Happie Bday Mr Love!!

My hubs turned 28 today..28 years old sounds so old 10 yrs ago..but it seems so scary now..whahaha Was thinking of where to go for his bday dinner, japanese food? thai food?Hot pot? Nah, these are my favourites, not his..

Seriously, I think he onli like western cuisine, didnt see him particularly like any another cuisine le..Anyway, I know he loves pizza, which I am seriously not a fan..Maybe those with all meat types, else, I need alot of time to get rid of the veggies on it..Okie I digress..

Back to the pizza, as I was searching for ideas on where to eat, I came across a blogger raving about a restaurant tat serves wondeful pizza..And so, I found where I should treat him for dinner this year...

But things were not meant to be this year, he faced a BIG, i mean BIG BIG BIG setback at work on his bday...Making him moody..He told me on the way that if not for me being so enthu about his bday, he would not have celebrated it this year...When I told Cindy he said this, she blow up her top...whahaha Saying that he did not appreciate wat I had done for him...

Actually I knew why he felt so dejected, afterall, all the promises were nothing but blank cheques..And it had to happen on his bday..

Okie, So we went to this "Etna Italian Restaurant & Pizzeria" over at East Coast Rd...They had another branch in CBD area, but we reckon it will be crowded with all the working class plp so we decided to travel further to this branch...

A pretty small and cozy place with friendly waiters..I think the boss is aso serving the customer..We took quite a long time to decide wat to eat as the menu were in Italian with english explaination below but still, we took quite a while to look thru every thing...

There are 2 kinds of pizza here, the Red and & White. The Red have tomatos and mozzarella cheese base while the whites is the same onli without the tomatos..This is totally for me kk? I hated tomatos and try as I might, I will avoid eating them even when I am eating pasta or pizzas...

Hubs found the white pizza special and he ordered a Campangnola (Mozzarella chesse, Broccoli (yikeess) and chicken). I ordered a Linguine alla Capesante (Flat pasta with scallops in pink lobster sauce), I will choose pasta over pizza anytime..Moreover, I dun think we will be able to finish 2 pizzas..The waiter told us that the pizza is 12"inch..which serves 1..We wanted to order the Hot Appetizers-Chicken fingers but was told that the hot appetizers were not available as dunno 1 of their wat machine broke down..Oh well...

He then intro us a cold appetizer which he claims to be special to their restaurant..You may get to eat else where maybe, but not much places have it...Carpaccio di Pesce Spada (smoked swordfish fillet with rocket salad,capers, pistachio, dressed with oilve oil and lemon..We agreed to give it a try, and we didnt noe wat is in store for us..

While waiting for the food to arrive, Mr Love filled me in with the details of the day and were venting his frustrations..We then saw Xiang Yun arriving along with the 2 kids..She look more auntie in real life..whahha
Anyway, after telling me all this thoughts, I found him to be in a better mood although not the best..

We were being served a basket of garlic bread..Its was pretty special this bread as, it tastes like cake instead of bread, which means it is kinda of soft..Also, there is no garlic taste in it, not tat it is not nice, but I prefer the traditional type..hehehe..Okie la, neber taste b4..this 1 aso not bad..


Cake like garlic bread

The appetizer came shortly...I had neber tasted swordfish b4 and hence was pretty curious..We squeezed the lemon on it and started eating..But was clueless on how to start..The waiter den came to help us, and to give us some olive oil and i think soy sauce..The smoke swordfish was super salty for our liking to be eaten like tat, but surprisingly, it tastes good when it is mixed with rocket salad..The rocket salad tasted bitter on its own..But Mr Love say no leh..Another thing I notice is the Sworfish do not have a fishy smell even though it is eaten raw..This appetizer is indeed special but seriously not to my liking..

Swordfish salad

My pasta was served next, the portion looked small to me, but as I go along eating, I realise it is actually quite a big portion..Juz that the pasta are being piled up together on the plate and using 3 scallops shells as base...The scallops were humongous can and not to mention juicy...It was being grilled 1st if I am not wrong before frying it with the pasta..Also, although the pasta sauce looks like tomato sauce but it is actually not..It has a tinge of sweet taste to it..Sweet, as in not literally sweet la, its juz the freshness of the seafood taste..But I reckon it is mixed with tomato to cook la the sauce..wahhaha still, this is a good dish..And after finishing the whole plate, I was super full can...

My pasta

Hubs' pizza came last and we nearly fainted at the size..wat 1 person serving..for those light eaters, it can serve 2 lo...Even hubs says he is not confident of finishing 1 by himself..Okie, I dun like the broccoli topping on it...whahaha And when I took a piece to try, I dug out the broccolis...This is wat happen when I eat Non-all meat pizza..Otherwise, the pizza tastes quite good..it has quite a thin base and were baked/grilled watever u called it to juz nice..without the tomato, it seems more appealing to me..there are onli cheesy tastes which suits me juz fine..whahah Mr Love aso said he like the taste of this white pizza..Maybe the next time when we come, he will try the red pizza instead for comparison sake...

Mr Love's pizza

Oh, they served wine too, but both of us are non drinkers and so we gave it a missed..The bill came up to nearly a 100 bucks which was pretty expensive..The restaurant is also abit squeezy when it is full and I did not have space to walk out when I was leaving..The noise level were aso quite high when every 1 started tokin..I still prefer the quietness when we 1st arrive when it is quarter full...There is a 10% discount for DBS and standard char cards, onli dunnno till when...

Still, it is a nice experience with the good food despite the price..Shall go again when we are having any celebrations..heheheh

Oh, his pressie for this year is an IPAD 2...nearly broke my bank to buy him this..And to think we brought from some 1 online thus paying abit more for it as it was sold out when it wa 1st luanched..and I didnt noe it will restock so soon..Stupid APPLE..waste my moniess.....


His bday pressie 2011


HAPPPIE BDAY to you Mr LoVE..may the lower half of the year be better and smoother for you..I love you..You always noe I do...:)

See his half forced smile...