点评:While staying at Novotel Mumbai Juhu Beach, we headed to Olio, a luxury Italian restaurant on the ground floor of the hotel. At the entry were earthen pots with bottles soaked in juices with a colorful presentation of bell peppers in red, green, and yellow colour. It looked so lovely and colorful with thyme and other herbs presented and preserved in big jars along with grains and Italian oils in big glass bottles which looked tempting, beautiful and healthy.
Olio means ‘Oil’ in Italian. The 39 seater restaurant is done in orange, brown and white extending a classy and elegant appeal. We could spot very minimal decoration around which looked really sophisticated. It has an open kitchen concept with a wine cellar on the sidewall with exotic wines. There was upbeat English music playing in the background. The menu made its way to our table in the form of a wooden plank. We asked Chef Sameer for his recommendations.
Anybody would love to taste the breads, pasta and salads coming from the open kitchen. We started with the house breads which came with two kinds of dips- olive dip and coriander dip. They were presented so well and were really appetizing. Next came amuse bouche, our palette cleanser extending our expectations for dishes to come. The rustic Minestrone Soup was a nutritious blend of tomato and root vegetables broth with pasta and parmesan cheese. I would like to call it a healthy tomato gravy soup with delicious veggies and a slice of toasted cheese bread(garlic bread). Burrata was specially prepared by the Chef for us. The Buratta cheese with beetroot coulis and tomato confit was refreshing and fresh. Just loved it! It is must try here! The fruits added the zest and the cheese freshness. Arancini, our favourite deep-fried rice balls which had asparagus sauce around it were crispy on the outside and, soft and velvety on the inside. The taste was very delicious with the mushy rice filling and yes cheesy too. Spaghetti Aglio Olio E-Peperoncino was made with extra virgin oil, garlic, chilli and parsley. It was nice, spicy and very classy, with fresh stir-fried veggies. Olio pizza came with feta cheese spread, pesto, kalamata olives, sun-dried tomatoes, artichoke and fresh mozzarella. It was colourful, crispy, cheesy and done well with exotic toppings which tasted different and nice. Afterall, Olio specializes in Italian delights and is famous for its thin crust pizzas.
The open kitchen was full of action - we could see pizza dough preparation happening in front of our eyes which looked very interesting, Chefs were carrying out their food duties and churning great Italian recipes, Pizzas were being made live in the woodfire oven. 3 chefs were preparing main course and starters while 2 chefs were in the pizza section. Both the sections were well lit with orange lamps. I loved my Olio experience- the pizza, Italian oil flavouring or tasting the authentic unique flavours of Olio kitchen.
The Dessert of the day was Pina Colada. It was interesting to have one of my favourite mocktail in a pastry form – sweet and topped with edible flower and chandi ka vark. It was very different and nice.
翻译:在入住诺富特珠瑚海滩孟买酒店期间,我们前往位于酒店一楼的豪华意大利餐厅 Olio。入口处是装有浸泡在果汁中的瓶子的陶罐,上面有红色、绿色和黄色的五颜六色的甜椒。它看起来如此可爱和多彩,百里香和其他香草被放在大罐子里,谷物和意大利油放在大玻璃瓶里,看起来很诱人,美丽又健康。
Olio 在意大利语中意为“油”。这家 39 座的餐厅以橙色、棕色和白色装饰,散发出优雅的魅力。我们可以发现周围的装饰非常简约,看起来非常精致。它采用开放式厨房概念,侧壁设有酒窖,供应异国情调的葡萄酒。背景音乐中播放着欢快的英语音乐。菜单以木板的形式出现在我们的餐桌上。我们询问了主厨 Sameer 的建议。
任何人都会喜欢品尝来自开放式厨房的面包、意大利面和沙拉。我们从带有两种蘸酱的自制面包开始——橄榄蘸酱和香菜蘸酱。他们表现得很好,真的很开胃。接下来是 amuse bouche,我们的调色板清洁剂扩展了我们对即将到来的菜肴的期望。质朴的蔬菜通心粉汤是番茄和根类蔬菜汤与意大利面和帕玛森芝士的营养混合物。我想称它为健康的番茄肉汁汤,配以美味的蔬菜和一片烤奶酪面包(大蒜面包)。 Burrata 是大厨特意为我们准备的。带有甜菜根酱和番茄酱的 Buratta 奶酪令人耳目一新。只是喜欢它!必须在这里尝试!水果增添了热情和奶酪的新鲜感。 Arancini,我们最喜欢的油炸饭团,周围有芦笋酱,外面酥脆,里面柔软而柔软。糊状的米饭馅味道非常可口,是的,也很俗气。 Spaghetti Aglio Olio E-Peperoncino 由特级初榨油、大蒜、辣椒和欧芹制成。很好吃,辛辣,非常优雅,配上新鲜的炒蔬菜。 Olio 披萨配有羊奶酪酱、香蒜酱、卡拉马塔橄榄、晒干的西红柿、朝鲜蓟和新鲜马苏里拉奶酪。它色彩缤纷,酥脆,俗气,并且搭配异国情调的浇头做得很好,味道不同而且很好吃。毕竟,Olio 专营意大利美食,并以其薄皮比萨饼而闻名。
开放式厨房充满活力——我们可以看到比萨饼面团在我们眼前准备,看起来非常有趣,厨师们正在履行他们的食物职责并搅拌美味的意大利食谱,比萨饼是在柴火烤箱中现场制作的。 3 名厨师正在准备主菜和开胃菜,而 2 名厨师在比萨区。两个部分都用橙色灯照亮。我喜欢我的 Olio 体验——披萨、意大利油调味料或品尝 Olio 厨房的地道独特风味。
当天的甜点是椰林飘香。把我最喜欢的一种无酒精鸡尾酒做成糕点形式很有趣——甜甜的,上面放着可食用的花和 chandi ka vark。这是非常不同的,很好。