Dining Out : Bella Italia - Italian Cuisine

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There are several good restaurants in Kuching that serves good food in Kuching and also at a reasonable price. On Monday I was craving for a creamy piping hot plate of pasta. Where to go in Kuching for good pastas and pizzas? Not Pizza hut, it is non-other than Bella Italia, a small Italian restaurant located at RH Plaza BDC. It is a bit hard to find Bella Italia as it is hidden behind RH Plaza. It is juts opposite Ming Kiong Garden, where they plant the Sarawak Apples.

Outside Bella Italia

Inside Bella Italia

Il Menu

Bella Italia serves great pastas and pizza. It is also the one of the restaurants in Kuching that you can find a variety of pastas being cooked in different ways. On that fateful day I brought my two of my buddies along with me. In this way they can saviour good pastas and we are able to try out more things.

Cafe Latte

Ice Cappuccino

Ice Chocolate

After having a short battle to decide what I wanted I decided to settle on Linguine alla Marinara, My friends David and Tee Heng had Linguine alla Padrino and Fettucine alla Carbonara respectively.

My Linguine Marinara came first, I thought that it was really good, the sauce was tomato based and chunks of tomatoes can be found, the sauce was thick and taste was great, the pasta was soft and the seafood was pretty fresh, I just felt that the prawns are a wee bit to small. But overall I felt that it was good. Portion wise was fair.

Linguine alla Marinara

Tee Heng's Fettucine Carbonara was good, The sauce was thick and creamy and not too dry, the mushroom and bacon were well cooked. The pasta blended well with the sauce. The sauce tasted creamy but at the same time the aroma of the bacon and mushroom was downright mouthwatering.

Fettucine alla carbonara

David's Linguine Padrino was not bad. The sauce was definitely different from ours. But seems like the portion was not enough for him. The sauce is transparent and it is cooked together with smoked salmon, garlic, black olives and fresh chilli. I thought that it was good too.

Linguine alla Padrino

Since David (nicknamed the bottomless pit or Dapig) felt that the pasta was just not enough he settled for another pizza. But I cannot remember the name of the pizza though. The pizza unlike the pizza in pizza hut was thin but very crispy. The pizza was just as good as the pastas we had. The crust of the pizza was crispy and cheese melts in your mouth.

Pizza

I decided to try out the dessert, I have been dying to try out the tiramisu. So upon finding out the tiramisu was available on that day, I ordered a piece. Tiramisu is an Italian dessert made from espresson coffee, ladyfinger cookies as base, mascarpone, cheese, eggs, cream, sugar, Marsala wine, cocoa, and rum. It was delicious, as the you put it into your mouth it actually melts inside your mouth, its sweet and there is the taste of rum and wine which perks up your taste bud, leaving behind this feeling of satisfaction in your mouth. I have checked wikipedia for the meaning of tiramisu, and tiramisu in italian means "Pick-me-up"and metaphorically, "make me happy", but it could have a more sexual meaning to it (Hmmm....seductive or horny dessert ).

Tiramisu

Overall, highly recommend Bella Italia to all of you who wishes to try out good pastas and pizza in Kuching. Service wise from staffs was good and the food is great.

Map to Bella Italia (Not to be scaled)

Ratings:
Linguine alla Marinara - 9.5/10
Fettucina Alla Carbonara - 9.5/10
Liguine Alla Padrino - 8/10
Caffe Latte - 6/10
Ice Chocolate drink - 5/10
Ice Cappuccino - 6/10
Pizza - 8/10
Tiramisu - 9.5/10
Service - 8.5/10