Street Food Warms Your Heart: Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore at 791 Bukit Timah Road #01-01 S(269764)- The Italian Executive Chef Mario Ciccone from Puglia, Italy

Sunday, June 7, 2015

Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore at 791 Bukit Timah Road #01-01 S(269764)- The Italian Executive Chef Mario Ciccone from Puglia, Italy

Executive Chef Mario Ciccone

Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore Executive Chef Mario Ciccone, age 28, brings with him close to 10 years' of Culinary experience in authentic Italian Cuisine.

He helms the kitchen at Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore & is the Executive Chef handling the orders for the :

Antipasti (includes II Pane or bread, Zuppe or soup, Insalate or salad, Antipasti or appetizer)
Pizze or pizza
I Dolci or desserts at Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore.

Executive Chef Mario Ciccone has a family member who is also an accomplished Chef - his brother Executive Chef Angelo Ciccone works in Regent Hotel, Singapore.

The Cuisine

The Cuisine served here at Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore is typically Southern Italian.

Chef Mario Ciccone uses EVOO, Pomodoro as one of the key ingredients in his cooking here at Caruso.

You will discover that the dressings, sauces, marinates used here at Caruso are tasty & umami because they are all made from scratch here at the kitchen at Caruso.

The core of his culinary skills are picked up in the course of his career as he had worked in various F&B establishments back home in Italy before embarking on his maiden journey to Singapore to work with Founder Leonardo Palmisano.

However the core basic culinary training was first experienced when he was a young boy under the influence & tutelage of his very talented Mum who worked herself is an accomplished baker & chef at home & who produced two Chefs in the family.

Chef Mario Ciccone handles the Antipasti, Pizze & I Dolci at Caruso Italian Restaurant Singapore. Some of his more noteworthy Antipasti dishes include:

Bruschette Napoletana (Sliced toasted bread with fresh tomato, oregano & basil)
Zuppa di Pesce alla Caruso (Seafood Soup in Mediterranean Style)
Caprese (fresh sliced buffalo mozzarella cheese with Roma tomato & basil with EVOO)
Insalata di Rucola con parmigiano e pere (Rocket Salad with pear & parmesan shaving on lemon juice & EVOO dressing)
Carpaccio di Angus (Angus Beef carpaccio with Amalfi lemon dressing & parmesan shaving)
Prosciutto di Parma con melone (Parma ham with melon)
Salmone Affumicato con granchio imperiale (Smoked salmon with king crab capers & onions with lemon juice & EVOO)

Some of his more noteworthy Pizze dishes include:

Pizza Capricciosa (Tomato & mozzarella with artichoke, ham, black olives, salami, mushrooms)
Pizza Mamma Mia (Tomato & mozzarella with spicy pork salami, ham, mushrooms & onions)
Napoletana (Tomato & mozzarella with capers, anchovies, oregano)
Prosciutto e Funghi (Tomato & mozzarella with ham & mushrooms)

Some of his more noteworthy I Dolci dishes include:

Tiramisu (Ladyfinger biscuits sponged in coffee Marsala liqueur & mascarpone cream cheese )
Torta di mele con gelato alla vaniglia (Apple tart with vanilla ice cream)
Panna Cotta alle Fragole (Cream pudding with fresh strawberries)