Cento

Dined tonight at Cento, overall a positive experience but at this price point it left quite a bit of room to be desired in terms of flavor. We started our dinner off with the Dolce and Sabai Sour, both cocktails were underwhelming and did not have any balance between sweet/sour, both tasted mostly of sugar and none of the spirit was allowed to shine through the mix, the cherry sour was a bit better, but same problem of tasting mostly of the sweet components and not enough sour/spirit. For our appetizer we had the arancini which was quite good actually, the arrabiata had a nice depth of flavor and the arancini had the perfect balance between crunchy exterior and soft rich interior. With our mains we had a side of baby carrots, which were a bit underseasoned but the ricotta base and honey with the hazelnuts to contrast the soft carrots was nice. Also slightly overcooked but the flavor made up for this factor. They were more mushy rather than having any bite to them. The linguine was unfortunately not our favorite, it was on the oily side and tasted a bit like a tangy hot sauce. We were left rather disappointed with this dish at this price point. The star of the night however was definitely the osso buco risotto, it was the right consistency, rice was slightly al dente, wonderfully seasoned and the osso buco juices added a nice depth to the flavor. It was also so tender it practically melted in your mouth. Would reccomend this dish to anyone coming to Cento. They also charge 90THB per person for water, and do not notify you of it before they do so. They were kind enough to remove this charge from our bill due to us not being informed first and us inquiring about this. So maybe this was just an error with our visit. The service rating is mostly due to a lack of checkins during dining to see how things are tasting.

a month ago