I have been to Otto on several occasions in the past but it has been a while. I was looking forward to the pasta making experience as well as the Otto dinner.
Arrived just after 6pm I was greeted by the Zomato's community manager Nick and the team. The table was decorated beautifully with name tags and the foodie lists. Piano accordion player was cheerfully playing Italian music in the background. It was so festive!
It was also great to meet fellow foodies on the night, I met some nice people who we share the passion for food, writing and sharing.
I had a glass of Negroni which is Otto's signature drink - This drink is quite alcoholic with a strong Campari taste and bitter orange flavor. It is served on cosmopolitan cocktail glass with a large ice sphere, very stylishly might I add. The specific ingredient is Martini sweet vermouth, gin, campari with orange twist. If you haven't tasted it before, it's a must.
We also had couple of pre-snack canapes which were very nice.
Graham, the restaurant manager started the introduction of the evening's event of special pasta making experience.
We were dressed in Otto's aprons and move to the Pasta making room. We were divided into 3 groups, our team started with the tortellini makings. I must say it was quite tricky... definitely need more practice! We also learned making of Pici, Casarecce and showing of how to use Pasta machine to make many different type of long pastas. It was quite fun and informative. Now I know how to make fresh pastas!!
After we were finished with past making experience, we were back to our table for dinner.. I think everyone was quite hungry by this point.
I had a glass of Vino Bianco Pinot Grigio which I enjoyed with my meals throughout the dinner.
I also loved their in house made focaccia bread.
Our Entree was Buffalo ricotta, green asparagus, broad beans, peas and preserved lemon.
It was really delicious. Asparagus and beans were cooked to perfection and the accompanied the creamy ricotta flavor beautifully. I must say I had a similar dish recently at a restaurant in Surry Hills and compare to that this was on the moon. Now I understood what that restaurant was trying to achieve.
Second course was Tagliolini which is made with black and white long pasta, Moreton bay bug, cherry tomatoes, chili, garlic and basil. This dish was amazing and I dare say one of the best pasta I have ever tasted in recent years. I am not a fan of squid pasta but this was different, it had very subtle flavor perfectly matched with Moreton bay bug, with fresh tasting pasta texture. It was fantastic! Every bite was pleasant. I was very full by the time I had half of the plate but I couldn't stop eating.. but to clean out the dish!. Truly beautiful pasta made me think that when I feel like having a Italian food this is the place to be.
Dessert was Tiramisu - I guess it's one of those dish you need to have in a true Italian restaurants.
I am not a huge chocolate person in general but love creamy desserts. This was in between of the two. I thoroughly enjoyed this dish it had nice crunch texture of coffee beans and biscuit pieces with thin layer of cocoa dusted chocolates on a bed of mascarpones. Yummy yummy yummy....
To finish off, we had Otto's house made digestive Limoncello. It is quite alcoholic but nice.
I also want to mention how amazing the waitress was on the night. I forgot to get her name but she is exceptional!
To summaries, it was absolutely one of best events I have been on, 5 star all the way. The night was so well organized and everyone had so much fun. Otto's food was absolutely delicious and we were given fabulous gift packs to take home along with restaurants' voucher.
I am so coming back here to try other amazing Italian dishes on the menu in the near future.
Thank you Zomato & Otto for this amazing night!
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