Wondering where can I find a true, original Italians' taste in Penang? Along the busiest street of Jalan Chulia, there is a restaurant that specializes in homemade Italian food like pasta, pizza and bread and it's called 'Ecco Cafe'.
Let's start with the drinks; my cup of brewed coffee and my Boyboy's mango lassi. You don't hear it wrongly, there's few types of lassi drinks on the menu and the food here is generally brings in a little influence of Indian's cuisines. The aroma of the coffee is very appealing with a strong, pure coffee taste and I like it without sugar or creamer. While for the mango lassi, it's not too thick and not too creamy but lack of the natural sweetness of mango fruit.
The always must-try starter that we'll not miss out is the mushroom soup. The mushroom soup comes with a slice of French bread whereby I prefer it to be a little over-baked for a crunchier taste. The mushroom is chopped into tiny pieces and it's perfectly blended with the light cream; every spoon is a richly, creamy taste except that I'm wondering where has gone the aroma of the wild mushroom...
Our main orders of the day are Chicken Pot Pie and Calzone. Chicken Pot Pie is filled with chicken cubes, peas, carrots, potatoes in a creamy sauce with a pie crust. A little spiciness of herbs in the sauce is creating a nice aroma besides to reduce the greasiness of the creamy taste. The Chicken Pot Pie comes with a side salad and two bread sticks. 
Calzone is breaking the traditional pizza whereby it's a turnover pizza dough that is stuffed with turkey ham, tomato, capsicum, onion, tomato sauce and cheese before it's being baked till golden brown. The Calzone is just nice as it's not too cheesy but the tomato taste is too sour.
To compliment the ending of our meal is a delightful dessert that is called Creme Burlee. It's actually the egg custard pudding with the melted brown sugar on top, forming a thin yet hard caramel; to give a crunchy sugary flavour to the soft, smooth pudding.
The restaurant is indeed an old 'Kopitiam' style town house of decades long. The wooden sun-shades that are painted with the name of 'Ecco Cafe', the inscription of the Chinese name of the coffee shop on the round pillars in red, the wooden tables with the metal chairs and the bronze fan; they're reminding me to my childhood time whereby this type of coffee shop rarely exists during the urbanization nowadays.
Let's start with the drinks; my cup of brewed coffee and my Boyboy's mango lassi. You don't hear it wrongly, there's few types of lassi drinks on the menu and the food here is generally brings in a little influence of Indian's cuisines. The aroma of the coffee is very appealing with a strong, pure coffee taste and I like it without sugar or creamer. While for the mango lassi, it's not too thick and not too creamy but lack of the natural sweetness of mango fruit.
The always must-try starter that we'll not miss out is the mushroom soup. The mushroom soup comes with a slice of French bread whereby I prefer it to be a little over-baked for a crunchier taste. The mushroom is chopped into tiny pieces and it's perfectly blended with the light cream; every spoon is a richly, creamy taste except that I'm wondering where has gone the aroma of the wild mushroom...Our main orders of the day are Chicken Pot Pie and Calzone. Chicken Pot Pie is filled with chicken cubes, peas, carrots, potatoes in a creamy sauce with a pie crust. A little spiciness of herbs in the sauce is creating a nice aroma besides to reduce the greasiness of the creamy taste. The Chicken Pot Pie comes with a side salad and two bread sticks. 
Calzone is breaking the traditional pizza whereby it's a turnover pizza dough that is stuffed with turkey ham, tomato, capsicum, onion, tomato sauce and cheese before it's being baked till golden brown. The Calzone is just nice as it's not too cheesy but the tomato taste is too sour.
To compliment the ending of our meal is a delightful dessert that is called Creme Burlee. It's actually the egg custard pudding with the melted brown sugar on top, forming a thin yet hard caramel; to give a crunchy sugary flavour to the soft, smooth pudding.Ecco Cafe is definitely a nice place for your favourite pasta and pizza. The location...
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