Ristorante Da Valentino

11 Jalan Bingka (along Rifle Range Road)

We FINALLY FINALLY managed to book a table at this (by now) infamous restaurant, known for its hospitality and good food, and that's tucked away somewhere in Bukit Timah! Wish we stayed near the area because whenever we had the time, the place was always fully booked. We invited Beng to come along (so that we could order more dishes!) thinking that we were doing her a favour with our table reservation, and who would've guessed that she'd already been here TWO other times for dinner!!! Oh well, we shouldn't be too surprised because there's nothing that prevents us serious food lovers from looking for the best and the yummiest.

You may now gawk at the pictures for a while...


We had 2 starters, meatballs and tomino cow cheese wrapped in parma ham and fried. The meatballs were too salty but still very flavourful, mostly because I love anything that is slathered in tomato-based sauce.

The cheese was amazing! The parma ham tasted good (for once). There's a Chinese phrase to describe good food that is translated (literally) as "eat already, mouth can move". As opposed to, not willing to move the mouth when the food isn't nice. Does it make sense?? LOL...

We had insider information that this lamb was cooked by mamma Valentino herself!! Immediately, without hesitation, we ordered it! How could we not??

We also ordered the Osso Bucco - sooooo gooooood. The meat just fell off the bone and again, I enjoyed the tomato-based sauce.


Beng wanted to try the lobster pasta and I must confess I was more than a little glad that she suggested this. And we were not disappointed at all!! The alien looking critter was HUUUUUGE!! The flesh was firm and sweet, the pasta coated in creamy pink sauce was not too 'jelat'.

I guess this is the best compliment that a diner can offer the cook - a plate that is scraped clean, just short of being licked clean!



I guess that was quite a lot already for the 3 of us, don't you think? hehe...

Nooo... there's always room for desserts!!! We had tiramisu and a tatufo flambé with sambuca, an anise-flavoured liqueur. Enjoyed the former more but the latter was more entertaining.

Here are 2 little videos of the flaming tatufo!


Looks deceptively like a muffin but it's chocolate tatufo, which is essentially just ice cream.

This one was taken by Beng:


In the end, we didn't order that lovely ruccola & parmesan pizza that some of the other tables had. It's HUGE, at least 16 inches I think. Oh well,... next time then...

Oh yes!! Possible geocaching oppotunities near this restaurant are...
ESCAPE From The Jungle (GCTDXV) - nearest
End of the Woods (GCRBCK)
Safety Inside (GCZAYN)

There are actually many others, but I don't want to give you the ones that will make you really stinky and sweaty because you still want to look presentable for your meal... hehe... ;-)

Buon appetito!