Pattaya November 2018

TOSCANA
– A TRUE ITALIAN EXPERIENCE
While the Toscana Italian and Moom
Talay Thai restaurants share the same
very large space, there are two points
where the two are strictly separated.
The first is perhaps the most obvious, in
that the two restaurants have two separate
kitchens. This is clearly sensible
given the different styles of cooking and
variety of dishes required. The second is
also equally sensible, in that while there
is a central area where either Italian and/
or Thai dishes can be served to patrons,
there is one completely enclosed area
where only Italian dishes will be served.
The management of Toscana understands
that mixing the two culinary
styles is not always in the best interests
of those
who want to enjoy the flavours and,
more especially, the aromas of authentic
Italian cooking. So, the Toscana Italian
food only side of the restaurant has
seating for up to 100 diners, all enclosed
in an air-conditioned environment. The
tables are set up with tablecloths and
the atmosphere is designed primarily to
promote fine Italian dining and enhance
the largely organic offerings of pizza and
pasta dishes for
which Toscana is justly well-known.
As mine host Luca has said, “We
make fresh pasta here…almost every
day, and all the pasta is made from duck
eggs, which are so much better than using
chicken eggs.”
Among the specials Luca is most
proud to promote are anti-pasti dishes
such as Bresaola, home-made beef carpaccio,
and home-made goat cheese.
When it comes to pasta, dishes as
varied such as duck ravioli, green ravioli
with guinea fowl, ravioli filled with pumpkin
and asparagus, salmon and ricotta
ravioli are just a few of the many varieties
available to diners.
On one aspect of the restaurant and
its processes Luca was adamant. “What
I won’t do, and never have, is pre-cook
the pasta. Everything is fresh.”
On the outside terrace, there is also
room for around another 150 diners.
These are distinguished by having white
table cloths covering each table. The
spacious layout gives customers a more
relaxed dining experience.
Apart from the food, Toscana has a
dazzling array of refreshments aimed at
covering all possible tastes and de
Trattoria Pizzeria Toscana
Moom Talay Thai Restaurant