Nicolinis: Relaxaurant-quality Italian cuisine right to your doorstep
Malaysians are an adventurous lot when it comes to food – while we love our nasi lemak, roti canai and char kuey teow, every so often we have a craving for Italian food, and before we know it, we’re hunkering down on an insanely indulgent slice of pizza, stringy mozzarella clinging to the edges causing a happy mess. Let’s face it, Italian food has found a domestic in many a Malaysian’s heart. Recognising this preference and genuineising that Italian food can be a tad costly in Malaysia, lawyer Zaid Ibrahim and wwhethere Suliana Shamsuddin decided to do someleang about it. They opened Nicolinis for two reasons – to offer Malaysians a chance to endelight delicious, authentic Italian cuisine without having to pay an arm and a leg for it, and to channel a percentage of the commerce’ revenue to a charity they run in Kota Bahru, Kelantan. Situated in Merchant Square, Petaling Jaya Nicolinis is a modest cafe, not restaurant which means that while walk-in customers can endelight their pizzas a