Authentic Italin at ‘Pranzo’
View(s):Visiting Italian Maestro Chef Simone Gobbo and Food and wine expert Leonardo Ricci of Waters Edge presented a new authentic Italian menu last week to provide all food lovers with true seasonal ingredients and a reason to rediscover the love for Italian cuisine.
Chef Simone Gobbo and Leonardo Ricci
The novel menu at popular Italian restaurant Pranzo consists of an array of main and side dishes prepared to suit a plethora of palates and personalities, from the far North to the Deep South of Italian borders, hinted with history and influential cultures, to bring authentic Italian flavours in every bite.
The menu entails an exquisite range of dishes, namely: Tuna Carpaccio with fennel and Citrus Salad, originating from the breathtaking island: Sicily is a renowned dish in the Sicilian gastronomy. The thinly sliced fresh tuna with fennel and citrus salad depicts traces of flavours from Arab influences; with a burst of citrus making it a refreshing appetiser. Crab Cakes with Avocado Picante is considered as a dish of Italian high cuisine with influencing western ingredients.
Further, introducing a Grilled Tuna salad with black olives, sundried and fresh tomatoes with soft boiled eggs can be described as a delightful appetiser of Southern Italian cuisine. The Chicken salad with saffron mayonnaise, green apple and toasted almond stems from Central Italy- Umbria; where the remainder of chicken broth and saffron generates exquisite flavours of the cold dish.
‘Zuppa di zucca violina, ginger, pepperoncino e gambero’ (pumpkin, ginger and chili soup with fried prawn and chili oil), is a dish created in an era of true art, culture and culinary finesse in the region of Padana Valley by a family renowned as ‘Estensi’.
This is one of the many dishes brought in by Chef Simone of this nature and apprises to us that there will be more to come in the future of Pranzo.
Considered as one of the most significant dishes in the group of favourites in Italian cuisine- ‘Gnocchi gratinati ai 4 formaggi’ is created with a great variety of cheeses from the mountain areas of Padana Valley. Chef Simone has introduced the ‘Penne alla Levantina’ (Spicy seafood pasta) in order to suit the palates of Sri Lankans where the creamy pasta is marinated with curried seafood, thereby considering it to be a ‘Sritalian’ dish.
For Meat Lovers, the new menu of Pranzo introduces two new dishes: ‘Pollo all diavola’ (Baked chicken with tomato, olives & chili) and ‘Grigliata mista di maiale’ (Grilled pork selection) which were instigated in two dissimilar areas of Italy, bringing out the extremely diverse flavours. Pranzo is open from 11.00am to 11.00pm throughout the week.
For more details call Sanjeewa on 077 4827168.