La Sis's Birthday @ La Nonna

Celebrated Sissy's bdae @ La Nonna which is a small Italian joint located at Namly & Holland V. Serving good old grandmother's italian food, La Nonna prides itself as a unpretentious and wholesome trattoria. 

We were warmly greeted by this awesome waiter who, for the entire evening, attended to our every needs. We were served some bread as starters, though I thought the bread wasn't that nice.

I was kinda torn between their signature La Nonna Pizza and their Gnocchi. Having read many reviews, I settled for the former. Indeed, the La Nonna looked impressive! Topped with a wobbly but perfectly cooked egg, the La Nonna Pizza is basically a Asparagus, black truffle and parmesan cheese pizza. I don't really know how to appreciate truffles but I thought the pizza was kinda bland. There wasn't much flavour from the truffle, nor asparagus and to me it tasted like a neutral tasting tomato based pizza. Nonetheless, I like the thin crust and the texture of the pizza dough, I also liked how it remained relatively crispy even after 30 minutes.

La nonna Pizza @ $23

Jie ordered the Braised Veal Pasta and switched the Rigatoni for Linguine. I thought the pasta was pretty good; the veal was really tender and the pasta was cooked to perfection. 

Braised Veal Linguine @ $22

Since we were at Holland V, we adjourned to The Daily Scoop for dessert. I've read/ heard great things about TDS and thought I should give them a try. TDS was surprisingly crowded that night but we battled our way through the crowd and managed to get a table for 2.

The Daily Scoop @ Chip Bee Gardens

Boasting a wide range of asian flavours, I thought TDS kinda stood out from the rest of the ice cream cafes; unqiue flavours include Coconut, Black Sesame, Avocado, Cempedak, Mango, Chendol etc. TDS is also relatively cheaper than the rest; they have waffle/ brownie combo which cost $5.80. Jie had a Latte which was $3. I thought the Latte was pretty decent.

Latte @ $3

I ordered a brownie combo and chose the Tiramisu Ice cream, which I utterly regretted. When I first tasted it, I thought it was pretty good but the ice cream given was kinda icy, tasting almost like a potong ice cream. The brownie wasn't that good either; yes it's moist but I thought it tasted like it came  from a Betty Crocker Pre-mix.

Brownie with ice cream @ $5.80

I saw a couple eating the waffle and it looked pretty small, hence I think you'll be better off having 2 scoops of ice cream than a combo.

Hazelnut Cheesecake from Secret Recipe

Mum got a cake from Secret Recipe for Jie's 25th Bdae; it's a Hazelnut Cheese Cake. I thought the name of the cake was kinda deceiving as the cake tasted more like a Chocolate Hazelnut Cake than a cheese cake. The cake was essentially a chocolate sponge cake, layered with peanut butter cum a tinge of cream cheese buttercream with an addition of Hazelnuts here and there. I thought the combi was interesting but I would have preferred a more cheese  =D

Happy Birthday Tootsy!