date night

Since Joy-Anne is all bigger now and can go to bed at night without breastfeeding, we've resumed our weekly date nights with more consistency. Joseph also goes to bed all by himself so it frees Nana to put Joy-Anne to bed. Last night, we decided to try out Italiannies (The Gardens). I've been having this craving for carbonara pasta. (Can't wait to get to Melbourne to devour those at Sofia's)

We went for their promotion deal - 4 bowls of pasta for RM29.90. They offer a choice of 10 types of pasta. We pick 4.

So we picked Classic Carbonara (but of course!), Clam and Beef Bacon, Salmon and Lemon Aioli, and Shrimp Linguine.

While waiting for our order, we were served complimentary bread with olive oil and vinegar.

Being a weekday, the place was very quiet and just perfect. We had a view of the 'river' from the cosy little booth we were seated in.

Our food arrived soon enough. I took a good look at it and tried to figure out which bowl contained which pasta.

This must be the Salmon and Lemon Aioli...

This is the Clam and Beef Bacon

This is the Shrimp Linguine

And this looks like the Angel Hair Pomodoro

Ah....what was that again? They got our order wrong! How could they have forgotten my carbonara???

So we got them to change it. Here's my carbonara. The blur photo makes the bacon look kinda gross.

But it tasted nice and creamy to me.

The bowls were small but we were quite full by the time we finished everything. We especially loved the Salmon and Lemon Aioli. Unfortunately, it's not on their regular menu and we're not sure if it'll still be available after this Bowls of Pasta promotion ends.

The regular plate of Classic Carbonara (which according to the waitress, feeds 2 persons) is also priced at RM29.90 but I'm sure one will feel much more jelak without the variety that we get with this current promo. Maybe that's why Italiannies encourages sharing. It makes the meal a whole lot more enjoyable.