Secret Ingredient
After the excesses of Christmas, many of us are looking for some lighter options this month. In true Italian style, San Carlo uses only the finest and freshest seasonal ingredients, allowing these to shine. Many ingredients are flown in from produce markets across Italy to ensure authenticity. From 22 spectacular seafood dishes to the freshest antipasti, unrivalled grill specialities such as the tomahawk steak and a broad range of masterfully prepared meat, pizza, pasta recipes, these dishes are designed to engage all of your senses and are cooked to order by each restaurant’s individual team of talented chefs.
“The key to everything is the quality of the ingredients, that is what it comes down to Italian food is based on simple cooking. So, if the quality of your ingredients is good enough, then people will come back”, says San Carlo CEO Marcello Distefano.
Healthy Menu Options for January include soups such as classic Minestrone or slow-cooked lentil and vegetable, while simple salads including chicken, tuna and buffalo mozzarella are perennial favourites. Pollo Marinato is a popular dish of flattened chicken breast with a caper, butter and lemon sauce, while Tonno e Lenticchie is a delicious charcoal grilled yellowfin tuna served with tomato lentils that go well with baby spinach sauteed with garlic oil and chilli.
Dessert spans delicious gelato and San Carlo’s famous pistachio or Italian style millefeuille cakes, tortes and mousses. All desserts are made daily in the patisserie kitchen. And there’s an expertly curated wine list with exclusively imported and great value house options, half bottles, and great wines by the glass as well as some very rare and fine options. San Carlo offers more than 150 wines to suit all tastes and pockets and friendly sommeliers are on hand to help choose, if needed. Salut!
