Me and my family usually gather for some food whenever its a special occasion like one of our birthday's or a festive holiday like Christmas. My dad usually pays coz well he likes to give us good things 😃
Here's our Christmas lunch at a nearby place called Solutto. Discovered this place about a month back when they just opened and they serve very affordable authentic Italian food and wanted my parents to try them out.
We were the only table the whole lunch the whole service of which I understand very well being a small local restaurant owner myself, people often pick shopping malls and holiday destinations over dining at a local restaurant whenever its a celebration or festive period. So I was happy to give them some business and hopefully made those that worked on a Christmas day there a little more cheerful.
Anyway, here's what we had. I highly recommend you to check out this place.
Highlight of the day,
Chicken Parm (Parmigiana)
One of the most authentic chicken parmigiana I've tasted around cooked by a Chinese guy whom I heard is a culinary graduate from Australia that came back to Malaysia to start this small restaurant. You can tell from his cooking that things are done with great care and love just the way Italian food is supposed to be made.
Also when I said affordable authentic Italian, I mean RM15.90 (USD3.80/SBD0.43). You can do a comparison anywhere else and you'll find that most places that don't serve as good as this place are already almost double the price.
Bruschetta
Again, I might be repeating this whole post on whatever I've already mentioned. This is simple yet so much heart put into it. Bread was crispy but not hard. Tomatoes diced in perfect uniform cubes dressed with a perfectly balanced vinaigrette, chopped parsley and parmesan cheese. Honestly one of the best, if not the best antipasto (starter dish) I've ever had.
Grilled Chicken Tenderloin
This dish came out in literally 5 minutes or less. Extremely moist on the inside and nicely charred on the outside in what I'm guessing was pre-prepped using a sous vide. Not to mention you can't cook chicken that fast, it can't be that moist over a grill. Talk about simple, this dish was refined and eating it, you knew it was done with passion and finesse.
Butter Fish with Dill Cream Sauce
As you've noticed, most of their mains come with the same sides. The garden salad is extremely good with the dressing almost too difficult for my palate to identify whats in it. No jokes, even the salad has so much attention put into it and not just some raw lettuce thrown on a plate like so many places nowadays do.
On to the fish!
Well I've had this dish a few times so a little criticism is that it's not as good as it was before but still seriously good. I mean, it was really really really good. Now it's really really good. So as a chef I know it's not easy to always dish out perfect plates every single time so I'm gonna give this a thumbs up as well 👍
I still would recommend this dish so do give this a go!
Potato & Cheese Fondue
This is amazing. Ooey gooey cheesey goodness with chunks of potato as you transport that dip with the garlic bread slices into your mouth. You only get 3 shots at this so the rest you'll have to spoon it down 😂
We also ordered some other stuff but I didn't get them pictures sorry!
Picture of 3 families. My brother's, my dad and mum and mine. You can read more stories of my brother's family on my sister-in-law's Steemit page @iamjadeline. They have an amazing and inspirational story which I'm sure will bring a lot of merry to not just your Christmas but to your life as well!
Final verdict of Solutto:
Decor & Ambience ★★★
Food ★★★★★
Service ★★★★
Pocket damage/dent: RM 111.10 (USD 27.10/SBD 3.01) for 6 adults and 3 kids. So please give them tips!
So hope you check this place out and keep them in business for many more years to come...... so I can enjoy good chicken parm 😃
Merry Christmas and happy holidays Steemians wherever you may be 😊
In case you missed the tags to Solutto, here it is -
https://www.facebook.com/www.solutto.com.my/