November 18, 2013

Wine and Cheese Pairing @ Villa Danieli, Sheraton Imperial KL

Love wine and cheese?!

Let’s dine like a true Italian in Villa Danieli this November!!!

Cheese and wine are both the must-have items on the Italians’ dining tables. Without them, it’s like a full course meal without a dessert or an English afternoon tea without the crumble fluffy scones.

This November, Villa Danieli, the award winning Italian restaurant is offering this wine and cheese pairing to all cheese lovers and wine connoisseurs. Come treat yourself with the fine cheeses which come from different regions in Italy, they are Caprino Cheese, Fontina Cheese, Pecorino Cheese, Asiago Cheese, and Bel Paese Cheese and paired with the finely selected wines.

Priced at Rm 120++ per person and one can indulge in five types of cheeses pairing with five different wines. Available on lunch and dinner till the end of November.

Photo above from Left to Right:

Caprino Cheese (Goat cheese) pairing with Villa Maria Sauvignon Blanc (New Zealand, 2012)

Fontina Cheese pairing with Mitchelton Blackwood Park botrytis Riesling (Australia, 2010)

Pecorino Cheese pairing with Frescobaldi Remole Chianti Sangiovese (Italy, 2011)
It was a hard type of Italian cheese that made from ewe’s (sheep) milk. Its texture was crumbly and sandy on the tongue. Love it.

Asiago Cheese (Italian cow’s milk cheese) paired with Banfi Col di Sasso Toscana Cabernet Sangiovese (Italy, 2010)
I love this wine, especially after having it left for some times. Well, I am not a wine connoisseur so this is all based on my personal preference.

Bel Paese Cheese, A semi soft Italian cheese pairing with the fruity sweet Banfi Bellagio Rosso Sangiovese (Italy, 2012)

Remember, not to get your drink on empty stomach. Do get some of their signature dishes before heading for the wines.

Taglioloni egg pasta with Porcini and Shimeji mushroom in white truffle butter sauce and parmesan shavings.

Rigatoni pasta with spicy creamy Beef Ragout Florentine style, fresh basil and chili extra virgin olive oil

Villa Danieli`s seafood spaghetti

Pizza Parma
Tomato sauce, mozzarella cheese, sea salt aged Beef Ham `Luxury Bovinus`, arugula, parmesan cheese shavings and extra virgin olive oil

Pizza Piemontese
Mascarpone Cheese, Toma Piemontese cheese, parmesan cheese shavings, fresh Balck Uncinato Truffle, white truffle oil
This 3 cheeses pizza is my kind of thing. The cheeses were very well compatible to each other and the touch of truffle oil was amazing. The whole night, I kept sniffing my pizza instead of eating them.