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  • My husband spends way too much time watching Beer Buddies and Restaurant Makeover. Massimo Capra, the flamboyant and gregarious Italian chef is a mainstay on both of these shows so on our last anniversary I decided to take my husband to Mistura for dinner just so he could finally meet Massimo. For those of you who don't know, Chef Capra is heavily influenced by the northern Italian region, in particular the Emilio Romagna & the Piedmont regions, which feature risottos and wild games. I made a reservation for 8:00 PM. on a Saturday evening. We arrived promptly on time only to be told our table wasn't ready. Obie Dokie. There as no seat at the small bar inside the front door so we stood for about ten minutes. Finally a seat opened up at the bar and so we decided to have a cocktail and wait. Well the waiting went on and on and we were beginning to get a little bit annoyed at this point especially since we made these reservations over three weeks prior. The gentlemen host said to us "well we have this table just inside the door if you want to sit there..." I looked at him straight in eye and without hesitation I said "listen my man, we made these reservations 3 weeks ago and if you think I'm sitting in the doorway of the path of traffic to eat my anniversary dinner you'd better give your head a shake...". He walked over to the bartender and said "all their drinks at the bar are on the house". So we sat at the bar for an hour and a half....and we drank. The bartender knew we were pissed and so did the manager. Massimo came out to the bar and apologized, explaining they had gotten so busy. At 9:45 PM. we were finally seated. For starters we had a Chestnut soup and a pasta dish that had lobster in it. Both were delicious and delicate. Chestnuts are very popular in Italy and are used quite often in cooking. The lobster shredded apart beautifully, a sign that it is fresh and not over cooked. The sauce was sort of buttery but broth like at the same time. For mains (yup, you guessed it, its the beef for me) I had a tenderloin and my husband had the lamb shank. Both meats were cooked to perfection. I love it when you don't need a knife to cut beef. Both meat dishes were sided with great vegetables such as braised swiss chard and french asparagus. One of the mainstays at Mistura is the trademark Beet Risotto. I saw several plates of it go by us and while we didn't try it, it looked interesting. During dinner Massimo came out once again and sat down and had a glass of wine with us. We ordered a drop dead gorgeous Amarone with a hefty price tag but hey it was a special occasion. We got to talk about food and we had told Massimo that we had travelled extensively in the north of Italy and how much we enjoyed the chestnut soup. Dennis told him that chestnuts were very much part of his childhood memories. We didn't order dessert but Massimo sent out dessert to us anyway to mark the special occasion. We had a sponge like cake that was split by a layer of mascarpone cheese and heavy cream and then topped with fresh berries and a sherry like sauce. In addition to that the Chef specially sent out a dish of poached chestnuts that he had cooked in a grappa. It was his nod to my husband's fond memories of childhood chestnuts. Other than the long wait at the beginning of the evening we enjoyed Mistura and at least they tried to make up for it by picking up the bar tab which I'm pretty sure was fairly hefty! :) I just love that champagne! On a final note Mistura has now opened up a fancy smancy cocktail lounge up over top of the restaurant and when we were leaving Mistura there was droves of people waiting to get in upstairs. Price tags at Mistura are high end so be prepared.
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