Created
by Restaurateur Maurice Terzini, Da Maria is a modern Italian
restaurant offering stunning exteriors, great Italian food with
diversity in cuisine, good music and wine, and much more. Brainchild of
Australian Terzini, this restaurant offers Osteria style. This
restaurant is located in the heart of Seminyak with simple and elegant
Italian dining options in the tropical settings of Bali. A closer look
at the interiors of this restaurant shows the classy work done by Roman
architects Lazzarini Pickering. The theme of this restaurant showcases
the Italian style 60’s courtyard restaurants with a touch of modernity
that will not date. The restaurant is surrounded by mesmerizing Balinese
greenery that hosts passion fruit wines, and rubber trees. The fountain
inside the restaurant is Neapolitan icon with Italian touch that
provides a refreshing ambience to the guests with the sound of water
adding a melancholy touch to the cool surroundings.
The
restaurant involved local Balinese craftspeople to do the work thereby
ensuring that the work was completed perfectly on time with a big smile
on the face of everyone attached to it. Ceiling of the restaurant is
amazing with Gio Ponti inspired motifs offering a very graphic roof that
essentially ties in the skylight not only the slanted walls towards the
side but also the divisions between each room in the restaurant.
Terzini and the team proudly refer to the ceiling as ‘Bali’s Sistine
Chapel’ due to the splendor associated with it. Another additional
concept that is visible and appealing within the restaurant is the
pattern of tiles on the fountain and the bars. This concept was
extremely tough and was carefully hand painted by these talented local
craftspeople in Bali.
Music
finds its own identity in Da Maria with a European sophistication as
well as House music for holiday people with live DJ shows happening
every night post 10:30 pm thereby morphing dinner into dancing towards
the end of the night. Da Maria restaurant website guides you to the
playlist of everything musical that has been happening here and updates
the same on a regular basis. Basically, music, soulful food, and
ambience are all clubbed together in this restaurant to provide the
guests with an engaging experience that is rare to find. The playlist in
Da Maria is mixed by Sydney DJ and event producer from the group called
Picnic. Da Maria also plans to host some of the best events in Bali
calendar with tie ups with other event groups to provide a unique
experience to its patrons in the long run.
Menu
in Da Maria is extremely accessible and fun with a simple yet modern
approach to classical Italian flavors, and pizza offerings. These pizzas
offer Italian touch straight from the region of Naples with lava stone
ovens and Neapolitan artisan techniques. Another delightful dish on
offer is the traditional Italian Porchetta that is carefully marinated
with local herbs and cooked in a precise and slow manner over the coals.
Some of the tasty appetizers to look out for include Snapper Crudo
presented with tomatoes, Asparagus with touch of anchovy butter, Octopus
with red wine vinegar, parsley and overnight cooked beans. Da Maria
also has a wood fired grill that offers chilly King prawns, and variety
of delightful pasta dishes such as Gnocchi pesto, Oreccheitte. To finish
off on a high, Da Maria offers a variety of mouth-watering deserts like
Da Maria Tiramisu, Bomboloni.
Credit to Da Maria Seminyak
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