Toscani's

Meet up with some friends again, this time they're coming down from Sandakan and Lawas. This is 2 weeks before my diploma graduation ceremony that was held on December 5th this year, although we have already left college for more than 3 years. They didn't have enough students in our batch to hold a proper graduation ceremony, so we're having it this time together with our juniors.

I love going to Toscani's, the outdoor lighting is absolutely perfect for food photography, photo's taken here turned out really good. Check out the previous post: Toscani's Waterfront. This time, its even better cause a pro is in attendance. It was nice to lunch with like-minded people, once the food arrives, everyone took out their smartphones and me, my camera to snap a picture of the food. It's awesome, no one waiting impatiently for me to finish photographing so they can eat.

Photographing colorful food are better than eating it, sometimes.The funny thing is when the bill was brought to us, I whipped up my calculator (the Casio ones we used in high school, almost every student have one of those) and everyone laughs. I brought my calculator with me, easier when it comes to splitting the bills cause I don't trust my mathematical skills, the funnier thing about it is that I still managed to calculate wrongly even while using a calculators, and the funniest thing to top it all is when everyone put our heads together busily punching numbers into their own phones and still got it all wrong anyway. My friend exclaim, this is truly a generation relying heavily on technology, without these gadgets, what will become of us? In the end, one of us took charge and finally manages split the bill accurately. All this while, the waiter is waiting for us nearby.

Esprit Lemon Lime

1 dozen of cheese baked mussels

This one is taken by a pro

Salmon Penne

Color quality is really good, I want to post everything.

My seafood penne

Below are some of the test shots taken by the pro with my camera, I kept them to study his skills, all of them are mussel shots, emphasizing on aperture priority.

That's me behind the vegetable, my skin look so white *vain*

Toscani's Water Front

A gathering between ex-classmates from college. Our class only have 7 student throughout the term. This time only 4 classmates including myself manages to make it. We chose Toscani's at Waterfront, which serves decent Italian food. When I was going to take a picture of their signboard below, there is a fake watch salesman standing in the way, I had to wait till he leaves before taking a shot of it. The food are rather good.

 Previously I only drank their raspberry flavor, I'm giving this Lemon Lime a try. I loved it. Fizzy sparkling water.

Lemon Lime and Passionfruit

Apple Juice

A bit bland and tasteless.

 This spaghetti dish looks very attractive, but too bad it's a bit tasteless, it was fine on other times, but somehow their quality is a bit off this time.

 Planned to order this, but decide to get something else so we would have a variety of dishes to try from. This is awesome, I must order this next time. However, prawns are difficult to eat without using fingers.

 The sauce could be a little more thicker and less diluted, but overall, its a rather nice dish. I just realize all 3 of them ordered something with seafood in it, except for me.

Pizza

 I ate most of this pizza, the rest of the girls couldn't eat anymore. 3 of them ate one slice per person, while the rest went in my tummy. Yeah, I may look petite and skinny, but my appetite is truly shocking. Look at those huge slices of ham, other restaurants chopped up their ham into small squares, but not Toscani.

Lasagna

I chose lasagna, it has stringy cheese hidden beneath the surface, rather nice but its a bit too diluted without the firm texture of pasta.