Tredici Ristorante x Zomato and New Upcoming Menu.

Just about a week ago, I joined a meet up held by Zomato at Tredici Ristorante. For pizza lovers, Tredici is supposedly a familiar name, but for me, this is my first time coming here. Oh this is afterall my first time joining an event by Zomato.

Located in the over-crowded area with countless eateries, Tredici Ristorante specialized itself in Italian cuisine. In this meet up , we got to try some of the upcoming dishes which had not yet been launched for public. Honestly, it’s always fun to try new dishes.

Not only experiencing new dishes by Tredici, we actually got to see the demo of making a gnocchi executed by its humble chef.

So, after seeing the demo, we were also given a chance to shaped the gnocchi ourselves, and after shaping it, we got to takeaway our hand-made gnocchi, extra the pesto sauce! Oh, big love for the perfect pesto sauce!

Interior-wise, there are several instagenic corners. The one by the window at the front side is pretty nice with kinfolk-ish vibe. There is also an area inside where Tredici tries to recreate the Italian garden vibe, completed with mini-fountain. Most young guests sat there that day, maybe because of the instagrammable atmosphere.

The second floor is closed for the afternoon. It’s the area of 13 Monkeys. We took a pic or two there.

Lunch was served right after the demo! Let’s see what we had there.

# Messalina Pizza

Topped with tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, red onion, emmenthal cheese and smoked chicken, this pizza was one of the best pizzas I’ve ever tasted. The pizza was thin and crispy, but when I had a bite, the pizza dough wasn’t dropping around in a messy way because the overflowing cheese was holding the crispy pizza dough very well. The combination of emmenthal cheese and mozzarella was a good call, resulted in a sweet-ish taste which is a good binding link for the tomato sauce, red onion and smoked chicken. I honestly loved every bit of this pizza.

# Savory Crepes

Consisting of béchamel sauce, scrambled eggs, and beef sausage, the dish was a very homey type of food. Though I found it a bit regular without any significant character, I do think that this could be a comforting breakfast.

# Mac & Cheese Parmigiana Benedict

By the look of it, I found this dish presented in an overly complicated manner. None of us could really identify the elements, except for the poached eggs on top. It looked a bit messy as well, and I honestly think it could be simplified by separating some of the ingredients to show case the main star here, which is the Mac & Cheese. After having some bite, I had to say that the looks alone did overshadow the real taste. The Mac & Cheese nuggets were really good, and flowing it with the runny savoury yolk from the poached eggs and marinara sauce is a good idea. The unnecessary part of the dish goes to the eggplant schnitzel with cheese. While it alone tasted delicious, combining it here on the plate made the whole dish like a messy party with so many stage performances at once, so the guests become confused and the party itself loses the focus. I do think that just by omitting the eggplant schnitzel, this dish will be much better.

# Torta Di More

Consisting of spongecake, homemade mascarpone and blackberry couli, the dessert was as good as it looked! The combination of the three ingredients made it simply memorable. The soft and fluffy spongecake, fresh mascarpone and fragrant blackberry couli are meant for each other. The chef even took some time to inform us that those three elements were homemade. Well, everything here is homemade tho’, so all the food here contains very less preservatives.

All in all, the experience I had was pretty much positive. The best part of the lunch is of course, the socializing part. Meeting new people, chatting and discussing about food are always fun!

So, do I recommend Tredici Ristorante? Yes.

Oh, if you wish to visit the place at the weekend, I should inform you that reservation might be necessary to get a good spot there. Tredici Ristorante was pretty packed that Saturday.