FORKETTA-Top Artisan Italian is an Italian restaurant in Tiong Bahru with a 4.7-star rating from nearly 2,398 reviews. Specializing in wood-fired sourdough pizza and handmade organic pasta, it's built its reputation on daily preparation and artisan technique. Authentic Italian cooking rests on a paradox: simplicity of ingredients and method, yet intensity of flavour. Wood-fired sourdough pizza works because the oven's high heat creates crust texture and char unmatched by other methods. Homemade pasta prepared daily using a la minute technique (freshly cooked to order) ensures the texture fresh pasta should have. The handmade approach matters: each dish requires skill, not just ingredients. Traditional recipes adapted to modern dining mean diners eat grandmothers' flavours in contemporary contexts. Burrata and warm chocolate cake signal this kitchen respects tradition and seasonal variety. Artisan restaurants depend on consistency achieved through daily handmade work that factory methods can't replicate. FORKETTA anchors Tiong Bahru's appetite for handmade Italian craft.