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Recently I got the chance to experience dining at an Italian semi-fine-dining place called MOSTO WINE BAR & RESTAURANT located just opposite KLCC (it's like the Eiffel tower of Malaysia only it has an extra twin, lol.). I would say because the concept is considered high-end, therefore, the price range can be expected to be between RM30-RM100 per a la carte food item and they only sell liquor, wines and beer but mainly wines and the price range varies from the hundreds to the thousands.
The LOGO
The restaurant manager & his bartender. (wanna gues who is the manager and who is the bartender?)
The Bar, it was facing the entrance
The entrance
The cold cuts and cheese for cheese platter
The cold cuts and cheese for cheese platter
I tried to take a panorama picture but as usual, my picture taking skills is not as good. Nevertheless, I'd still like to point out that the whole restaurant isn't as spacious as other restaurants and it's decoration is very beautiful, definitely fits it's semi-fine-dining concept. It has two parts, mainly the private room and the regular dining area. I was seated at the corner because I requested for it since I was going to dine in alone and do not intend to attract any attentions from anyone and anywhere.
After looking through their menu, I decided to start off with a selection of cold cuts and cheese platter before having some pork belly as my main. I was tempted to order a dessert as well after my meals but since this was my very first time visiting this place, I did not want to be greedy as I do not know how big of a portion for the food items to be. I also ordered a glass of a medium-bodied red wine to go with my platter and main (I've forgotten it's name because it was too long to remember, lol.)
While waiting for my items to arrive, I was served with a variety of bread as a welcoming starter from the restaurant. the wine bottle consists of chilled water and the blue goblet was filled with water as well.
The bread comes with sundried-tomato dressing and black olive dressing. I must say, I actually do not fancy any kind of olives because I am not used to their tastes, be it in pizzas, pastas or wherever, I will always picked the olives out from my food. But I do not know is it because of the atmosphere of the restaurant that is causing my brain to think that this black olive dressing is very macam yes, or the way they make the dressing is just damn good, this black olive dressing really tasted damn good with the bread and wine.
When the cold cuts and cheese platter arrived, I was almost glad I did not pre-ordered any dessert. This thing was HUGE !! Then I remembered, this portion was meant to be served for a minimum of 2 people. And I ordered it for...myself . T-T
Close-up of the platter. It was served with jam and honey on the side.
The platter also comes with Focaccia bread and consists of 4 different types of cheese and four different types of cold cuts.
I managed to almost wiped out the platter when my pork was served. I was a little surprised because this dish looks just like Chinese's siu yuk (Chinese's roasted pork belly). Only it is made with imported pork and served with fries and lettuce with Balsamic dressing instead of rice and cucumber, lol.
Close-up of the pork belly dish. What can I say, besides that the pork belly looks so tempting, juicy and tender?
The dressing for the pork belly dish. From top to bottom: Apricot Jam; Garlic Dressing; Dijon Mustard.
In the end I couldn't finished my pork belly even though I managed to finished at least 70% of it. The server was kind enough to pack the leftovers into take away boxes but I din't want to end the night without having something sweet. So, instead of ordering a dessert which I knew I would not be able to finish even 1/3 of it, I opt. for a glass of Moscato white wine instead. And I'd say this was one of the best Moscato wine I've ever had!!
You can actually find out more about this restaurant here if you are interested. I would say this place is a nice dining place for couples who wants to enjoy a quiet yet romantic night out because therer is little to no crowd at all here.
