Benvenuto!
(Welcome in Italian.) The motto of Peperoni Pizzeria, from Les Amis
Group. Peperoni @ Frankel is the third branch of Peperoni when they
expand their dough kneading adventure to the east side of Singapore.
This is actually our
first visit to the east branch. We were looking for a place to catch
up with our friends D&C, and after shortlisting a few
restaurants, we decided on Peperoni. As it was on Monday night, we
manage to find parking at the roadside with ease. Once we start
chatting, D&C told us that they had Peperoni at Suntec the night
before with their family, however, since the pizza is good, they
don't mind to have another round.
Peperoni @ Frankel looks
very casual and Italian. The colours of Italian national flags of
green, white and red are well represented in the establishment. The
entrance is painted in green, the walls are painted in white, while
the chairs and wood fire oven are red. Both the chairs and wood fire
oven are so eye catching, you won't miss them.
For starters, we decided
on Prosciutto Crudo di Parma & Melone ($18), Mozzarella Fasciatta
Con Prosciutto ($18), and Wedges ($8). Prosciutto Crudo di Parma &
Melone is the traditional pairing of Prosciutto di parma and rock
melon. The combination of salty and sweet from these two ingredients
are just irresistible. The Prosciutto flavour is just intense, multi
layer but the best part it just melts in your mouth. The rock melon
is a bit small in size though.
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| Prosciutto Crudo di Parma & Melone |
Mozzarella Fasciatta Con
Prosciutto is pan fried mozzarella wrapped with Parma ham. The
prosciutto is cover the chewy but soft mozzarella nicely and has a
crispy texture from the pan fried. The glaze of balsamic vinegar on
top of it, just seal the deal. It helps to counter the intense
saltiness from prosciutto while bind the whole ingredients together,
especially with the rocket salad. Big thumb-up from LD.
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| Mozzarella Fasciatta Con Prosciutto |
The wedges has a crispy
texture on coating, with a nice seasoning and soft on the inside.
Served with mayonnaise as a dipping sauce although sour cream will
taste better with it. Actually a good food for the little ones if
they don't like pizza.
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| Wedges with Mayonnaise |
For the pizzas, we
ordered 2 large pizzas of half and half ($24 each). The first
combination is Fungi & Margerita - Button, shitake & porcini
mushrooms; Mozzarella 'di bufala', cherry tomatoes, basil and
oregano. The pizza base is thin and crispy. The toppings are generous
combine with cheese and tomato sauce is just create a juicy toppings.
The fungi and margerita pizza just allow its natural ingredients to
speak for it self.
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| Pizza Menu |
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| Fungi & Margerita Combo Pizza |
The second combination is
Pancetta & Prosciutto Crudo di Parma - cured bacon, sliced
tomatoes and egg; Parma ham and rocket salad. This pizza has more
intense salty flavour because of the cured meat. The egg and rocket
salad on each size of the pizza helps to counter the saltiness, but
this combination just 'scream' meat, cured meat & meat; and I
simply love it.
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| Pancetta & Prosciutto Crudo di Parma |
Satisfied with the mains,
we took our time before we move to desserts. Creme Brulee ($9) and
Tortino al Cioccolato ($13) - rich molten valrhona chocolate cake
served with strawberry ice cream.
The crème brulee has a
nice thin layer of caramelized sugar. The custard however is more
dense in texture which constrain us to taste full taste of the
custard. For the Tortino, it is actually suppose to come with vanilla
ice cream, however they are kind enough to switch ours to strawberry.
The molten chocolate cake is overcook, no chocolate ooze out when we
cut through the cake. Meanwhile, the strawberry ice cream with the
walnut crust was just superb to compensate the disappointing
chocolate cake.
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| Creme Brulee |
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| Tortino al Cioccolato |
If you are looking for a
non alcoholic drink, give Gunner ($7) a try. The combination of
Ginger Ale, Ginger Beer and Agostura Bitter is just refreshing.
Considering this is a Les
Amis group establishment, there are works needed to be done on their
the service side. During the dinner we were served by two service
staff, one of them is very friendly and attentive, while the other
was just grumpy with a don't care attitude. Hopefully, they can
deliver more consistent service standard. After all, they are the Les
Amis Group.
Overall, when it come to
Entrees and Pizzas, they are almost faultless. This has been the case
in their other establishment as well. The desserts need some fine
tuning, but the ice cream is just great. All we can say, if you are
looking for a good pizza, Peperoni is one of the place. Saluti!
Cheers!
Food
& Drink: 7.5/10
Value:
7.5/10
Service:
5.5/10
Ambiance:
8/10
Peperoni @ Frankel
95 Frankel Ave
Singapore 458221
Ph: 6445 5661
Website:
Facebook:
http://peperoni.com.sg/
Mon – Sat: 12.00
– 22.30
Sun: 11.00 –
22.30
Closed on certain
PH.
For Other
Branches, check the website.
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