SKY AVENUE | NEW YORK'S MOTORINO @ RESORTS WORLD GENTING




The iconic Motorino has just launched its first pizza restaurant in Malaysia, bringing Naples much nearer to us at Resorts World Genting.


Residing at the latest mega transformation of a whole new retail and dining concept, SkyAvenueoffers a more prestigious brands and world-class flagships merchants which includes Cafés Richards, that is situated just next to Motorino.


SkyAvenue was built anddesigned for a new generation of visitors, who have a more discerning palate in  food  and  fashion.  They travel more and are familiar with the brands that  were unveiling, said Dato Edward Holloway, Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations, Resorts World Genting.


Now that the appreciation level of epicurean in general has elevated across the globe in broad view, food and beverages genre is not spared and expect to have more surprises, as they revel in more inspiration, to turn culinary experiences into sensuous experience other than just merely eating. As such, Motorino is one of the trend-setting lavish establishments to bespoke your taste buds over here at SkyAvenue.   

 


This Brooklyn and East Village pizza place has New York Times food writers hailing it as the best authentic Neopolitan Italian pizza restaurant in New York. Owned and operated by Belgian-Italian  born chef Mathieu Palombino who makes Neapolitan-style pizza in wood ovens imported from Italy, Motorino has multiple outlets in New York, two in Hong Kong and Manila, one in Singapore, and when it is unveiled in December, its first restaurant in Malaysia is at Resorts World Genting’s Sky Avenue!





The Motorino at SkyAvenue will be a 4,000 sq ft space with a façade featuring gold-bordered Italian windows. Compared to the space-constrained in Hong Kong and Singapore outlets, this will be the biggest Motorino yet.  Keeping  to  the  original  design  ethic  of  the  American  outlets, seating will not be plush nor opulent. Instead, there will be 1920s metal chairs in burgundy.


“Brooklyn was an Irish area during  that  time, so there will also be shades of green used  to reference that, as well as to lend an element of surprise to the burgundy tones. There will also be white marble topped tables which are a continuation of the white marble topped  pizza counters,” Dato Edward Holloway, Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations at Resorts World Genting shares.


Motorino will take on the look and feel of an old space which has been refurbished, but with very little intervention. “Think about an old American 1920s grocer or pharmacy. It’s a place which isn’t posh, but which isn’t exactly a hole in a wall, either. In Brooklyn it would be a place where aspiring singers who do double shifts come to grab a good pizza. They are the kind of people who aren’t happy with main stream brands but who are looking for unorthodox artisanal food,” fleshes out Holloway.



The most eye-catching feature of the restaurant will be two large pizza ovens which  were shipped in from Naples in Italy. Customized pizza spades from Napoli were also fabricated to be used as decorations. These oar-shaped paddles traditionally made from one single piece of wood will also be used in the making of the pizzas.


With patrons being able to watch the entire process of the making of the  fame  Motorino pizzas, the design team made sure that spot cooling was employed around the ovens to amplify the air conditioning and thus ensure a comfortable dining experience. With Sixties-style lighting and Pantone  glo-balls, Motorino  is set to be a time capsule of an area  where  the pizza pie reigned supreme.


Diners who have not had the decadent pleasure of a Motorino experience may be a little taken aback as to how singularly their menu is dedicated to pizza. Apart from a selection of antipasti, pizza reigns supreme. However, in true Italian blood, antipasti are no  just  about  quelling hunger pangs before the main event. Italians know that antipasti set the tone for a meal.


As such, Motorino’s antipasti selection gives diners a glimpse into the quality of the ingredients that will appear on their pizzas. As evidence, the mixed greens salad and arugula and bresaola salad will always burst with crispness, freshness and flavour, while the roasted  peppers will delight with their natural sweetness. The buffalo mozzarella with tomato, extra virgin olive oil and fresh basil will combine richness with tangy juiciness, while the Octopus salad will bring together sensation and succulence, with clever use of capers, potatoes, chili oil, red onion and parsley. 



Purists will also be able to delight in Motorino’s meatballs braised in tomato sauce, pecorino and basil. A little bit of New York Italian culture thrown in!


Motorino offers over 20 toppings that can be added on to existing pizzas. These include Brussel sprouts, two kinds of anchovies, fresh arugula, buffalo mozzarella and fior de  latte (fresh mozzarella  made with cow’s  milk as opposed to buffalo milk), along with other more conventional ingredients such as turkey, pepperoni and clams.




Patrons can take their pick from ten stellar favourites, which range from the stripped (marinara, margherita and pepperoni) to the supremely Italian (stracchiatella with basil, sea salt and extra virgin olive oil; cremini  mushrooms, and colatura di alici featuring cow’s milk mozzarella, red onions, grape tomatoes, white anchovies  and sea salt). Also on offer is a Brussel sprout pizza with fior de latte, garlic, pecorino and smoked turkey bacon; cherry stone clam pizza and an egg, turkey chili variation.




Pizzas range from MYR 45 to MYR 67 for a whole pie, depending on your preferred choice of topping. Hence, wait no more, come and try out these authentically baked Neopolitan-Italian pizzas soon, brought all the way from New York to Malaysia, by Resorts World Genting.



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Address: Level 1, Sky Avenue, Resorts World Genting Highlands, Malaysia.
Contact: +603 6101 1118
Operation hours: 10am to 10 pm (DAILY)


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