Looking for Pasta places?

One of the places that we had managed to find our whilst scrolling around social media would be that of Casa Osteria; these folks seem to have just opened their doors not too long ago within Chomp Chomp Food Centre. Taking up a stall in the middle of the food centre that is situated somewhere in the leftmost row of stalls, these folks are neighbours with Rolling Wok there — they should not be too difficult to locate, considering the relatively simple design of its signboard; one with a white background that mentions the namesake of the stall in orange and black. Though not immediately obvious to passers-by on what items are being served out of their stall, one can note from their self-service POS system that the stall serves up pasta — their social media describes themselves as a concept “built for everyday pasta lovers”. The menu comprises of various pasta dishes that are tagged to a location of which it is inspired from; there is also an entire line-up of add-ons that one can opt to add to their choice of pasta as well.

The pasta offering that we had opted for would be the Roma — Carbonara; Casa Osteria offers patrons with the choice of opting for their pasta to come with Spaghetti, Linguine or Penne and we went with the Penne for our order. Casa Osteria also describes the Roma — Carbonara as an item that features elements such as creamy sauce, bacon, parmesan and black pepper on the menu; quite the classic combination that one would expect for a typical Carbonara dish. We were a little surprised by how these folks went with serving the dish in a rather oversized bowl that didn’t necessarily give the Roma — Carbonara the best aesthetics; with that being said, the version here definitely is one that attempts to head towards the more authentic style of Carbonara without having the pasta drowned in cream sauce which is quite unlike the ones served by western cuisine stalls in most hawker centre / coffeeshop / food court settings. The Penne pasta is done al-dente with a good bite; the hole within the Penne pasta helps to trap the creamy sauce which provides a bit of a richness and savouriness to the dish. The scraps of bacon does add a bit of a meaty bite whilst adding a savouriness typical of cured meat to the Roma — Carbonara; simple, comforting and tasty indeed!

Why is it on Burpple when it’s closed. Why isn’t it updated

Ordered Pollock Fish N Chips and Truffle Carbonara. The fish and chips is gooood. Very crispy and delicious, would recommend . But the pasta is meh. The truffle taste is not very strong. Would not recommend. The menu is not the one provided on the page, not sure if they changed it already.

Those whom have been following us for the last decade would probably have recalled our visits to South Union Park in the past — situated along Jalan Kembangan in a shophouse unit that is located within a short walk away from Kembangan MRT Station, South Union Park is a favourite with us for quite a while best known for their handmade pastas that they had been serving up before other establishments with the local F&B scene had caught on with such fare. These folks celebrate their 10th anniversary of their establishment this year — South Union Park being where they had first started out their journey in the local F&B scene before expanding to other concepts such as that of Tombok Tombok and Eleven Strands over the years. With them marking their first decade in operations, South Union Park has also refreshed their menu to include new offerings whilst serving up familiar favourites over the years.

The Porcini Ravioli with Mixed Mushroom is one of the few new dishes that has been added to the menu of South Union Park in conjunction with their tenth anniversary celebrations — the dish can be found in the Pasta section of the menu. The menu describes the Porcini Ravioli with Mixed Mushroom as a dish that comes with elements such as mixed forest mushrooms, mushroom cream sauce, Arugula and Parmesan. South Union Park had established its name from their handmade filled pastas ever since its founding, and the Porcini Ravioli is a showcase of that finesse that they are already known for surrounding the handmade filled pastas as is an extension of what they already have been carrying on their menu. Shaped like dumplings, the Porcini Ravioli comes with pasta dough that carried sufficient bite, with the ravioli coming well-stuffed with porcini and cheese giving it a good balance of earthiness and a slightly more neutral flavour profile that gives a bit more depth of flavours to the mushroom cream sauce that accompanies the dish which carries a slightly more intense note of earthiness and creaminess here. Further supplemented by the mixed mushrooms that adds an earthy, bouncy texture. Whilst the addition of Arugula is the one that adds a hint of its inherent bitterness to cut through the cream and earthiness that comes with the dish, though it does seem to carry an extra note of basil that seems to bind all of the flavours together nicely.

Great place for medium size groups. Hosts were also super friendly and gave good service! One for one Pizza and Pasta was good. Recommend their Gnocchi and Seafood pasta. Limoncello Spritz was delicious!

Omu rice was so good! Creamy scrambled eggs w curry rice

Is a local dish truly complete without the perfect chili sauce? 🇸🇬🌶️

Tried the famous Vegan Orh Luak at Flavours by Sauté in Funan Mall, and while the texture is beautifully starchy and crispy at the edges, the house-made specialty chili is the absolute star of the show. It's sharp, tangy, and elevates the whole plate.

The best part? The entire dish is 100% plant-based, dairy-free, and egg-free (crafted with no alliums), making it a spectacular alternative that even meat-lovers will obsess over.

📍 Flavours by Sauté
Funan Mall, #B1-30
(Right next to City Hall MRT linkway)

We ate the not so big "Big Breakfast" and "Coconut and Lime Leaf Pasta". As stated, the big breakfast could have stood to have one more addition eg cherry tomatoes. What was impressive was the pasta, as the sauce was full of taste, the prawns fresh and peeled, and the noodles springy. You might want to share it, as it can get jelat. Get the soup (mushroom/lobster) add on, as it is value!

Im a fan of the copper pipes and brick wall decor, but the lighting felt a tad dim.

The pasta here is pretty good, I especially love the spicy cream sausage and carbonara!! Each meal comes with a drink and soup. Student prices are REALLY worth it!! Service is usually fast, though it can get busy depending on which day of the week you go.

($10.90) w pappardelle egg. But I wanted to tried it for a long time as tangled outlet varies for dine in or takeaway. But the spaghetti meatball was quite nice and pappardelle not that hard texture.

($9.90) its new latest collection for matcha series w mother's day collab. Its quite nice especially red bean between of the cake. As the matcha sprinkles was quite hard to chew thru and texture was quite moist.

Light golden and hazy in the glass, it tasted crisp and refreshing with tropical notes of passionfruit and citrus. The malt base was smooth and gentle with no heavy bitterness, just easy drinking from start to finish. Perfect for warm weather, fruity yet balanced and definitely a pint I’d order again 》$13.80