El Mondo Restaurant at E-Gate, Penang.

Valentine's is just around the corner like literally! If you have no idea where to bring your love ones or happened to forgot to make a reservation, this might be just the place! El Mondo serves not only Italian but also Western cuisine, and not to mention dessert too! Valentine's menu is at the end of this post. According to the very friendly lady boss, all the food are freshly made to order by a Malay chef specializes in Italian cuisine who resigned from Bella Italia.

It is located right beside PappaRich.

Went there with my mom and her friend for dinner and below are our orders:

For appetizer, we ordered Antipasto Misto. "Chef selection of little appetizers on a plate. Smoked salmon, rosette marinated baby octopus, pesto chicken, battered prawn, sausage capsicum roll & potato salad". 

My favourite was their potato salad as it is not overwhelmed by mayonnaise sauce and it has a hint of sourness probably from lemon, it opened up my appetite in an instant. The second would be smoked salmon, they were fresh and didn't contain fishy smells, I finished all of them because mom and her friend don't like raw food, I like it even it's just a simple dish with dried basil sprinkles. The baby octopus, battered prawns and pesto chicken tasted rather normal, nothing that surprised me. As for the sausage capsicum roll, initally I thought it's either ham or some sort of meat cause the capsicum was really soft to a state that it didn't really require biting!

From fish and seafood category: Grigliata Mista Di Mare. "Mix grill seafood of prawn, slipper lobster, calamari, fish mussel & scallop with garlic butter sauce and salad". I've always thought that garlic butter is very oily and greasy but not this one! All the seafood have absorbed the aromatic flavour of garlic butter and they tasted superb, didn't contain fishy smells as well. Their prawns are washed throughout cleanly, unlike other places that have black stains in it, even their prawn heads are clean! My mom loved it even though she's not a fan of seafood. There was mashed potatoes underneath the purple lettuce, which matched perfectly well with garlic butter! The whole thing was great, even better than the first order.

Mushroom soup which was highly recommended by the lady boss, I'd say I'm glad we ordered it, it was cooked with three types of mushroom crushed together, the amount of mushrooms used was generous as the soup was concentrated, it has replaced the position of mushroom soup in Mizi Bistro and became the best in my heart, I think they can make it even better by providing garlic bread.

 My Spaghetti Con Frutti Di Mare. "Spaghetti with mixed seafood, garlic and chilli". Was planning to order carbonara or any creamy sauce but I don't think it's available here as I've re-read the options several times. This was not a bad choice though, again the seafood was fresh and even it was only stirred fry with olive oil and chilli, it still tasted good. After meal, the lady boss recommended us to try out their tiramisu but we were too full to consume any more food. I'll definitely try out their pizza next time!

You can also visit them during lunch hour and enjoy their value set lunch ranging from RM12.90 onwards. Again, the friendly lady boss said they take their quality of food seriously and they will not simply cook just because you order lunch set, I like how they put so much effort in making sure that the food is well served and the customers are happy, it's a restaurant with quantity and quality! In overall, the environment is nice, food is great and definitely worth the price, they only have 10% service charge and NO GOV TAX, very very friendly lady boss, I will be back again!

 Took this menu directly from the lady boss's phone because the printed ones haven't arrive. Do take note that they DO NOT take reservations, only on first come first serve basis. Couples who face difficulties in choosing a place or failed to make any reservations can consider coming here!