Tuesdays at Modesto's

J was ranting about how Modesto's had 30% off on Tuesdays for OCBC card members. So naturally we decided to go, on a Tuesday of course.Modesto's Pizzeria is now located on the roof level of Vivo City, tucked beside Marche's.

I met J at Daiso and we walked out onto the roof to get to the restaurant. We were immediately hit with the haze. Choke choke, it was bad. We quickly covered our mouths and walked as quick as we could.

The restaurant's interior is dark and perhaps modern elegant would be the word to describe it. Mostly, dark timber, with warm droplights and cool grey tiles. At the entrance, there is an open kitchen with a wood fired pizza oven. Pretty cool to look at. We were then asked if we wanted an outdoor or indoor seat. Given the haze situation, we had to sit indoors but facing outdoors. Oh well, we still had a view.

Our indoor seat with an outdoor view

The Italian restaurants menu's is varied but divided into simple categories. There's starters, salads, pizza, pasta, risotto and desserts. Too many choices honestly. We took sometime deciding but finally settled on calamari rings, eggplant parmigiana and Buffla Pizza which was tomato based  with mozzarella and basil. We added pork ham to that. J of course had to have her Sangria. (Her homemade version was better)

The food arrived pretty quickly and the service staff  were friendly and attentive too. Perhaps it was because the restaurant was  not crowded at all. The calamari rings were  plentiful, nicely fried but still chewy. Some people enjoy that chewy texture, but I prefer the calamari rings that let your teeth glide into it like butter. Ahhh.

Calamari Rings and Pizza

The pizzas here are all thin crust. Really good flavour. Happy with the choice of adding pork ham as without it, I think the pizza would have been a bit too plain.

The parmigiana was really good too. Layers of crumbed and deep fried eggplant, a tomato based sauce, topped with mozzarella and grilled. Yum ! It was piping hot and oh so good. I took a massive spoonful before J reminded me to take a picture. Oops.

Eggplant Parmigiana

After our meal, it was time for dessert ! J had had their profiteroles and did not recommend it. And because I had just survived from Tiramisu (my mom made me do a big batch and we were having it over the week) So we had the Molten Chocolate Cake. We were told it would take 15 mins to prepare which was a bonus as we wanted to chat for a bit before having dessert.

Warm Molten Chocolate Cake

It was exactly what I thought it would be. Warm cake on the outside, molten chocolate lava on the inside. Good chocolate flavour. Not too sweet, not too dark. The vanilla ice cream was mediocre. Nothing special about it. It was the perfect dessert to share.

Oozing Chocolatey Goodness

Unless you're one greedy toot that wants the dessert all to herself. Which .... ahem ... I wasn't ... that evening anyway.

Our meal cost us $80++ after the 30% discount.

Modesto's Pizzeria
1 Harbour Front Walk
#03-11 Vivo City
Singapore 098585