REVIEW: Good cafe food in singapore : La Ristrettos At Novena Medical Centre and Marco Marco at Novena Square

As mentioned in my previous blog post (here) that this good cafe is a hidden gem in Novena as it is located at Level 8 of the Novena Medical Centre. Unless you do some research, i doubt anyone would even explore the medical centre? Anyways, i made a visit to this cafe for coffee since i was nearby at Marco Marco which i will write after this. 

Address: 10 Sinaran Drive #08-37 Novena Medical Centre Singapore 307506

Opening Hours: Mon - Fri 8am - 6pm

Sat 8am - 2pm

Closed on Sunday 

Here's a good cup of coffee that i ordered with a heart coffee art. I also ordered the Spiced apple tart($8.00). It consists of Cinnamon apple and raisins hidden underneath crispy pastry with ice cream on top. The ice cream melted fast thus making everything soggy though~ but it is still quite nice! 

Marco Marco stands for fresh-casual, high quality Italian Cuisine with a global taste.  It is inspired by by tthe idea of Italy and the World Marco Polo - who explored the World from Italy. I think that is also why they have dishes such as The Roma ($12.00), The Singapore - prawns and beancurd in laksa cream ($14.00) and The Kyoto - cold soba with tuna and avocado ($15.00). You can also guess that Each dish is named after the City which inspired its taste. It is the same for their paninis and pizzas.

Address: Novena Square #02-26/27, Singapore 307683

Opening Hours: 9:30am-9pm Daily

Alot of mixed reviews about this dish though. The Roma is a Classic creamless carbonara bacon, parmesan, egg yolk pasta. Although this is not your ordinary creamy carbonara pasta, but then this is also quite good! Carbonara is essentially just Parmesan and egg, so Just break the egg yolk in the middle and enjoy~ I am not sure how to describe but it is well-cooked pasta that has a very rich taste.
Although this one is double the price of the pasta i had at once upon a thyme, i still think this is quite affordable in terms of price.