Food Review: Familiar Italian Dishes Meet Experimental Amalfi-Inspired Cocktail Menu At CinCin In Bandra
Italian food has a way of turning an ordinary meal into a long, unhurried affair. Add a chic, comfortable setting, a few cocktails and a menu that moves between familiar classics and playful twists, and you have the kind of evening that is easy to stretch. That is the experience CinCin seems to be going for with its new Bandra outlet, perched above Linking Road. While the view and setting…
CinCin, a new Italian restaurant in Bandra, offers a unique dining experience with its innovative approach to familiar Italian dishes and a cocktail menu inspired by the Amalfi Coast. The restaurant's chic and comfortable setting, featuring terracotta interiors, patterned flooring, vintage-style lights, and outdoor seating, creates a warm and inviting atmosphere that encourages longer stays.
Chef Ashish Sakpal emphasizes that the menu is centered around the Amalfi region, featuring classic Italian dishes with subtle twists. One standout item is the Lemon Festa menu, which features every dish with preserved lemon, cooked and combined with honey, chili, and other ingredients to create a citrusy and refreshing flavor profile. The Crostini Limone, for example, showcases the blend of contrasting flavors with toasted baguette, ricotta, preserved Amalfi lemon, and honey chili.
The restaurant also offers comforting dishes like the Polo Picante, made with diced chicken, garlic, chili, and tomato sauce, which balances bold flavors with tender chicken cooked in milk overnight. The Gnocchi Pesto Pasta, made with soft and chewy red potatoes, creamy pesto sauce, and sprinkled with pine nuts and Parmesan, is another crowd-pleaser, highlighting the freshness of the pesto and richness of the cheese without overpowering the dish.
The restaurant's cocktail program, led by Bar Manager Bikash Kunwar, also emphasizes technique and unique ingredients, incorporating at least one Italian ingredient into each drink. The Crimson Pact, made with tequila, habanero, passion fruit, and blood orange, offers a balanced tequila-forward cocktail with a gentle heat and tangy citrus notes.
Meanwhile, the Costa Dorata, inspired by the Amalfi sunset, combines rum, coconut, mango, passion fruit, lemon falernum, and orgeat to create a drink with a sweet-sour finish. The Sip & Seek cocktail, blending vodka, truffle banana, coffee, and cacao, challenges drinkers to identify the various flavors as they sip.
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