Baffo Dinner, Again

Chicago.

We went back to Baffo again for dinner and tried different dishes there. Our amuse bouche were mini Arancini and they were delicious. My main was a big piece of Porchetta that I liked a lot and shared with a couple of people that I had dinner with.

We had other dishes with no pictures and a couple of desserts that we shared, below.

Jamie's Italian Lunch

It was Sunday, our second day in London. After church in the morning, we did a little shopping along Oxford St then headed to Shepherd's Bush for lunch. Our destination was Jamie's Italian (again!!). 

First, we had a couple of starters to share among the three of us. The above is our usual order, Baked Chestnut Mushrooms and below is Arancini Margherita.

I tried their Rossini Spritz, i.e. Prosecco with red berry purée. No biggie.

What I like best was my Main, Porchetta, which was pork belly with herbs & garlic, fennel crackling & wild mushrooms. It was really good and tender. Yum!

Miss K chose Ricotta dumplings with sage, lemon & Parmesan butter while DH had Crab Spaghetti. We could not order desserts because they stopped taking order after Westfield mall was evacuated due to suspicious package. So that's how it ended.

Jamie's Italian Kitchen, Singapore

Jamie's Italian Kitchen has opened in Singapore and just like everyone else, we (I, reluctantly, because we just went to the London one!) also joined the crowd and tried their food and drink. Our reservation was made a long while back and it was for mid October. 

We had a couple of pasta dishes that were not too impressive, I was told. They were somehow a bit over-seasoned.

We shared fried calamari which we quite like, but we thought it was a little expensive. I stuck to my favorite, Baked Mushroom and a shared side order of Roasted Pumpkins, Beets and Squash.

Another dish that we shared was Arancini (Risotto Balls).

For desserts, my lil companion wanted Panna Cota and I wanted to compare their Tiramisu with those I had earlier. This is my third time ordering Tiramisu and it never really tastes the same. The best one I had among the three, was the first one. I had it in Westfield Sheperd Bush with DH. It was perfectly boozed....

Zizzi, Wigmore St.

There's a Zizzi Restaurant near Hyatt Churchill where we stayed when we were in London. We thought of having a meal there one late afternoon. More than filling our stomach, we wanted to sample the food they had. The four of us tried a bit of everything, including a plate of salad and pizza.

Arancini - Ala Me!

Arancini, your truly's version of course, using the leftover from our Friday's risotto on a rainy Saturday afternoon was just soooo ....... good. I intentionally cooked more than enough risotto so that I could fry some arancini this weekend. Another mission has been accomplished! Yum...

Arancini From Leftover

I had very little time to do things today. No, I should say, I had too many things that I had to do today and that left me very little time to prepare food. In any case, I still had so much risotto from yesterday supper that I decided to convert them into Arancini. They are supposed to be little round balls but intentionally flatten them a bit to but down the frying time. Coat the balls with the flour, dip them into the beaten egg and roll them in breadcrumbs to coat. Deep fry! I omitted cheese filling this time, knowing that my customers prefer them without cheese inside. Big surprise indeed!



Feeding hungry kids were never easier, although I believe, only two out of three that really gobbled them up. Only a few were left, maybe they will finish them up for breakfast before going to airport???