Romano's Macaroni Grill @ Round Rock Austin

The moment Winnie knew I was in town she did not hesitate a bit and offered to take me out for lunch - so off we went to this Italian Restaurant which she thought must be darn good since there are a whole bunch of these franchise back in Taiwan as well!


The place was pretty crowded even for lunch hour so my guess is that the food must not be that bad.




Olive oil with vinegar, with generous amounts of shredded cheese by Winnie's request


The bread was nice and warm - still a bit too hard for my liking (All the bread 'round here seems hard)


Winnie ordered a custom made spaghetti where we get to mix and match the type of spaghetti down to the ingredients to go with it


It definitely looked good to me, though I did not ask to sample it, not knowing if it's rude to do so :P

while I ordered a Spaghetti Meatball


The meatballs were just too huge and I couldn't even finish ONE. Imagine that. But they tasted great with the right texture, I wish they could make like 8 balls out of these 2! The spaghetti was just right too - soft and it was filled with flavors of herbs.

Not too bad for a chain restaurant I must say.

Bravo Italiana @ I-Avenue

Celebrated Jenn's birthday here and it was a fairly good choice.

Garlic Bread


1/2doz Baked Oyster (RM 28)



Perfectly done. Oysters tasted fresh even after being baked with the ingredients - this is the next best deal after fresh oysters

Lamb Shank Set Dinner (RM 42)


Meat was tender and tasted good

Soup of the day (comes with the set)


This was just mediocre

Dessert of the day (comes with the set)


If i remember correctly this is Lemon Cake. The cake was not up to the expectations either

Spaghetti Bolognese (RM 19.80)


Comment received was that the spaghetti had an overpowering herb aroma, which some people fancy while others do not

Spaghetti Meat Ball (RM 23)


This was my order and I can say this is the best Spaghetti Meat Ball I ever had... the spaghetti itself was nicely cooked - not overly hard nor soft; the meat balls - dubbed 'hand made' in the menu was tasty, did not fall apart easily and was simply humongous! Drooling just thinking about it

I didn't get a chance to ask about the feedback on the rest of the orders but here are the pics :)

Salmon Allagira Set Dinner (RM 39)


Salmon Rockefeller (RM 29.80)


Chicken Mediterranean Set Dinner (RM 36)


Banana Yogurt Smoothie (RM 10.90)


This was mine and it was rich and thick - just the way I like it!

Mango Yogurt Smoothie (RM 10.90)


Andrew liked his smoothie too and he felt that mango was better than banana
Tiramisu (RM 12.80)


Tiramisu was okay but nothing to shout about

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