| Italian Restaurants |
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Saturday, 04 April 2009 06:15
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Centro Caffe & Ristorante 11-13 Lam Son Square, Q1 Tel: 3827 5946 Popular café and casual dining restaurant serving mid to top-end Italian cuisine. All pastas are made fresh every day, from the fettuccini with porcini mushrooms to the spinach and ricotta ravioli. Panini and wraps are popular choices for lunch, along with the range of great salads. Free Wi-Fi and the home of Vergnano coffee.
La Hostaria 17B Le Thanh Ton, Q1 Tel: 3823 1080This downtown hideaway with tasteful, rustic-style décor trawls the various regions of Italy for inspiration and the result is traditional cuisine with a light, fresh touch. Try the carpaccio misto di pesce and agnello d’antico. This is a place for lovers of true Italian food and wine. Opera 1st floor Park Hyatt Hotel, 2 Lam Son Square, Q1 Tel: 3824 1234 Unpretentious, casual bistro-style restaurant with a tried-and-tested Italian menu which starts with pasta and wood-fired pizza, and then moves on to an expertly crafted selection of gourmet fare. A terrace offers the chance to observe the city goings-on. The wine list is a compact selection from regions like Umbria, Toscana and Veneto. Service is fuss-free and quietly attentive. Pendolasco 87 Nguyen Hue, Q1 Tel: 3821 8181 This spacious restaurant with indoor and outdoor dining is the oldest surviving Italian joint in the city. It serves up a lengthy menu’s worth of classic dishes, including mushroom risotto, open ravioli with seafood, veal escalope and a good selection of pizzas.
Pizza Hut 19 Le Thanh Ton, Q1 Tel: 3824 3718; Level 4, Diamond Plaza, 34 Le Duan, Q1 Tel: 3824 2856; Citimart E-Town, 364 Cong Hoa, Tan Binh Tel: 3813 0602 Vietnam has turned this international delivery chain into a sit down type restaurant. It caters to the local tastes with inventive rice dishes while also catering to the expat with pizza, calamari and pasta. It doesn’t do delivery yet but you can order in advance for pick-up.
Scoozi 6 Thai Van Lung, Q1 Tel: 3823 5795 Part of the Centro Café family of restaurants, with both indoor and outdoor dining spaces, Scoozi makes some of the most authentic Italian stone-baked pizzas in town with a good range of toppings. Also delivers. |
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