Senso Ristorante & Bar

Visited Senso for dinner. It's my first dining experience there. There is a cosy bar area and a restuarant area. The dining area is divided into alfresco dining (in the court yard, along with lots of vegetation fountains etc) and a large airconditioned area further inside.

Our dining experience started with a complimentary starter - a small piece of smoked salmon and crisped onions sprinkled with black pepper.

For starters, we had the Asparagi e scampi ($26) - Steamed white asparagus and baked langoustines (fancy name for Norway Lobster) served with morel mushrooms and butter emulsion. I thought that the scampi was too soggy and aneroxic.

The Minestrone Soup ($16) was a generous portion ( I think it made all of us very full) which I would recommend you to share. Chunky vegetables in a clear broth - not too salty but very tasty and homely.

I tried the Senso Mozzarella ($24), which was parma ham wrapped around 2 lumps of mozzarella. I don't think it's very fantastic - perhaps because I had expected more after reading a few good reviews...

My favourite dish for the night was the Angel Hair Pasta with Saffron Cream, Sea Urchin and Caviar ($28). If you could only try one pasta dish at Senso, this will be what I recommend. The pasta is infused in the saffron cream sauce, with little sweet morsels of sea urchin and salty beads of caviar. I would definitely eat this when I visit Senso again.

We also had the Rigatoni with Rabbit sauce ($32), which I didn't quite like because the sauce had this strong stew-like smell (the kind where after you cook your meat sauce you put it into the fridge uncovered and smell it the next day) which I don't like (But rest assured I'm quite sure the sauce is fresh).

The Sardinian Mussles Spaghetti ($28) was quite dissappointing. Apart from the tender mussels and shellfish, the spaghetti was overdone and and the noodles were very bland - There was none of the sweetness I expected from the shellfish.

The Cioccolata dessert ($16) was delightful - crispy outer chocolate layer with a molten lava chocolate centre, which went well with the clean tasting pistachio ice cream.

Overall, the dining experience came with equal hits and misses. Perhaps I will try the restaurant again in the future?