditional lasagna was not too bad. not impressive, but then again i never really liked lasagna that much, so i guess i'm not in a great position to judge. ask the lasagna experts out there.
nice place overall. already made a return visit ;)
Prego - Fairmont Hotel, next to Raffles City Shopping Mall
Price - about $30 per main
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