In all my years of visits to Hawken Village I don’t think I’ve stepped foot in La Porchetta once. Finally the day came when I booked via The Fork for a 30% off promotion.
We ordered:
* pollo e fungi risotto, $23.90 - chicken and mushrooms cooked in a delicate stock
* penne beef ragu, $23.90 (main size) - beef simmered in a homemade tomato sauce
* kids meal set, $13.90 - choice of main (chicken schnitzel), side (chips), and drink (apple juice), plus one scoop of ice cream
The food took about 20 minutes to come out which I thought wasn’t too bad given we were a group of 8. The portions are quite generous and seeing some of the other kids meals with the spaghetti bolognese, I reckon it would have been plenty for an average adult! No surprise our friends ended up taking away a chunk of their kids’ leftovers.
Service was warm and friendly. Taste wise I think the food was decent, though wasn't enough to upset the standings on the leaderboard of my existing favourites in this dining precinct.
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Tooke the advantage of Fork Festival of 50% off food bill promo to have a dinner here last night. It was a busy Sat. night. When we arrived at 6:00pm. it seemed to be chaotic in the dining area. After ten minutes of warm-up, service resumed to be efficient.
Ordered a minestrone soup and an egg plant chips as entrees and small pizza in Italian topping and a risotto with prawns and zucchini.
Entrees came with generous portion. Honestly, it was the first time that I had the eggplant chips, which is slightly different to those egg plant dishes that I had in Chinese restaurant but they taste well. Soup is good, particularly the home-made focaccia is very soft. Then mains came later, the pizza is full of anchovies, olives and salami. Crust is good without grease. Have not had so good pizza for a while after we came back from Italy in April. Risotto came with four huge king prawns and heaps of sliced zucchini. Maybe it is those zucchini, the risotto seems slightly watery but taste well.
Overall, it is a decent dining experience.
Rating 4.5/5
Had this amazing lunch special Penne and Creamy Carbonara and it was absolutely delicious! The chef was nice and friendly and the preparation speed was so fast. The pasta was so well cooked and the creaminess was amazing! Really looking forward to coming here next time!
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