Born over a year ago out of Chef Antonio Miscellaneo’s personal crusade to find exceptional Italian food for delivery, Casa Vostra has been known to transport restaurant-standard perfection to homes with its ready-to-heat gourmet Italian cuisine. Now, the popular homegrown brand has evolved from a takeaway and delivery concept to a full-service restaurant, finding a new home in a 2500 sq ft space at Raffles City, taking over the former McDonald’s location. This July, fans can enjoy Casa Vostra’s gourmet pizzas and home-style Italian dishes in a comfortable dine-in setting.
Authentic Italian cuisine at its finest
Casa Vostra remains as a partnership between Chef-owner Antonio Miscellaneo who owns Singapore’s No. 1 Pizzeria La Bottega Enoteca, and F&B group Ebb & Flow, which also manages contemporary Asian restaurant Tribal and One MICHELIN Star modern European restaurant Sommer. Currently, Chef Antonio sits at 57th in the list of World’s Best Pizzas and his pizzas at La Bottega are ranked 15th in the Asia-Pacific. Together, their new brick-and-mortar restaurant promises a stellar dine-in experience with Casa Vostra’s Newpolitan® and Doublecrunch® pizzas served alongside a new range of gourmet home-style Italian fare at affordable prices.
From house-made pizza and pasta to house-cured charcuterie, every item on the menu is made from scratch using the best ingredients sourced and imported directly, free from preservatives and artificial additives such as MSG. This meticulous control from start to finish ensures superior quality and affordability, with no dish priced over $30. Diners can also witness the magic firsthand with the live pizza and pasta-making stations.
Home is where the pizza is
The menu continues to be headlined by Chef Antonio’s trademark Newpolitan® Pizza (from S$15 – S$28), a pizza that is a one-of-a-kind result of strenuous in-house research and development. Rooted in tradition yet improved through modern techniques, the Newpolitan begins with a mix of select Italian white and brown flours, made into dough and fermented through different stages and temperatures for a total of 36 hours. The dough is further shaped by master pizzaiolos and baked in a wood-fired oven at 460C for a base that’s crispy, airy and scioglievole – or melt-in-your-mouth all at once. Casa Vostra’s Newpolitan® still shares certain characteristics as the Naples-style pie that gained UNESCO heritage status in 2017 – both are cooked above 450C and feature charred, bubbling crusts and are softer and floppier than most pizzas.
Taste them in best-selling red sauce classics like the Marinara, a pizza topped with San Marzano DOP, garlic and oregano as well as the Margherita with San Marzano DOP, Fior di Latte and basil. Bolder flavours are available like the Gamberi that comes with generous San Marzano DOP, Argentinian prawns, tomato and prawn reduction, and lemon zest, and the Diavola, a spicy choice with San Marzano DOP, Fior di Latte, spicy salame made in-house, Parmigiano Reggiano and basil.
White sauce icons include the likes of Tartufo e Funghi topped with Fior di Latte, Taleggio, mushrooms, thyme and finsihed with a generous helping of fresh black truffle shaved tableside, and the Mortadella that borrows the best flavours of Fior di Latte, mortadella, pistachio, lemon zest and basil. Cheese is rich and generous with the 4 Formaggi comprising Fior di Latte, Taleggio, Gorgonzola and Parmigiano Reggiano. Meat lovers will revel in the Sausage e Friarielli that has lashings of smoked provola, sausage, broccoli rabe and Parmigiano Reggiano.
There’s also the Doublecrunch® Pizza (from S$16 – S$22) that draws inspiration from the traditional Pala Romana. The particular mix of 0, wholewheat and durum flours, 48-hour fermentation and lower temperature baking yields a high-hydration pizza dough that stretches to create a thin and bubbly texture, forming pizza that is lighter and crispier, perfect for rich fillings. Enjoy authentic Italian ingredients sandwiched between two croccanti – crunchy layers of “pizza pastry”. Akin to a pizza-sandwich hybrid, this is the unorthodox pizza you never knew you needed.
The perfect taste of it can be found with the Caprese of Fior di Latte, roasted tomato, basil pesto and parmigiano toppings, the Prosciutto e Parmigiano loaded with parma ham, Parmigiano Reggiano and Mortadella serving up burrata, mortadella, pistachio, lemon zest, basil and Parmigiano Reggiano.
From Italy, with love
Whet appetites at the start of your meal with ANTIPASTI like the all-new Frittatina (S$8), golden crispy pasta balls of goodness. Casa Vostra is proud to be the first in Singapore to offer this quintessentially Napoli trendy street snack. Frittatina di pasta are balls of pasta typically moulded with eggs, salami and cheese, then deep-fried into decadent bites that are delicious to eat and convenient to-go. Bound to be a smash hit among both young and old, Casa Vostra’s version is available in flavours of Carbonara – creamy mouthfuls of pasta, guanciale and cheese – or Lasagna – oozing layers of juicy beef, fresh tomato sauce and housemade lasagna sheets.
There are also classics like Bresaola (S$14) of home-aged beef served with rocket and Parmigiano Reggiano, as well as Calamari Fritti (S$12) fried squid served with capers mayonnaise. Richer flavours can be found with Burrata Tomato e Pesto (S$25) that presents burrata with roasted tomato, basil pesto and Parmigiano Reggiano, as well as the Cold Cut Platter (S$28), a platter of mixed in-house cured meats with Ligurian focaccia.
Bringing equal satisfaction are the housemade PASTA (from S$13 – S$26), each portion made fresh and available in various traditional shapes and forms. The pasta type is carefully selected to be the perfect carrier for different nonna-approved sauces, and continues to be made from scratch using the same methods and ingredients as different regions from all over Italy.
Embark on a gastronomic journey through the diverse regions of Italy with over a dozen pasta iterations to choose from. There are new additions like the Crab, Tagliatelle featuring generous jumbo crab meat lumps in tomato confit fragranced with olive oil, garlic and basil and the Carbonara, Rigatoni, made the authentic way with proper guanciale, egg, pecorino and Parmigiano Reggiano. Miss not special stuffed fresh pasta dishes like the Agnolotti del Plin that encases heartwarming tender pork stew within, served in a chicken jus and butter sauce, as well as the vegetarian Ravioli Ricotta e Spinaci where pasta parcels of ricotta and spinach are laid in a delicious sage and butter sauce. Loyal fans of Casa Vostra will be delighted to know that there are also returning favourites. Enjoy the classic Cacio e Pepe, Spaghetti that borrows the bursting fragrance of Parmigiano Reggiano, Pecorino Romano and mixed peppers as well as the hearty Bolognese, Tagliatelle of generous beef, pancetta, soffritto and San Marzano DOP.
DESSERT tempts with sweet ends like Panna Cotta (S$8), presenting silky spoonfuls of cream, vanilla, strawberry, basil and olive oil and Pizza Balls (S$12) that serves a pizza dough with Gianduja chocolate, glazed banana and hazelnut crunch. A classic to look forward to is the Tiramisú (S$10) that brings decadent layers of mascarpone, savoiardi, coffee and cocoa.
