When we were waiting for our food, a waitress brought us a plate of cute round-shaped snacks which are actually welcome bread. I don’t know the name of this bread type, but I googled it and almost sure that it was panfocaccia, a type of Italian bread. It tastes good, with consistency and tastes close to Indonesian kue bantal (pillow cake) and I love the tomato sauce dip they serve with the bread. Light and welcoming, that’s what I felt when eating those cute snack balls.
As I made the request to the waitress to serve our food in sequence, our first order that came up was the soup. They had the Asparagus soup for the special menu that day, but we decided to try the Minestrone. I am not a huge tomato’s fan, but this tomato-based soup really made me fall in love as soon as I had a spoonful of it. The vegetables were neatly chopped and cooked, and the soup clearly was nicer than how it looks. Besides that, the portion was actually quite big. I expected that it would come out in the regular soup bowl -a small one-, but it wasn’t. The waitress who took our order also impressed us by putting the soup into 2 bowls instead of one, after she asked whether we would share the soup or not. Good initiative, happy customers.
Still impressed with the soup, there came our next order, Bresaole Rucola E Grana. Because they didn’t have the stock for rucola, so we changed it to lettuce instead. Bresaole (or Bresaola if you prefer that), is salted beef that has been aged two or three months until it becomes hard and turns a dark red, almost purple colour. I love salted beef, or any other meat which are air-dried or salted. The beef looked so tantalizing with such a fiery color combined with the fresh-looking lettuce and lemon slice. Served with special lemon dressing, this tasted really good although I still can’t really eat some types of meat because sometimes they are just too smelly.
Another food came out and it was our highlight of the day, Ghiottona pizza. It wasn’t just a regular pizza, but a unique one, like two-layers pizza with mozarella cheese, smoked chicken and spinach inside. Love, love, love it. It looked interesting, yes, but didn’t look too appealing at first. Took a bite and I got smile on my face. If you prefer something tastier, or saltier, probably you’ll need more additional cheese or sauce, though. But I have to say, this tasted heavenly original and I’ll definitely come back for this -hopefully by that time, they already have the rucola in stock!
By that time, I was already almost full with all those food, but we still got one more to try, the Tagliolini Neri Salmone. I just had to try this upon seeing the picture in the menu book. Like I posted about the same menu in Pepenero, I was hoping that I find a better one. Turned out they served this just exactly the same, black-colored tagliatelle with hints of salmon cuts and white sauce. The presentation was nice, but the taste wasn’t. Some people consider that nobody can go wrong with this simple pasta recipe, but it is not that simple. The pasta was cooked too long, which left the textures too soft. Sauce was a bit watery, the whole plate was so bland, eventhough I added some grated parmesan cheese in there.
We decided to try a dessert so we ordered Caramel Crunch Semifreddo. It was a good decision because it was so good! If I am not wrong, the most bottom layer was cake, and the others were ice creams. But beware of massive sweetness.
Conclusion:
Food: Excellent quality, well-presented, wide variety.
Price: Less than IDR 100.000/person, great price for a place like this.
Ambiance: Cozy, casual or romantic, perfect for any occasion.
Service: Excellent service, friendly and informative staffs.
Basilico Italian Restaurant
Gandaria City
Ground Floor Unit MG01
Jl. KH. M. Syafii Hadzani No.8
Kebayoran Lama
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i don’t like this place, pretentious dish but failed to impress
I love this place. This is only resto that I don’t add more cheese or chili sauce or tomato sauce for my pasta. Btw I love the Tagliolini Neri Salmone, I ordered that one too, and I love it
Basilico Italian restaurant is very good. Know more about it
Wow! Those foods are really mouth watering. I have never been to this place but I think this is a great restaurant.
I agree with the comments above. The foods really looks delicious. Thanks for sharing this to us and keep posting.