Written at four, printed at five, wrong by nine.
Three shapes are never off the board. Everything else depends on what came in that morning and how the dough behaved, so treat the rest of this as strongly indicative rather than a promise.
Antipasti
Focaccia, the day's dripping
22
Whatever came off the roast at four, and salt.
Culatello, thirty months
58
Sliced to order, warmed on the palm before it reaches the plate.
Raw amberjack, celery, lardo
48
Line caught off Kuala Rompin on Tuesday, dressed at the bench.
Burrata, Cameron tomatoes, basil
46
The burrata lands Tuesday. The tomatoes came four hours down the hill.
Vitello tonnato
44
Veal roasted pink, tuna sauce built on the oil it was packed in.
Fried artichokes, lemon, mint
32
Trimmed to the heart, fried twice, salted while they still steam.
Chicken liver crostini, vin santo
28
Coarse and warm on grilled bread. Not a smooth parfait.
Pasta
Tagliatelle, aged beef ragu
72
Tagliatelle
Always onBeef shin, six hours, no tomato until the last twenty minutesForty yolks to the kilo. The dough is yellow before anything is added to it.
Pappardelle, wild boar, juniper
88
Pappardelle
Boar shoulder braised in red, juniper, a little dark chocolateThe chocolate is there for depth and you will not taste it as chocolate.
Garganelli, cured yolk, black pepper
64
Garganelli
Always onPecorino romano, pepper toasted dry, yolk cured nine days in saltGrated over at the table so the yolk never meets heat.
Cavatelli, clams, nduja
78
Cavatelli
Lala clams opened in their own liquor, nduja, fennel pollenSemolina and water only. This is the one shape with no egg in it.
Agnolotti dal plin, roast veal
92
Agnolotti dal plin
The roasting juices, reduced, and nothing elseServed on a napkin some nights, because a sauce would be a second opinion.
Tonnarelli, Sarawak pepper, three pecorinos
62
Tonnarelli
Always onPecorino at eight, eighteen and thirty months, emulsified in pasta waterThe pepper is grown eight hundred kilometres from this room.
Sfoglia lorda, ricotta, marjoram
68
Tagliatelle
Brown butter, marjoram picked the same afternoonThe dirty sheet. Filling spread between two layers and cut small, the way it was done when filling was scarce.
Trofie, basil pounded to order
58
Cavatelli
Basil, pine nuts and garlic in a marble mortar, green beans, potatoPounded after you order it, which is why it takes nineteen minutes.
Tortelli, pumpkin, amaretto, sage
70
Agnolotti dal plin
Brown butter and sage, a little grated amaretto over the topSquash roasted whole on Monday so the water leaves before the filling is made.
Maltagliati, oxtail, bone marrow
84
Pappardelle
Oxtail cooked down to nothing, marrow stirred through at the passBadly cut. Maltagliati is the offcut from every other shape on this list.
Secondi
Whole fish, salsa verde
145
Whatever came off the boat that morning. Enough for two, filleted at the table.
Veal shin, gremolata
128
Four hours in white wine. The marrow is the reason to order it.
Guinea fowl, black olive, thyme
98
Roasted on the crown and rested twenty minutes before it is carved.
Aged sirloin, rosemary, sea salt
165
Two hundred and fifty grams, forty five days on the bone, over coals.
Contorni
Bitter leaves, anchovy, lemon
26
Dressed hard. It is meant to cut whatever you ordered before it.
Roast potatoes, rosemary
22
Boiled, crushed, then roasted in the fat from the meat.
Braised greens, chilli, garlic
24
Cooked far past bright green, which is the point.
Tomato salad, oregano, red onion
26
Salted twenty minutes ahead so it makes its own dressing.
Dolci
Tiramisu, Sarawak coffee
32
Built in the morning and left alone until service.
Buffalo milk gelato, olive oil, salt
28
Three ingredients and a lot of churning.
Panna cotta, brown sugar, figs
30
Set with as little gelatine as will hold. It should not bounce.
Affogato, house gelato
26
One scoop, one espresso, poured in front of you.
Almond tart, mascarpone
32
Baked at four so it is still slightly warm at eight.
Or hand it to the kitchen.
Five courses
198
Anywhere in the room
Two antipasti, two pasta, one dolce. The kitchen chooses.
Ask for thisSeven courses at the counter
298
Counter seats only
Everything above, plus the two shapes that never make it to the printed menu.
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Prices in ringgit. No service charge and no tax added on top.