Waraku@Central

Ritey, after much publicity and opening of new outlets, i guess Waraku de pasta must be quite good at what they are doing! Off we went to hunt and sample their pastas at the newly opened Central outlet.

First up was the huge glass window display of plastic pastas! So many choices to choose from! With over 80 colourful main courses and a wide selection of drinks and desserts, CUZ, me and wj took a pretty long time to hurdle across the menu. And the waiting queue was very long too. When we arrive, we had 9 tables infront of us so neither of us had really been to Central before, so we decided to check out the place. After about half an hour of walking 3 floors of small shops, it was almost our turn! Yippee! and CUZ was so intrigued with the wide range of white plates with colourful pastas stuck onto them.

I took a dare at the Black Squid Ink pasta (Spaghetti Al Nero di Seppia), Cuz had the Prawn Spicy Carbonara while wj had the Prawn Chicken Macaroni Gratin. We all started our meal with the complimentary mini-salad that comes with every order of a main course. Crisp ice-berg lettuce drizzled with a very 'salty' dressing; i think it must be a concoction of fish sauce and soy sauce or something. Guess that's must be one of the reason why they say Waraku Pasta is healthy. Here we are, sampling their small bowl of salty tinge salad with half a cherry tomato and other greens.

Rite! let's get to business and talk about their food cos this is why we are here! Food Sampling!

Squid Ink Pasta: Cheap for a whole plate of pasta with enuff squid. As for taste. Those who cant stand fishy taste or smell, u should really avoid this one. It has this real fishy taste before and after u swallowed it down! The fresh tomatoes didn't compliment the taste at all and for me i think it make it worse as it was fresh and raw in taste so it reminded me of a fresh fish out of sea! Once is enough for me here! And for couples on dating, one caution reminder, GIRLS! Avoid eating this unless u are very confident of urself!!! Firstly u have to be wary of the sauce getting onto your pretty dress or blouse, secondly, after the first spoonful, your teeth will be stained in black! And im warning you, i have to gurgle my mouth many times before the little bits of black ink came off my teeth!

Next up, have u ever wondered why would the japanese actually want to do pasta when it's such a recognised cuisine of the italians? I mean everyone and anyone would expect the italians to whip up a ass-kicking pasta and japanese to make a delicate and colourful sashimi or sushi rite?

So i guess CUZ also didnt really enjoyed the japanese pasta over here.... The pasta was well done, not hard or soft, had enough pasta sauce to go with it, just the taste was too asian? Just too weird, like the fish sauce salad that we had in the beginning.

Finally the last one which we tried for that nite was: Prawn Chicken Macaroni Gratin. Portion was way too small here for a man. However, WJ said that it was pretty filling as it was smothered in cheese and the potatoes just ballooned in his stomach after awhile. And taste verdict: He said it was nice! So this is a safe one to try people! Remember to add your parmesan cheese!!!