Vapiano

mmm new Italian place in Albert lane :D Looks like Melbourne if you ask me. So the service: great. Friendly young ppl. The down side is that they are foreign and have heavy accent from wherever they come from.. like say the dutch chef I had. BUT they were also quick to assist you and get things like menus. So the place is Pizza, Pasta and a Bar. Cool Chip card process- you get this like card thing that you swipe where ever you order stuff and you pay before you leave. you can pay sep. or together :D sweet aye unlike malaya corner.. cash only blah blah.

Price is the same as most Westernised placess- Start 10 - 19 for food and ++ for extra meattages. Cocktails etc. i dunno. They are quite popularrr since they opened in Dec 09. Very busy at lunch times 12 - 2 and from dinner at 6 - who knows when. The only problem i had was i guess, the sit down at table then look at menu then go to get the food then go back to table and eat. So you have to leave ur bag there or you have to stay behind to watch the bag while others get food. and then there the bit where you have to watch it cook.. that's cool i guess but i don't really like waiting in line watching other ppls food being cooked hahaha... I got in before peak hour so i was first in line but there wer like 5 ppl behind mee. Imagine that.. each pasta at least 5 mins times 5 people. dahhh. soo longg.

And table space.. not manyyy so cant seat heaps of ppl but there are nice long tables for groups. haha its very spacious. there are like high tables wif bar stool things and lower tables... the only gay thing is there is a block in the middle that holds the lamp, sauces and salt/pepper. This literally blocks view for ppl to talk to each other hahaha.. and its not movableee.. so maybe bad design. Interior design looks hip and new :D nice floor boards. Bar on level one and two.

Food: mmm lots of simple pastas and pizza. i wish meat was like staple food like their tomato paste but yeh.. I had a yummy pasta wif chicken bacon onion mushroom tomato sauce. You get to choose your pasta type too.. i'd recommend like no stringy long oness cos they tend to dry and stick together... It was cooked right in front of me with their induction heated thingys and their pasta was like automatically lowered in this boiler thing.. soo cool it was like a spaceship. So i think the chefs aren't actual chefs cos my chicken was over cooked and not enough salt but over all it was good. very nice flavours and it was fresh :D.. mm i even ate the dumb basil that was in thereeee.

I was satifiseddd :D thats a crap food review but watever hahah