Il Primo Restolounge @ Jalan Kia Peng, Kuala Lumpur
Rabu, 22 Desember 2021
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orechiette pasta alongside stewed rabbit
Il Primo (the outset inwards Italian) is ideal for the indecisive. With a concept that promises a selection of 3 cuisines (Italian, Japanese, Chinese) nether i roof, you lot volition live spoiled for choice. For me, Il Primo strikes me a mish-mash of restaurants - there's a piffling of Shook! inwards hither alongside the multiple cuisine offerings, a dash of Dish every bit there's the familiar looking bread handbasket made from chocolate-brown paper, the pocket-size display deli of goods (yes, they only occupation Rustichella D'Abruzzo pasta) used inwards their cooking, as well as lastly a typical Chinese seafood eating seat since an emphasis is placed on fresh seafood you lot tin monastic enjoin cooked diverse styles.
fish as well as shellfish caciucco - Tuscany agency soup
The setting though is quite dissimilar every bit it is housed inwards a standalone edifice correct smack inwards the oculus of Kuala Lumpur. It shares the same premises alongside The Conlay (a guild every bit I've been told since I've even as well as so to walk through those doors) alongside ample parking that tin in all likelihood resolve all of Changkat Bukit Bintang's parking woes inwards a snap. One reckons, this could live only a temporary site since it's prime number belongings that should instead sport a high rising condominium. Property savvy friends country me, this plot could live leasehold thence it's non every bit attractive every bit the other parcels that accept already been developed. Nevertheless, I catch the owners are only biding their fourth dimension at the moment.
grilled manly mortal monarch crab legs served alongside lemon butter sauce as well as dark pepper
Onwards to the food. While you're choosing what to eat, you lot volition live served 2 selections of amuse bouche. For the outset visit, nosotros had a squeamish shot of mushroom cappuccino alongside a salmon tamago. On a revisit, it was salmon again, outset inwards a maki form as well as the other was cucumber curl topped alongside minced salmon.
Vialonenanao squid ink risotto alongside seafood as well as prezzemolo, mural, amuse bouche
I'm to a greater extent than used to the words "Il Primo" every bit the outset course of written report inwards an Italian carte - kinda similar the pasta course of written report earlier you lot motility onto the principal course, which is how the pastas are labeled inwards the restaurant's menu. We managed to sample quite a few dishes inwards this category. I loved the orechiette (little ears) pasta alongside the stewed rabbit (RM42). A hearty dish of al dente pasta alongside soft stewed rabbit cooked inwards a love apple tree sauce, this was literally what an Italian nonna would accept cooked upward for her grandchildren inwards former Italy. For the homemade beef cheek agnolotti alongside porcini mushrooms (RM52), it had an irrestible dash of truffle stone oil but it was slightly overcooked as well as the filling wasn't abundant plenty for us.
garoupa alongside spicy sauce, sashimi platter
I was interested inwards the squid ink risotto alongside seafood as well as prezzemolo (RM48), something I accept even as well as so to endeavour before. This detail risotto uses a special type of risotto rice called Vialonenano from Verona thence the distinct pocket-size pearl-like grains you lot come across inwards the picture. However, I felt it was a piffling undercooked as well as non every bit creamy every bit I liked it to be. On the side were fresh mussels, clams as well as prawns. Prezzemolo refers to parsley but I couldn't really get whatsoever distinct gustation of the herb.
homemade beef cheek agnolotti alongside porcini mushrooms
Seafood is definitely an emphasis hither every bit fifty-fifty the soup, a Tuscany agency caciucco or seafood stew (RM48) comes alongside an ocean's bounty of a marron, mussels as well as clams, that you lot won't larn much soup out of it. The soup has a rich seafood gustation but was only a tad likewise salty.
the opened upward kitchen, lemon tart
For those who prefer their seafood pure as well as simple, the best agency to bask it is the sashimi - thick pieces of salmon, tuna, yellowtail as well as sweetness shrimp (selections start from RM95 to RM208). Everything is rattling super fresh for you lot to bask the seafood's sweetness taste. If you're a piffling adventurous, they also create crudos - sashimi paired alongside olive stone oil as well as diverse form of sauces similar yuzu, balsamic reduction as well as fifty-fifty decadent truffle oil.
pistachio gelato
From the Chinese section, nosotros sample a garoupa alongside spicy sauce (RM145) - deep fried as well as dressed inwards a sweetness versus spicy sauce. They also create double boiled soups if you're looking for about comfort to your soul.
dessert time: macarons, vanilla bavarese alongside passion fruit, sacher torte as well as opera cake
For both of us, nosotros thoroughly enjoyed the manly mortal monarch crab legs virtually 200g portion (RM128) that was woods grilled inwards the opened upward kitchen. There's powerful exhaust fans hither working inwards the opened upward kitchen that won't allow you lot larn smoke into your clothes. We savoured the each fragile as well as sweetness fleck of the crab legs, dipping it inwards the lemon butter sauce or only sprinkled alongside the saffron tabular array salt as well as a dash of lemon juice.
caramelised apple tree tart alongside vanilla gelato
Desserts hither are pretty enjoyable particularly the baci gelato (RM10) that comes laden alongside fruits as well as a slice of biscotti. I create similar their lemon tart, a toothsome as well as non likewise sweetness process alongside a calorie-free pastry base. Other favourite was the vanilla bavarese alongside a tangy passionfruit heart. I wasn't likewise hot virtually the sacher torte, the opera cake as well as strawberry tart. On our revisit, nosotros enjoyed the caramelised apple tree tart. Also available every bit purpose of desserts are a selection of pretty inwards pastel macarons. Tastewise, they ain't fantastic but they're awfully pretty though.
Overall, nosotros thought the nutrient was adept fifty-fifty though it tin crusade you lot a hefty penny to dine here. The ambience though is a piffling foreign every bit they accept a band playing side past times side to the dining area. If you lot similar your repast inwards peace, this ain't the identify every bit it tin larn a tad noisy. Service is adept as well as attentive fifty-fifty though it tin larn a fleck hectic particularly when the hold back staff are assist to a large political party of people. For those who don't desire seafood, they also serve woods charcoal grilled meat similar lamb as well as beef.
Il Primo Restolounge
No. 26&28, Jalan Kia Peng
Kuala Lumpur
Tel:03-2143 2798
(Pork Free. Open for dejeuner as well as dinner daily. For to a greater extent than pictures, come across my Flickr set. )
*Notice: The reviewer declares that purpose of this review was past times invitation from the restaurant. Some items were paid for past times the reviewer inwards the 2nd see to the restaurant.