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| - So I went to Scaddabush (which took over Alice Fazooli's early last month) to see what their food is like. We went there for Sunday dinner - it was busy, and we did reservations, but the place they put us in was right next to a cabinet where sometimes staff would go in to get stuff. So i have to dock points off for seating. The tables are nice and big, which is good, but the chairs are quite low to the ground. We had two kids that came and had to give them the chairs that were not sinking in so that they can sit high enough to eat. We weren't offered booster seats or anything either. But the kids managed to eat fine with the big chairs.
Food was surprisingly pretty good! We ordered a bunch of things:
Buratta Mozzarella
Cheese tasted really good, you can really taste the truffle in it and it was hint of sweetness to it. Comes with focaccia crostini and it went really well together with the mozzarella. Four of us shared this and felt it was good enough for a tasting per person. This dish came out later than it was supposed to (by later I mean after our mains got here) so it was on the house. Brownie points for that!
Calamari
The calamari was a bit chewy inside, but I really liked the breading and overall thought it was pretty good. I can't say it's the best calamari I've ever had, but I would say it was pretty tasty.
Spaghetti and Meatball (giant)
Although this is a simple dish, I really enjoyed the taste. the Sunday sauce was very delicious! the meatball was definitely known for its size. it's like a tennis ball! we broke it into pieces and ate it with the spaghetti, and it was very very tasty dish, would definitely come back to eat that again.
The Butcher Pizza
Pizza was really good! wasn't your typical round pizza - more rectangular shape, but the toppings on it were very good. I enjoyed it - however because of the ingredients, I did find the pizza to be a bit on the salty side (for my liking). It would be nice to see if they can have a pizza where it's not just charcuterie meats as the protein source as another option as I feel that was the reason why it was a bit too salty.
Pesto Pollo
I don't usually like pesto pasta in particular, but this dish made the exception. the pesto was really good! and the fresh pasta really worked well with the dish. I also found the dish pretty balanced in terms of taste, and nothing was overpowering other flavours. Definitely would eat this one again :)
Capri
I was disappointed in this pasta. the sauce I found was a bit too sweet even though it should just be a basic tomato sauce. Also there was supposed to be shrimp and mussels and scallops. I saw a lot of mussel shells, but I didn't see ANY shrimp on this pasta - I even dug around the pasta (we had to take it home coz we coudln't finish) and still no shrimp. So it felt like i was just eating pasta, because mussels the shells take up all the room and the scallops were really small (baby size) and there was only a few. I normally love seafood pasta at Italian restaurants, and I'm not so sure if i want to try eating the seafood mains/pasta again.
Service was really good I have to say, waitress kept checking up on us to make sure everything was okay and the manager even came and introduced himself. We used the 25% off coupon for the dinner. They helped us store a birthday cake, which was very nice of them.
Hopefully this place will fix some of the old problems Alice Fazooli's had, but i have to say, I"m a huge fan of seafood, I"m afraid to try the lobster pasta only because the Capri really didn't turn out the way I was anticipating it to be. But I will say there are some dishes at this restaurant I would like to come back for a second time to eat!
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