Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant, Langkawi

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant, Padang Matsirat, Langkawi (8 September, 2018)


Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant (GPS: 6.35056, 99.73184) is a restaurant in Padang Matsirat, Langkawi. It occupies a corner shoplot at the western end of Jalan Padang Matsirat, near the junction with Jalan Lapangan Terbang. The restaurant is owned by an Italian from Milan, Mr Lorenzo Zecubi, who is also the chef.

Gallo Nero means black rooster in Italian. The name pays homage to the wine that comes from the Classico subdistrict of the Chianti region of Central Tuscany, Italy. The Chianti region is divided into seven subdistricts. Wines from the Classico subdistrict bear the black rooster, or gallo nero, seal on the neck of the bottle, to indicate that the wine comes from a producer that is part of the Chianti Classico Consortium.

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant offers possibly the most authentic representation of Italian cuisine that you can find in Langkawi.

Address

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant
19, Jalan Padang Matsirat,
07100 Langkawi, Kedah.
Phone: +60-4-952 3555

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant (8 September, 2018)


This black rooster is the emblem of Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant (8 September, 2018)


The interior of Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant offers a chic dining experience. (8 September, 2018)


Table setting at Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant. (8 September, 2018)

Our visit to Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant

My wife and I had the privilege of dining at Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant on 8 September, 2018. Upon our arrival, we were warmly greeted by Lorenzo, who had prepared for us a full set dinner.

We started our meal with the aperitivo. I had the prosecco wine with Campani while my wife had the Elderberry mocktail. This is served with homemade bread comprising foaccia, pizzette and grissini stick.

Enjoying the aperitivo at Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant (8 September, 2018)


Elderberry mocktail and processo wine & Campari. (8 September, 2018)
Homemade breads taken as appetizer in an Italian meal. (8 September, 2018)


Next came a platter of antipasti, or appetizers. They comprise buffalo burrata. This is a cheese made from mozzarella and cream, and is made fresh in Langkawi by an Italian producer who supplies to the various restaurants on the island. The availability of this local supplier enables Gallo Nero to offer freshly made burrata every day.

This evening, we had the buffalo buffata with Roma tomatoes, origano and basil oil.

Buffalo burrata with Roma tomatoes, origano and basil oil. (8 September, 2018)


Served alongside the burrata is fresh marinated salmon with quail eggs, fresh beans and lemon emulsion.

Fresh marinated salmon with quail eggs, fresh beans and lemon emulsion. (8 September, 2018)


And next to that is the third appetizer, crab and potato croquette with basil aioli dip. The aioli is a Mediterranean sauce made of garlic and olive oil.

Crab and potato croquette with basil aioli dip. (8 September, 2018)


After that came the main courses. This evening, we tried the egg tagliolini with three types of mushrooms, sage butter and parmigiano; and the sea bass à la plancia, vine tomato, olives, capers and caperberries.

Egg tagliolini with three types of mushrooms, sage butter and parmigiano. (8 September, 2018)


Sea bass à la plancia, vine tomato, olives, capers and caperberries. (8 September, 2018)


My wife with the main course. (8 September, 2018)


By the time we finished the main course, we were both quite full already. But there's still the dessert, which provided a superb ending to the meal.

Sicilian cassata semifreddo with vanilla custard and raspberry coulis. (8 September, 2018)


It was a thoroughly enjoyable meal. There's nothing that I can find to complain, except perhaps the main course was a bit too salty, particularly the caperberries. I mentioned that to my wife, who immediately pointed out to me that these items need to be salty, to balance out the taste of the fish.

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant on Google Maps Street View

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant (Nov 2017)

Gallo Nero Italian Restaurant is on the Map of Langkawi

Back to Discover Langkawi mainpage

 Latest updates on Penang Travel Tips

About this website

Dear visitor, thank you so much for reading this page. My name is Timothy Tye and my hobby is to find out about places, write about them and share the information with you on this website. I have been writing this site since 5 January 2003. Originally (from 2003 until 2009, the site was called AsiaExplorers. I changed the name to Penang Travel Tips in 2009, even though I describe more than just Penang but everywhere I go (I often need to tell people that "Penang Travel Tips" is not just information about Penang, but information written in Penang), especially places in Malaysia and Singapore, and in all the years since 2003, I have described over 20,000 places.

While I try my best to provide you information as accurate as I can get it to be, I do apologize for any errors and for outdated information which I am unaware. Nevertheless, I hope that what I have described here will be useful to you.