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| - Came here as a group of 11 for a company dinner on a Wednesday night. At Campagnolo, they require you to order the family style sharing / tasting menu ($65 per person) if you are a group greater than six people. Though the food wasn't particularly fancy, the dishes were well executed for the most part. The service was also excellent - we had two dietary restrictions (one was vegetarian and the other didn't eat beef), and they made sure to accommodate both. None of the dishes had beef, and the vegetarian got separate dishes for all those that had meat.
We started off with appetizers. First came small plates of a diverse variety of warm olives. These were extremely tasty; they were salty and tangy but not too oily and hit the spot. Some very interesting "bread" came out with some garlic whipped butter. The "bread" was actually more a gougere - it was light and airy. Eaten along with the whipped butter, it highly resembled a makeshift cream puff!
A little while after, more hearty and substantial appetizers came out. The castelfranco salad arrived - bearing strong resemblance to a creamy Caesar salad, this salad had some bitter frisee coated in a great sauce. There was the saltiness and umami of the anchovies, mixed with the creaminess of the egg. I loved this salad and went back for thirds! Almost simultaneously, the restaurant's signature appetizer of fresh burrata with roasted grapes and toasted bread. The grapes were nice and warm, the burrata was melty, and the bread had a nice honey sweetness on top.
The mains (primi), two plates of pasta, arrived next. First came the potato gnocchi with braided rabbit. To be honest, I wasn't a big fan of this dish. The gnocchi was slightly disappointing - it was a little dense and not very pillowy or fluffy. The rabbit was delicious though, it was so tender. Then came housemade spaghetti all'amatriciana. I much preferred this over the gnocchi. The spaghetti was slightly thicker than usual, but really al dente, and the smokiness of the pork cheek really cut through. I loved the slight kick of spice that came at the end!
Then came the secondi (the vegetarian received a plate of mushroom ragu in lieu of what we got). There was short rib ragu with veal meatballs, spareribs and tripe, served on polenta. The meatballs were juicy and tender, but I found some parts of the spare ribs (the portion on the short rib) a bit too fatty. I literally bit into it and the entire mouthful I got was fat. I did like the tripe and spareribs though - it was nice and meaty and flavourful. The next dish was seared Norwegian trout, served on a bed of fried brussel sprouts and potatoes. I wasn't expecting the potatoes at first, and was pleasantly surprised when I bit into something mushy. This dish was my favourite - I love fish, and I can say that I had fifths and sixths of this plate! Definitely cleared one of the four plates on our table by myself... I really appreciated the dill and cream sauce, which really highlighted the trout and accentuated the flavour.
Finally, the dolci / dessert came. We were all served a small glass of their salted caramel budino. Unfortunately, the dessert wasn't well received, and it was the only dish of the night that wasn't liked. We all found it overwhelmingly sweet. In addition to the budino, I also got a pleasant surprise. The waitress had heard me saying to a colleague beforehand that I really craved gelato, and brought back two flavours for me - their buttermilk (which was again on the sweet side, but worked really well with the budino), and a vegan chocolate. The vegan chocolate resembled a dark chocolate and was so delicious!
In terms of drinks, we all ordered cocktails and bottles of red wine. I got the settanta cinque - a nice light drink with some lemon citrus notes.
In conclusion, this was a great Italian place with amazing customer service. Would definitely recommend, despite the fact that its dishes didn't really blow me away - but it was quite consistent in high quality overall.
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