Current Bangkok Time : May 19, 2012
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La Buca
Just a 5 minute walk from the Ploenchit BTS Sky train station down Sukhumvit Soi 1 brings you to La Buca. A home-style Italian trattoria very much the kind of restaurant you would find in Italy, throwing open its doors on a neighborhood street or a piazza as this trattoria is where the locals drop by for home style food at reasonable prices. The chef/owner, Oreste, has finally settled down after spending most of his working life as a chef in restaurants far from his home in Milanoโ€ฆ first in Europe, then in the Middle East and Thailand for the past couple of years.
There's a weekly menu that changes after 7 days of offering patrons a varied selection of 7 different items in each category of cuisine. Today we started with a traditional favorite of Mixed Italian Salami as well as my favorite, Insalata Caprese that offers slices of tomato, each with a thick disc of mozzarella cheese and a strip of basil on top with a generous splash of olive oil and balsamic vinegar (photos on left). There is homemade ravioli, canelloni, gnoochi, lasagna and a list of two dozen pasta dishes with spinach or meat sauce. We chose the Risotto Milanese with Saffron and Osso Buco and the Ravioli with Spinach in a Tomato & Basil sauce. Unresistable main courses make it difficult to select just one, as Oreste had a daily special of Lasagna-Style Macaroni that we couldn't resist, consisting of noodles layered high with a generous meat sauce offering a touch of Mozzarella and Parmesan thruout. The top had a layer of Mozzarella and it's big enough to serve 2 persons as there is nothing bashful about the portions at this place. Popular meat dishes include Veal Cutlet Milanese with bread crumbs, Osso Buco and even a nice Australian T-bone.
There are many extra favors here, a lovely broschetta served to every customer with Free Singha water and each dish is prepared with the finest fresh ingredients, mostly from Italy, all cooked in a homemade fashion that would make any mom jealous.
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