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| - Ever since my wife got a recommendation from her wedding seamstress to try out this restaurant in 2011, we have been going for dinner here a couple times a year.
This time, my wife, her sisters and I decided to make the trip out to Woodbridge to have dinner. I had not been there since last year and we were craving the delicious tomato pasta.
It was a lovely, blindingly sunny day, around 6 PM and we arrived to a line up. It was dinner so it was understandable. A couple of groups were in front of us so it was busy. Good thing that the World Cup was over! We waited for about 15 minutes which was not too long. The main person we always see there, I assume he's one of the owners/managers (bald, glasses with a goatee) was always clearing the tables and hosting. As usual, he walked around as he pleased, at a slow pace, not acknowledging the line-up. When a couple of tables opened he looked over, looked away, waved his fingers and pointed to empty table rather than guide us. Again, I had been here before so I expected this type of service. He gave us our menus and we couldn't wait to order!
The waitress came over after a few minutes and I ordered the Chicken Parmesan with Fettucine in Meat Sauce. I wanted something heavy and hearty. I knew that this place delivered awesome tasting food... and it did!
The food came out in 20 minutes. Check out the pic! Glistening with tomato sauce and oil, looked like a piece of greasy heaven that sticks to dee bones! The chicken was moist, juicy, battered with melted cheese on top. It was drenched in tomato sauce and oil so the crispness of the batter made it a tag soggy, but it was still good. What was more tasty was the pasta and this was mainly because of the meat sauce. It definitely was hearty and the fettucine pasta complemented the flavour. Eating it with the bread enhanced the experience.
There was a hungry crowd lined-up at the front of the restaurant as all the tables were taken. Satisfied, we were ready to go. Our waitress was now only taking care of the large party table. We had to wave down another waiter to take care of the bill which took a lot of time. Again, the service to cash out was not the greatest but like I said before with everything about this place, it was expected.
I have spoken to a lot of Italians about this place and they agree that the food has such a homestyle delicious feel and they go there often. They still have customers with our family so we will keep on going and remember, not for the service but for the awesome taste!
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