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| - Ordered the Italian Wedding Soup, and the Italian Sausage+Peppers a la Vodka. Both were extremely underwhelming.
The soup was almost bitter, an overpowering celery flavor destroyed any attempt to enjoy it. Also of note, as a result of this it tasted nothing like any Italian wedding soup I've ever had. This is further reinforced by it's complete lack of any meatballs (a staple in this soup, under all circumstances).
The pasta was dry (lacking sauce), and a little mushy (the bad, way overcooked kind of mushy). The sausage in the pasta, however, was outstanding. The sauce needs to be thickened and the pasta cooked correctly so they adhere to one another. The absolutely overwhelming amount of basil(?) placed on top of the pasta - I assume for decoration - was also a gigantic turnoff. Nobody wants to open a vodka/pasta dish and see 3/4 of the surface green - it was just ridiculous.
We'll try them, and review them, again. But these are two pretty basic staples that unfortunately fell very short of even "I haven't eaten all day, I just want food" expectations.
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