Gianni's Trattoria Restaurant & Cafe

dear bloggie, life without you... SUCKS!

and dear faithfully readers, I miss you guys just as how badly you guys are missing me too. hohoho...

apparently the seemingly never-ending work is still waiting for me to accomplish it. However, I just cannot tehen anymore. I miss bloggie so badly. Just try to understand a concept: how could we ask a writer not to write, or a singer not to sing? Now you might understand how I feel when I was unable to blog while I intended to that much. So I decided to take the risk. The risk of unable to complete the work in time. ++"

last Sunday, hardly the Pelangians had a gathering with one of the long-lost friend, Sin Yee at Gianni's Trattoria Restaurant & Cafe. It is an Italian restaurant which caught my attention, so I decided to hold an event at there.

Sin Yee, Jia Hui, Tze Wei and I reached at around 1230 hours. Only God knew how famished I was since I had not eaten started from Saturday afternoon till then. So I just could not wait any longer. After I had placed my order, I took the opportunity to snap some randomly shots around the restaurant which owns by Italian, I guess. ( = 

beverages were served before the food. Better than nothing. The 3 of us did not make any special order, except Jia Hui. Thousand thanks to her. 'cuz of her, we know how Macchiato looks like.

Macchiato @ RM7.50 is actually an espresso with a small amount of milk. No wonder it served in a small 'lil cup. hohoho... 

in Gianni, the traditional style Italian pizza is available. And I always believe that Italian pizza is much more flavorful than both Pizza Hut's and Domino's. Thus I ordered a Pizza Frutti Di Mare @ RM36.00. It is a seafood pizza.

I love seafood, especially when they are fresh. So it is easy to understand why I fall in love with this pizza. There was a generous sprinkling of clams, mussels, shrimps and squids topping on the bloody thin dough layer. All of which tasted fresh and properly cooked.

the another dish I would like to recommend is Mushroom Soup @ RM14.00. Tze Wei ordered it. It is a simple dish but tasted real good. However I think it is slightly over-priced.

although the soup looked oily, but it did not tasted greasy at all. Smooth and flavorful. Much better than the mushroom soup which I had been eaten in Chez Papa few months ago.

well... talk 'bout my order again. I had ordered a set lunch @ RM25.00. It comprised a soup, lamb shank and ice lemon tea. Basically I do not have any good impression over the soup. Tasted like detergent. The dish is colorful, just the taste was not so right.

......... a single sip could scared me off... LOL

but! I was overwhelmed by the main dish aka Lamb Shank soon.

that was the very first time I consumed the mutton. I would say this Lamb Shank did not giving me any bad impression. Good presentation. Good color-combination. Good food. Good taste. The mutton was tender and did not smell gamey. What troubled me all these while is the yellowish mash. 

the mash was served in a generous portion. Substituted the rice, I guess. It made me feeling full as I had eaten rice. But what was that? The curiosity kills me. Jia Hui said egg was added. Samuel told me butter was one of the ingredients of making it. And I felt that oat was mixed in. Nobody knows the correct answer except the chef himself. So I googled it. It might be some sort of bean mash which was cooked with milk and whatnot ingredients.

besides that, Gianni provides plethora types of pasta and spaghetti too. A good restaurant with good food, but not the service. Waitresses should smile more. The wonderful ambiance should not be spoiled by the unfriendly service. Customers deserve to have a better service. I think the owner should take note of it.

as stress, we enjoyed our food. Free flow of sky juice is available there. It is just nice for old friends and families to hang around to chit-chat and update each others.

the whole meal for 8 of us (Samuel, his girlfriend, Jean, and Xue Hui came afterwards) cost RM233.45. No doubt it is a luxuriously spending and pricey. But it is still considered okay for a good Italian restaurant. I personally recommend this restaurant to those Italian food enthusiasts if you do not mind 'bout the poor services.

thumbs up and will I go back again? Definitely YES.


Gianni's Trattoria Restaurant & Cafe
110, Jalan Serampang
Taman Pelangi
80400 Johor Bahru
Johor, Malaysia.
Tel: 07-331 2230
Fax: 07-331 7230