Pasta Express

#02-42 Hong Lim Market and Food Centre
Tel: 9666 0417 (Chef Weldon Sim/Sean Sim)
Website: http://www.sbestfood.com/pastaexpress.htm

One of the few pasta stalls in hawker centres, Pasta Express sells a variety of pasta such as Spaghetti Marinara (mixed seafood in tomato sauce spaghetti), Fettuccine Carbonara (streaky bacon in cream and egg sauce fettuccine), Penne Arrabiata (spicy tomato sauce spaghetti), as well as western delights like Fish and Chips and Chicken Cutlet. Check their website for the full menu and prices.

The stall has been featured in local newspaper ‘Lian He Zao Bao’ as well as Channel U’s ‘Belly Belly Good’ programme.

Personally, I love the chicken cutlet (priced at S$4.50) and Spaghetti Pomodoro (priced at only S$3)! Check the website given above for more food items and prices.
I have never seen Chef Weldon Sim without his trademark cap but if you do, take a picture so I can post it here. It’ll be a gem!

Spizza

Delivery hotline: 6377 7773
Website: http://www.spizza.sg/index.asp

They have 6 outlets in Singapore, so check their website for the nearest outlet if you want to dine in. Else, just call the delivery hotline. Minimum order is S$30. Deliveries are subject to delivery fees and GST in some cases (the operator will advise you of this). Delivery hours are from 11am to 2.30pm and from 6pm to 10pm daily.

There are 23 mouth-watering pizzas all named after Italian women, 9 scrumptious desserts named after famous female opera characters and 12 equally tantalizing starters named after the emperors of Rome. All pizzas are wood-baked, so you can get that fragrant woody taste in every bite of your pizza. All pizzas are also thin-crusted.

Medium pizzas ($15) generally serve 2-3, while large pizzas ($18) can satisfy 4 average diners.

I’ve tried their Adriano pizza (smoked salmon with onion rings and capers) and hmmm….. hmmm…. hmm….. I’m a convert now and I will only fall back on Pizza Hut only in case of emergency.

• If you pay using HSBC Credit Card, you get 15% off your bill. Valid till 31 December 2007.
• If you pay using OCBC Credit Card, you get 15% off your total bill with a min. spending of S$50. Valid till 30 September 2007.

Ragazzi The Italian Kitchen

Blk 10 Ghim Moh Road
Gim Eating House

The 8 days said it’s an inexpensive, decent Italian grub in a kopitiam whipped up by young chef, Gabriel Cher, ex chef-de partie from The Oriental’s Dolce Vita. The arrabbiata is al dente linguine tossed with smoky slivers of bacon and tangy tomatoes ($5.50). You can also have funghi alio olio ($5.50) with bruschetta ($3 or $3.50 for 2 thick slices).