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Cicheti
52 Kandahar Street
6292 5012 | facebook.com/cicheti
Small plates are all the rage at the
moment – the tapas movement is going
strong, but other countries are also
making their mark with this concept.
Cicheti (“chi-keh-tee”) is Italy’s answer.
Traditionally, Venetian
bacari
(wine bars)
serve up
cicheti
(bar snacks) alongside
your drinks order.
Cicheti is set in a tiny blink-and-you’ll-
miss-it spot in Kampong Glam. A huge
two-ton oven shipped in from Italy blazes
at the back (it zaps raw pizzas to wood-
fired deliciousness in 90 seconds flat) and
a few tables are squeezed into the front
section. Having just opened when we
visited, the restaurant only had a choice of
house red or white ($12/ glass) or Peroni
beer ($9) to accompany the
cicheti
, but
now the lounge bar is open upstairs and
the drinks menu has expanded.
It’s a perfect grazing spot – finger–
licking-good
prawns in a smoked
garlicky butter
($11),
semi-dried
tomato and ricotta cheese bruschetta
($11) and
beef meatballs in slow-
cooked tomato sauce
($11) are just
some of the small plates. Make more of
a meal of it with the selection of pastas,
meats and seafood or go for the highly
recommended
Napolitano pizzas
($17
to $19) like
margherita di bufala
($19)
– the dough chewy and thin, the sauce
perfect and topped with soft
bufala
mozzarella. Leave room for the
salted
chocolate cake
($12.50) – that’s all
we’ll say!
Beate Baldry
MUST-TRY DISH:
Margherita di bufala
pizza
and salted chocolate cake
Pomodori secchi
–
semi-dried tomato
and ricotta cheese
bruschetta