今日は、お友達お２人とランチをご一緒しました。フォーラムの Jamie’s Italian。夜は結構行っていますが、ランチは久しぶり。以前はランチタイムはガラガラでしたが、今日は適度に入っていました。
I had lunch with a couple of friends at Jamie’s Italian in Forum. I go there with my husband relatively often for dinner but I haven’t been there much at lunch time. I remember it was very quiet when I was there before for lunch but it was, I would say, about half-full today.
前菜２品とパスタ２品を３人でシェアーすることに。
We decided to share 2 starters and 2 pasta dishes between the three of us.
前菜の１つは、パンプキンのアランチーニ。軽くてカリカリっと食感が良くてわたしは結構好きですが、お友達は「イタリアンっぽくない」とおっしゃっていました。確かに、上品すぎる感じでガツンとしたイタリアンではない感じだと思います。
One of the starters was Pumpkin Arancini. One of the friends commented that they didn’t taste very Italian. I think the filling was quite lightly seasoned and not traditional tomato sauce risotto (it was, as the title said, pumpkin risotto with a hint of, I think, nutmeg?) so I agree it doesn’t seem traditional Italian. I quite like them because it’s very light, not oily and very crispy but a little extra seasoning would probably improve them.
もう１つは、ブラタチーズとトマト。
The other starter was Burrata with tomatoes.
メインの１つは、ペンネ・アラビアータ。結構たくさんフレッシュのチリが入っているのでびっくりするほど辛い部分もありましたが、あっさりしていてわたしは結構好きでした。
One of the pasta dishes was Penne Arrabiata. As you can see it had quite a lot of fresh chilli in it so some parts were extremely spicy but I personally liked it, it was quite light and fresh. They look like macaroni rather than penne but the texture was good.
もう１つのパスタは、わたしがよくオーダーするジェナーロのボロネーゼ。これがなぜか、日によって出来上がりが全く違うのです。具合よく美味しいときもあれば、なんじゃこれ？ってときも。。。スパイスの効き具合も全然違います。この時と比べてみてください。別物ですよね。
The other pasta was what I often order – Genaro’s Bolognese. I don’t know why but this dish varies so much each time I have it. In terms of how much spice it has, how thick the sauce is, how much sauce is used – sometimes very nice, sometimes awful. If you compare the photo below to this, for example, you can see how different they are. I think I probably had this something like 7 times so far and it’s been different almost every time.
今日は、ソースの量が少なすぎ。もう少しソースがないと乾燥してしまってだめです。わたしたちがおしゃべりしているうちに冷めてしまったのもあまり美味しくなかった原因ですが、パスタとソースのバランスが悪すぎました。リンクした時は多すぎでしたし、今日は少なすぎ。煮詰まってすごく塩辛かったり、ちょうど良い具合だったり、日によってばらつきがありすぎます。家庭料理じゃないですから。。。
Today’s had too little sauce. I hate it when it has too much sauce but I don’t like it when it’s too little either because it makes the pasta very dry. We were chatting too much and the pasta was almost cold by the time we started eating so that was one reason why I didn’t enjoy it, but also the ratio of the pasta and the sauce was just too unbalanced. As I said, it varies too much in terms of how much spice it has, how thick the sauce is, how much sauce is used, how salty it is… It’s OK if it’s home cooked food, but this is a restaurant.
量的には、前菜２品、パスタ２品を３人でシェアーして、ちょうど良い感じでした。お会計は、１人３０ドルと随分お安かったです。ガス入りのお水をシェアーしましたが、デザートも食後の飲み物も飲みませんでしたしね。
2 starters and 2 pasta dishes between 3 of us was about the right quantity for us. The bill was S$30 per person, which seems inexpensive. We had a bottle of sparkling water to share but didn’t have any dessert or drink like tea or coffee after the meal.
このあと、場所を変えてお茶をご一緒しました。ゆっくりあれこれおしゃべりできて、楽しかったです。
We then moved to somewhere else for tea and continued our chat. It was great to catch up with them.
Jamie’s Italian
583 Orchard Road
#01-01/04 Forum Shopping Mall
Singapore 23884
Tel: 66557676