Porto Romano @ Mont Kiara

Passed by this particular Porto Romano outlet at Mont Kiara many times while heading to Solaris. And since we are to look for place to eat around this neighbourhood, suggested this Italian Mediterranean restaurant to Cass. After this dinner, I was recommending this place to few other friends, and found that this restaurant seemed to be missed, probably over-shined by its neighbour, Wendy's.

The traffic was rather smooth, and we managed to be on time, at 7pm for dinner. Having 2 floors seating, I opted to sit upstairs. Though the lower floor seemed pleasing to me, the upper floor was even better. Cosy, romantic ambiance and spacious enough. The business was really good as the restaurant got filled up in next hour or so, and saw quite a fair share of Korean and Japanese (as Mont Kiara is one of THE area for expats).

Inside the restaurant

We first had the salad, and this insalata porto romano salad was filled with fresh seafood, mix of squids, clams, mussels, and prawns marinated in herbs, lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. The seafood was so fresh that you basically only need very mild sauce to go with it... and after adding on a wedge of lemon and salt, the taste got even better.

Insalata Porto Romano Salad. Price-RM20

Why have only 1 when we can have choice of 4 different types of pizza in 1 pizza? We went for the Four Seasons Pizza, where it allow us to choose 4 different variety of pizza, as long as original price of the pizza is less than the price of Four Seasons Pizza @ RM32. Choices of pizza we had was the mushroom, cheese, mediterranean, hawaiian. This is quite a good idea - at least each of us got to taste 1 slice of the 4 different variety, and I thought this was quite worth the price. The pizza size is huge, and by the end, we had a tough time finishing all. We were really satisfied with this order, as it tasted really good. Love the thin crust - each bite tasted good, and we were pleased with the generous portion of ingredients used. My favourite was the mushroom, and the mediterranean (where it used lots of mushroom and turkey ham, plus mozarella cheese).

Pizza Quattro Stagioni - Four Seasons Pizza. Price-RM32

We end our dinner by trying the Creama Catalana, a spanish dessert similar to creme brulee (meant burnt creme in French). We love this rich custord base topped with contrasting layer of hard caramel. The custard was cold, and with warm caramel. Don't mind having this again.

Crema Catalana. Price-RM12

We chatted and laughing the night away - and without realizing we were seated at this very cosy and romantic corner for a good 4 hours +. We were so engrossed in our conversation, that we didn't realize we were the last table left. ^-^

Good place for candle-lit dinner

Me and Cass, paused for a picture to be taken

Overall, the dinner was reasonably priced, yet with high quality and good tasting food served. Will definitely have more dinners here in days to come.

Porto Romano
28 Jalan Kiara,
Banyan, Mont Kiara,
50480 KL
Tel : 03-6207 8171

Dubrovnik @ Solaris, KL

In celebration to SK's belated birthday which was 2 days prior to Valentines Day, I took her to 1 of my favorite restaurant - Dubrovnik as I wanted her to try out Croatian / Mediterranean food.

Dubrovnik has a whole list of revamped dishes on their menu

We were first served bread, to be taken with Dubrovnik's unique sauce - a blend of capsicum, tomato, chilli..

Bread with capsicum, tomato sauce

After checking that SK loves cheese, ordered the Palacinke - crepes filled with cream cheese, baked in wood oven with egg and cream topping. This truly is a specialty as I have not tasted this anywhere else. The soft tasting crepes wrapped with strong cream cheese taste - truly yummy.

Palacinke one for SK, one for me. Price-RM18

Dubrovnik's fine dining environment at a reasonable price is indeed quite the right place for romantic dinner - and me for one, enjoys romantic dinner with my fellow female friends. ^-^

A shot before we start eating - me & SK

Its not too many places that I've tried good Calzone, and I like the way Calzone is done at Dubrovnik. Folded pizza filled with tomato, lots of mozzarella, chicken salami and mushroom, this pizza was in fact overwhelmed with fillings. Love the cheesiness. We opted for the chicken salami, and choice of beef salami is also available. SK loves the dough, and I love the filling - however, we can't really finish this by the end of the dinner, as the size of pizza was big, and so filled with ingredients.

Chicken Calzone. Price-RM32

As I have been 'longing' for Chicken Peka after trying this meal some time ago, and the fact it was available the other night (pre-order required), I just ought to order this. They made this using a special traditional Croatian way where the marinated meat is cooked under the wood oven for a good 3 hours. The sides-potato and carrot which was cooked together with the chicken, was really soft and love the sweet taste of potato and carrot. And the hero product, the chicken was really moist, fragrant and juicy.

Chicken Peka. Price-RM45

A big smile from the Birthday Girl. Many Happy Returns SK

We were both very satisfied with the dinner and I felt especially happy when SK told me that this was 1 of the best dinner she ever had. ^-^

For my earlier blog on Dubrovnik, check out this link

Restaurant Dubrovnik
J-0G-14, Solaris Mont Kiara
No. 2 Jalan Solaris, Mont Kiara
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 6203 6780
Fax: 03 6203 6780

Business Hours :
11.30am-11pm (Tue-Sun)
Close on Monday

Email: dine@dubrovnikrestaurantkl.com
URL: http://www.dubrovnikrestaurantkl.com