This review is for Italian Dining Week in 2015.
I think Italian food is tricky, too many people take lightly of it. Just throw some pasta and some sauce and they would call it Italian food, which naturally would horrify most Italians. From frequent visits to Italy, I know that Italian food is so much more than just pasta and risotto and even so it could be on totally another level, like the meal I had in Parma.
Coming to Che Fe for the Italian dining week, I was mostly nervous about whether the food would meet my expectation, would it take me back to the glorious memory of Italy? This place claims to be bio trattoria, using only organic food - they even wrote in their menu that they request the guests to reuse the cutlery to save the dishwashing (less soap, less water) which even as an environmental engineer, I tend to be suspicious to these kind of places since the word "environmentally-friendly" could also be another name for cost-cutting.
But the food certainly didn't disappoint.
The appetizer was Buffalo mozarella from Campania with pickled onions and smoked ham from Trentino, Radicchio salad with beans with ragout of Salsiccia sausage and Olive focaccia (Taggiasce) with cream of gorgonzola, mascarpone and walnuts didn't disappoint. So was the first main course of Homemade Maloreddus pasta from Sardinia with ragout of veal and mushroom and second main course of veal with truffle sauce and autumn vegetables. The dulce of tiramisu was simple yet delightful, so I could say both Mina K and I walked out of there quite happily.
Although both service and food were great, I hold on to four stars this time because I don't know what their food on normal service would like. Naturally it's easier to do Italian dining week since everyone gets the same dishes (easier to prepare for the kitchen) and they might put extra extra hard work to impress the guests to come back the next time. If their normal service is as excellent as during Italian Dining Week then I would eat my hat - kidding - and upgrade my review to five stars.
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