. The Tasting Palette .

We decided long and hard as to where to go for our Christmas lunch. After throwing up various places, we decided to head to Garibaldi, my favourite Italian restaurant.

Truth be told, today was the very first time that I actually had lunch at Garibaldi. The place looked brighter than usual which was a tad strange to me.

For the starters, I ordered the thinly sliced roasted veal with tuna sauce with the sweetest cherry tomatoes. Lunch started on a good note because I was already quite famished. This dish is very light despite it being a red meat.

For the mains, both Grace and I were tempted by the homemade pasta in a tomato based sauce with fresh prawns and black olives. Being fresh pasta, it's softer than the al dente version that I usually like. But the thin flat sheets of pasta made me feel inspired to buy a pasta maker and start making my own pasta. The prawns were also fresh and sweet and love the complementing black olives. It was a simple but delightful main to savour.

Dolce (dessert) was two tiny scoops of ice cream- vanilla bean and hazelnut. People who are close to me know that I'm a nit pick when it comes to vanilla ice cream. Most of the commercial brands serve only sweetened artificial vanilla flavoured cream which I do not bother eating. However, when served with a true blue vanilla bean ice-cream, I get excited and ecstatic because even though I love chocolate, my favourite ice cream flavour has to be often understated vanilla. The vanilla bean ice cream served at Garibaldi really hits the spot. What other flavour could go hand in hand with vanilla than the hazelnut. Though dessert was simple, it was satisfying to round up the meal with such tasty, smooth ice cream. I really do miss the ala carte dishes being served at Garibaldi. While the lunch menu was good, it was not as fantastic as the ala carte dishes. I guess you really get what you pay for.

Most importantly, I had a good meal with my best friend to round up the year of joy, of sadness and pain and a whirlwind of changes.

My starter of thinly sliced roasted veal

Grace's salad of fresh cherry tomatoes, paramsan cheese, rocket leaves

Mains- homemade pasta in tomato based sauce with fresh prawns and black olives

Dolce- vanilla bean and hazelnut ice cream

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