Common Feed: Now an Italian-Spanish restaurant & deli in Damansara Uptown
November 22, 2024
Focaccia sandwich sets are the highlight from 11am to 3pm, at reasonable prices of RM23-RM29, including a choice of iced tea or coffee.
Six sandwich options are available - we could order a different one every workday, each with its own satisfying combo of tastes and textures: The ham lover’s Jambon Beurre (RM25), Mortadella & Stracciatella (RM27), creamy-spicy ‘Nduja & Stracciatella (RM27), Parma & Stracciatella (RM29), Meatballs & Gruyere (RM23) and Lamb Porchetta & Feta (RM25).
Common Feed has perfected the proportions: The focaccia is baked in-house, balanced between fluffy and full-bodied with a fragrantly pillowy bite, layered with lots of meat and cheese for addictively punchiness.
During dinner, the kitchen’s attention turns to twelve-inch pizzas, built on two-day-fermented dough, culminating in a pleasurably puffy-airy crust with depth of flavour, leopard-spotted with heartwarming heat.
Common Feed’s pizzas rank among our favourite in PJ - for carnivorous carb cravings, check out the Spicy Kielbasa (RM42) and Mortadella (RM45), showcasing the savoury succulence of sausages and salumi.
Common Feed is also our best bet for Panuozzo Napoletana, the lip-smacking pizza sandwich, lusciously crafted here with Parma ham and stracciatella cheese.
Dry pasta is served for lunch and fresh pasta for dinner, with a lunch selection of umami-rich, briny-earthy Anchovy & Porcini Burro (RM25 including iced tea or drip coffee), Fusilli Pesto, Meatball Amatriciana and more.
Dinner pasta temptations include the citrus-brightened Al Limone with a choice of Spanish sardines or tuna for fish-fuelled fun (RM38), Carbonara, cooked with hand-rolled strozzapreti for a firm Italian 00-flour bounce in an eggy, guanciale-tossed tribute to classic Roman no-cream traditions (RM40), Truffle Serrano, Aceite de Gambas, and Crab Pesto.
Common Feed’s risotto deserves a shout-out of its own, convincingly al dente, decadent with smooth foie gras and silky porcini mushrooms, worthy of a top trattoria (RM62). Risotto with chorizo and clams is also available.
For small plates to share, we love the Chicken Liver Mousse with melt-in-the-mouth, velvety richness, complete with lavish crackers (RM23), ‘Nduja Clams, featuring plump, juicy molluscs, mouthwatering in tangy-sweet sauce blended with ‘nduja salumi (RM42), Gambas al Ajillo, doing justice to the Spanish staple with market-fresh crustaceans, aromatically garlicky (RM38) and Galician Spanish Octopus, mixed up with sausage slices for an extra kick, comfortingly cushioned with potatoes (RM43). Cheese and charcuterie platters also sound super-tempting.
Common Feed’s tiramisu is impeccable - for dessert devotees, it’s worth visiting for this delicately whipped wonder even on its own. Fun fact: On Friday evenings for dinner, Common Feed serves up a playful special - scoop all the tiramisu you want from the kitchen’s tray to your plate for just RM25!
Common Feed
Open Tuesday-Sunday, 11am-3:30pm, 5:30pm-10pm.