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| - Our server that night was very friendly and prompt with filling up our water glasses. However, he forgot to bring our wine for a few minutes until he suddenly remembered. He also completely forgot to bring us our bread basket.... which in the end was fine because I wouldn't have needed more carbs anyway, but the fact was that he forgot entirely.
We ordered the Orrechiette Con Ragu Di Pancetta E Funghi and Pizza Fichi (which I have raved about and recommended to people since the last time I had it. Unfortunately, neither was to my liking that night.
Firstly, the orecchiette dish was overly al dente at first taste. Being at an Italian restaurant, I wasn't sure initially whether the al dente was just too firm and hard for my liking or whether it was slightly uncooked -- that actually didn't occur to me until a halfway into the dish because my impression of Il Fornello had been so good up to this point that I didn't think anything less of them. However, I actually did think that the pasta in this dish was undercooked. Not to mention that each pasta shell was very firm and did taste a tiny bit raw, but also the shells of the orecchiette stuck together several at a time. I believe that when pasta is thoroughly cooked, it shouldn't stick together at all...
The Pizza Fichi was also a disappointment because instead of being a predominantly fig pizza, it ended up being more of a prosciutto pizza. When I looked at the pizza, there were barely any figs on it. Yes, there was one fig piece per slice of the pizza but that one piece was like a sliver of the actual fig fruit and nothing compared to the generous and succulent portions that I had had before.
Before we left that night, we had the Chocolate Banana Cake. This was actually very good! It was a lot more chocolaty than I realized. The banana and banana mousse were extra cold in between the slice of the cake and the cake was definitely garnished with chocolate ganache on the outside. It was a heavy cake but tasted quite good and moist (which is so important for cakes).
That night, both K and I had to go to the toilet multiple times.... we think it was because of what we ate for dinner at Il Fornello.. :/
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