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I just got back from a really good dinner and wanted to blog about it asap.

Il Divo is a new Italian restaurant (just opened 10 days ago) located at Plaza Prismaville @ Desa Sri Hartamas. For those of you who know where Fong Lye is located, well, Il Divo is at the row of shops right behind Fong Lye.

The ambience is like most upper-class Italian restaurants, with dimmed lights, starched white linen and candles…simple and romantic. Unfortunately, I forgot to bring along my camera, so I had to make do with my phone (blur piccies later, review first! [Edit: I decided not to put the photos up coz it’s just so grainy!).

We order two starters…sauteed fresh clams in white wine sauce, and scallops with salad and olives. As usual, my memory fails me when it comes to the correct name of the dishes and I’m sure I didn’t do it any justice by just calling it sauteed fresh clams and scallops… Anyhow, the portions were really generous…for us, it was almost like a main course by itself. The clams were very fresh, and the white wine sauce…omg…it was so darn good that I was using the clam shells to scoop it to drink! It came with a little bit of chilli which added a slight tangy spiciness to the sauce that was really nice. And plenty of cherry tomatoes too! I tried some of hubby’s starter (the scallops), but found myself drawn back to mine as I personally found it to be much nicer…*grin*

As for our main course…wow!! Hubby ordered lamb shank, while I went for probably the most expensive dish there…aglio olio jumbo prawns with sundried tomatoes and olives. Hubby gave two thumbs up for his main course…he said that lamb was really tender, and the sauce was really good. As for mine…I’m so totally going to rave about it! For RM60, I got 3 huge prawns that were cooked to perfection, a huge serving of greens, and best of all…plenty, and I mean plenty, of sundried tomatoes. Even though I was feeling really stuffed from the starter, I practically polished off the whole dish, savouring every bite of the prawns coupled with the sundried tomatoes. I had so much sundried tomatoes that after I’d finished the prawns and the salad, I paired it with the leftover bread from the bread basket…*grin*

A main course sized starter and a whopper of a main course definitely meant that there was no room leftover for dessert. I stared longingly at the dessert menu which offered Tiramisu, Pannacotta, Creme Brulee, Chocolate Mousse with Strawberries, and Fresh Strawberries with Lemon, Sugar and Vanilla Ice Cream…oh well, next time, then. This is one place we’re sure to visit again, afterall!

Even though this place is still new, if they are able to keep the quality of the food as good as what we had today, I’m very sure that this restaurant will do really really well. We personally found it to be much much better (and alot more affordable) that those fancy-schmancy Italian restaurants in certain hotels. My only complaint would be the bread from the bread basket was slightly salty. Hubby loved it, though…he almost polished off one whole basket!

Oh, and while we were having our scrumptious dinner, there was this poor kitty cat sitting right outside the glass door, peering in, and mewing really piteously. I was really tempted to bring my prawn shells out for the cat to chew on…but didn’t for fear of being scolded for littering and feeding strays!

Definitely highly recommended! For those who do try it out, do let me know what you think…I hope you’ll love the food as much as we did!

Il Divo Ristorante Italiano
No 3 Jalan 26A/70A
Plaza Prismaville
Desa Sri Hartamas
50480 Kuala Lumpur
Tel: 03 6201 4445
Fax: 03 6201 4446
www.ildivokl.com (the website’s not fully up yet)