Jamie's Italian, Rustic Italian Restaurant By Jamie Oliver: New Menu Review 2018 - Luxury Society Asia, Thailand's Best Luxury Lifestyle Business Community Website/Blog

British superstar chef Jamie Oliver expands his British-Italian restaurant empire to Bangkok. Industrial, chic and casual, fans will get to try best-selling Italian comfort dishes like pizza, pasta, antipasti and sharing plates served in his inimitable style.

The restaurant known for its casual Italian fare is located in Siam Discovery Bangkok. Jamie’s Italian is updating its popular lunch and dinner sets and weekend roast with brand new health-focused options.

By Mr. & Mrs. Tardivel

Jamie’s Italianis all about beautifully sourced ingredients and simply cooked Italian comfort food. The restaurant was founded by Jamie Oliverand his Italian mentor, chef Gennaro Contaldo. The restaurant is perfect place for catch up with friends for lunch or dinner, casual food sharing, as well as comforting bowls of pasta, beautiful fresh salads and grills.

The Dishes– All servings are generous and colorful. Fresh items like Italian Burrata cheeses, truffle oils, greens, mushrooms are cooked to perfection just enough to reveal the right flavors and balance the elements of the dishes. We loved the freshness of the greens in many dishes, healthy topped seeds, and flavor rich mushroom sauces, truffle scents served with salads and beef cuts. By the glass italian wines are available to perfectly match the many rolls and anti pasti starters if you are looking for a shared meal. The sets offer an amazing value for money with some great signature dishes.

The new lunch setconsists of two generous portions of Soup of the day served with toasted ciabatta. This is followed by a Primi (Italian for the course between starters and mains, typically pasta or risotto) of Vongole Linguinie with steamed clams, garlic, chilli and capers in a white wine sauce, as well as Caprese Salad with oozy burrata, heritage and sundried tomatoes and basil pesto. The Secondi (the Italian term for main course) consists of sustainably sourced tuna steak with smashed avocado, heritage tomatoes, basil and extra virgin olive oil. The whole set is B1190 for two people and those still hungry can add any pizza for just B250.

The dinner set menufollows the same Italian principle of sharing a meal and starts off with Jamie’s Italian signature Antipasti Plank, filled with a selection of cold cuts and cheeses such as fennel salami, mortadella, prosciutto and wagyu bresaola, as well as mini mozzarella and aged pecorino, all served with chilli jam, pickles, olives and rainbow slaw. Jamie’s Italian Famous Prawn Linguine with garlicky prawns, tomatoes, fennel, saffron, chilli and fresh rocket.

Many of the dishes on the menu are inspired by Jamie’s visits to Italy and the stories of Gennaro’s upbringing on the Amalfi coast. Gennaro’s stories have added substance to what is now the essence of Jamie’s Italian – tradition combined with current, innovative ideas and a Jamie twist!

For diners who just look for a la carte menu, below are highlights

Jamie’s Burrata salad plus topping from tuna salmon, prosciutto, chicken, feta cheese, olive oil, balsamic vinegar. It’s so refreshing

Crab & Avocado buchetta, green apple, yogurt

Wild Mushroom Risotto made with Carnaroli rice, roasted wild mushrooms, seasonal greens, mozzarella, finish with truffle oil

For Secondis, diners can choose between three options: Sirloin Steak with chargrilled Portobello Mushroom, heritage tomato salsa and rocket and Parmesan salad, push chips and a sauce of your choice.Pork Chop from Sloane’s served with parsley bagna cauda, apple, lemon and kohlrabi; or Fish of the Day, with mussels white wine, capers and white crab meat.

Torta De Nonna – A Jamie’s Italian classic, olive oil cake with whipped cream, honey, orange zest

In an homage to Jamie Oliver’s British heritage, Jamie’s Italian Bangkok recently introduced the traditional British roast to the menu on weekends. Served with all the trimmings, including rosemary roast potatoes, roasted root vegetables, Yorkshire pudding and, of course, gravy, the Weekend Roast gives diners the choice between pork, steak, chicken, lamb or a vegetarian option with quinoa, squash and mushroom.

The set lunches and dinnersare available Monday to Friday 11.30am to 5pm and 5pm to 10pm, respectively, while the Weekend Roast is available Saturday and Sunday or until sold out.