Serafina - Northern Italian Delight

The pleasure of visiting 80^th feet road of Kormangala, Bengaluru is always my delight. This time I had the pleasure to visit Serafina, to try out their Aperitivo menu. Aperitivo is a beverage (mostly alcohol) that is consumed before a meal with the intention to open out your appetite, the main intention of this menu is for socializing. Serafina have kept the Aperitivo menu from 4.00 pm to 7 pm and are planning to extend the same to 8 pm during the week days. This is mostly made for the working classic, so that the people can meet and have a great time. The motive behind Aperitivo is to make people have a great time with friends and still have some room and time to catch up on dinner.

Drinks:

The first drink that I had was a White Wine Thyme Sangria and this was the first time that I had white wine sangria, I had red wine sangria before and I felt that this was not my kind of a drink. The White Wine Thyme Sangria was also not my kind of drink but this sangria had a strong aroma of White Wine but the same had an elegant taste, which blended well with the fruits. The best part of this sangria was the selection and mixture of the ingredients that has gone in making the drink, this was what actually made me develop a taste for the White Wine Thyme Sangria.

I had to change my views on Red Wine Sangria with the Red Wine Rosemary Sangria, the reason for me to change my views on this was the way that the bartender made the drink. The bartender had made a slight change in the drink and due to which, I liked the sangria. The best part was the fruits that didn’t turn bitter after sometime but instead they got a rich taste of red wine in them. 

The Monk’s Sin which contains dark rum, chocolate ganache, banana and whip were served in shot glasses. The first glass that I had was a smooth yet delicious drink, I got very little taste of rum but I got good enough taste of the chocolate ganache and banana. I asked bartender to prepare a slightly stronger one for the second and then I got the complete taste rum with a very good taste of chocolate ganache. I would have preferred the same in a cocktail glass, as the same left me not contain with the quantity that I got from shot glass.

This was the drinks that I experienced. The other drinks that were served are Campari Spritz and Negroni.

Red Wine Rosemary Sangria

Monk’s Sin which contains dark rum

Food:

The most interesting and delicious dish with the drink for me was the herd marinated olives, which had the green, black and kalamata olives with garlic. This was a really unique dish that went extraordinarily with the White and Red Sangria, the fresh olives with a hint of garlic was enriched by my mouth with every bite. This dish was something that I would not forget in my life. Thing that I felt about this dish is that the less you have the more tastily it is.

The Cheese Platter was a delight to the eyes with parmigiano reggiano, smoked scamorza, provolone piccante, gorgonzola dolce, pecorino romano accompanied with balsamic reduction, wine poached pear, onion varckeers, candied walnuts, olives and fig pate, this seems too much on a plate but this is actually just right and enough on the plate. The thing about wine and cheese is that you can never have too much. The wide variety of cheese is always good and I loved the smoked scamorza.

The next thing that could my eyes was the onion rings and I just love them when they are crunchy throughout. This was crunchy throughout and the sprinkled salt made this yum. Usually I prefer my onion rings golden in colour but these white looking onion rings were also very delicious.

Beans & grains – in a rustic Italian salad with tomatoes and onion, I liked this alot because of the tangy and sweet.

Insalate Rinforzo – traditional, was a game changer. Even thou the name is quite new, the dish was pretty delicious. I like the slight tangy flavour in the dish with the Jalapenos that gave me a taste texture in my mouth. This dish actually woke up my taste bugs and my appetite, now I know the meaning of Aperitivo.

Veg pizza rolls – hand stretched pizza dough, roll with zucchini, cherry tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh oregano.These were quite amazzing as they served right out of the oven. They were soft but this small sized rolls did carry enought flavours inside.

  

Pizza primavera – hand stretched base, baked on a stone-hearth with fresh tomato, fresh buffalo mozzarella and garden vegetables. I found that the pizza was too much for Aperitivo but the pizza was actually not heavy, the pizza did contain enough cheese and vegetables. The taste was unique and the slightly burnt base did add a little bit of flavour to the pizza.

Gamberi fritti – shrimp popcorn, they looked amazing and smelled even more tempting. The look of the bloggers face was just to see that it was delicious also. I heard the shrimp was an interesting addition to the popcorn.

Serafina is a wonderful Northern Italian cuisine. The determination of the management to bring Aperitivo is truly amazing. The management want to relish the tradition of Northern Italy right here in Bengaluru. The best part of this place I found was the painting that was made by a single artist and this artist has transformed the entire walls of the restaurant to a masterpiece.