My sweetheart and I make it a point to celebrate our monthsary at the end of each month (You can expect such posts scheduled around this time :P) After a casual lunch at Popeyes, followed by watching Norwegian Wood at my favorite movie theatre, we went round the National Museum of Singapore to take some photos. Very good way to kill time before our dinner reservation at 6.30pm! Plus it doesn’t cost us a single cent. We had so much fun, we almost lost track of time. Some of our friends thought that we had some kinda pre-wedding shoot but honestly, we would want to leave that to the professionals! 😉

I hardly venture to the east because it is awfully painful to travel there from the other end of Singapore. Travelling from town was a breeze though. We took bus 14 from Dhoby Ghaut and reached East Coast Road in about 20 minutes flat. I have been wanting to visit Al Forno for the longest time 🙂

Spot the wood-fire oven? Al Forno is an Italian restaurant that serves homemade authentic pizzas, pastas and main courses. Anyway this is a good place to take your date to (especially if it’s a first date) given its casual and relaxed atmosphere. You don’t have to worry about complex dining etiquette and stuff. Just be yourself! 🙂 However, the noise level can get a bit high.. Haha.

Can you tell how much we love taking photos? Before eating also must take photo 😛 Photos are memories and such memories are priceless. It doesn’t matter if you’re using a dslr or a camera phone, these photos will give you memories that last forever.

At Al Forno, food is love and true enough, the Pizza Costiera ($22) was prepared with lots of love. For a start, the fresh ingredients that go into making the tomato base are imported from Italy. If you are a fan of seafood, you will be delighted to know that the squid and prawns were incredibly succulent and crunchy! Moving on, the lightly charred pizza crust was airy and chewy, with a dry powdery texture. I suppose this can only be achieved with a wood-fire oven. It was not only love at first bite, but every single bite, with this fantastically doughy and fluffy wood-fired seafood pizza 😀

It was a relief that we ordered a cream-based pasta if not we would be over tomato-fied! The Spaghetti Carbonara ($22) smelled so tantalizing that we hurriedly picked up our forks and savoured the spaghetti. This is definitely one hell of a pasta! Spaghetti was al dente and absorbed the flavors of the sauce. The carbonara sauce was creamy enough yet not thick, such that the spaghetti can be easily twirled around with a fork, and with a layer of gloss on the surface, it glided past our lips. This is very good for sharing! 🙂

And I think we almost had a Lady and the Tramp moment! Hahaha! 😛
Ok joke aside, the Spaghetti Carbonara was a real treat, with the right amount of black pepper. It was as though we went to food heaven.

Even though we were kinda stuffed, we went ahead with dessert. Come all the way to the east already must also eat dessert then can go home with no regrets (nothing to do with SG Elections) right! Right but so wrong. We regretted. Deciding between this and the tartufo. Thought that the Tiramisu ($9) would be a safer choice. First few bites were not bad, really. But as we dug our way through the middle, bitterness took over. Not forgetting it was a little soggy too.

Surely, the dessert disaster is not going to deter us from revisiting Al Forno. The pizza and pasta were memorably delightful. We will be back for sure. As for now, we are looking out for another nice place to go to at the end of next month! 😛

Al Forno (East Coast)
400 East Coast Road
Singapore 428996
Tel: +65 6348 8781

Opening Hours:
Daily
12pm – 2pm (Lunch)
6.30pm – 10.30pm (Dinner)