Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Modestos

Its an Italian restaurant at Vivocity, here in Singapore. Shub and I had discovered this restaurant during one of our aimless walking around in Vivocity. They had advertized themselves as serving wood fired pizzas. Somehow we were not able to go there at that time, but did end up going recently.

It is said that "The first impression is the best impression". It so holds true for this restaurant. What happened that it left such an impression on me, you ask? Let me tell you. Point by point.

1. They had a separate menu (and I might say with quite a variety of choice) for VEGETARIANS!!!! Yipppeeeee!!!!! Its not that easy to find veg food in Singapore, unless you are around Little India. We do have restaurants in other areas which cater to the vegetarian crowd, but not in abundance. Also, it was not just a couple of items. They had veg dishes in the entire range, be it Anti-pasti (Appetizer), Insalata (Salad), Zuppe (Soup), Pasta, Pizza or Dolci (Desserts). YUM!

2. The restaurant is right next to the waterfront. So you can look across the strait towards Sentosa Island while you dine (if you choose to sit out that is).

3. They were extremely fast in the service. Our food was on the table within 5 minutes of placing the order.

4. They had an actual illustration of the size of the pizza in the menu. Invariably, the pizzerias convey information in terms of size like 7", 10", etc... While this is technically correct, it is of little help to customers who are wondering how many pizzas to order. By actually showing the customer the size of the pizza (albeit by an illustration), it makes life much easier and there are less chances of the customers ordering more than they can eat.

The fourth point is my favourite! Wow! Why hadn't it occurred it to they others ??

If you live in Singapore or are visiting, do go there. You can check them out online here. Also, checkout the vegetarian menu available online.

6 comments:

shub said...

it really does seem like you were so taken in by the restaurant, you didn't eat anything there! :P

PizzaDude said...

@shub:
Oye ssshhhhh!! :P

Lakshman said...

The place seems to be interesting! How abt another visit to this place this weekend? :D

PizzaDude said...

@lakshman:
can lah!

Unknown said...

well I will be dropping by singapore soon. Going to check this place out.
Yea, singapore is a pretty challenging place to get vegetarian food.
and going to little india everytime seems to be tiresome.

I assumed one can buy vegetables and cook their own food? not possible?

PizzaDude said...

@hershey:
Yes, we can buy veggies and cook food. I was talking about when we want to go out to eat.