Wheeee! I managed to get down to blogging about the birthday treat that misstamchiak gave me. I haven’t had mushroom risotto in a long long time and was suddenly craving for some. Openly declared my craving to Maureen and the ever efficient girl did her research and we agreed on Noti Restaurant & Bar.

As misterchewy was working, I took a bus from Holiday Inn Express at Orchard and met him at Chinatown before walking to Club Street where Noti Restaurant & Bar is located. Owner and chef Toni Rossetti had been brought up in a family of successful restaurateurs in his hometown in the south of Italy and at Noti, he brings to his restaurant a taste of home, tradition and warmth of authentic Italian food from cherished family recipes and the flavors from this bountiful region.

Pretty nice ambience and setting for a intimate date, or double date for our case!

We had a couple of starters to share. The Tasty & spicy calamri fritti served with lemon & garlic mayo ($9) looked promising and sure enough, it did not disappoint. It wasn’t exactly spicy though, just lightly peppered to tease the taste buds. It was crispy on the outside and chewy within, tasted great with a dash of lemon juice.

The Deep Fried Risotto Balls ($9) were quite unusual and they came deep fried, filled with ham and fresh mozzarella cheese.

Of course, I already knew I had to order the Mixed mushroom risotto with walnut and white truffle oil ($28) even before looking at the menu. I did not regret not giving the other dishes a chance because the mushroom risotto surpassed my expectations. It was creamy and al dente, and the addition of white truffle oil really brought the dish up another notch. I loved the thinly sliced parmesan cheese and also the walnut bits that provided that extra texture. The portion was a little huge for me but all in all, the mushroom risotto is highly recommended and I would come back just for this!

The husband ordered the Crab meat linguine with fresh basil tomato sauce ($26) which had generous chunks of crab meat and this dish was just appetite whetting.

I was quite surprised that Maureen chose the Crispy spring chicken with mix salad and patatine fritte ($24) because it looked like it came from the kitchens of Swensen’s but she was full of praises for its moist and not overly dry meat. The chicken skin did look tempting!

Maureen’s fiancé waited really long for his Homemade gnocchi with tiger prawns and pesto “salentino” ($26) because the kitchen staff missed out on his order. We were actually quite worried for him because the portion looked kinda small! The husband and I each tried a piece of gnocchi (yeah even though the portion is already so small LOL), but the taste was not to our liking.

Dear Maureen baked me some red velvet cupcakes! I’m so lucky to always be able to savour her fantastic bakes and she’s also very lucky to always have me as one of her guinea pigs. LOLOLOL just kidding la. Besides Maureen, I also wanna thank her lovely Aunt Angela for accompanying her to buy the ingredients and also her grandpa for helping to bake the cupcakes. Red velvet cupcakes filled with lotsa love yo! 😀

The husband and I love the cupcakes! Very moist and soft! I gave feedback that they were kinda soft but I guess that’s what she wanted to achieve.

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Noti Restaurant and Bar
Address: 54 Club Street
Tel: 6222 0089

Opening Hours:
Mon to Sat
11.30am – 12 midnight