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| - The first couple times I came here were in small parties of two to three for lunch, I remember the fusili with chicken being creamy and flavourful. Sitting on the patio during summer and eating good Italian food in Yorkville was a nice scene :)
The most recent time I came here was this winter for a work dinner. Lots of drinks and food were ordered, but our experience was dampened a little bit by the waitress who gave us sass for no apparent reason, errr
Onto the fooooood.
Polenta fries - (basically cornmeal fries) pretty good with the goronzola dip, very appetizing starter that's a decent size. Each fry is like two of my fingers...
Grilled portebello, oyster + cremini mushrooms with extra virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar - it's just mushroom. But it's very tasty mushroom. Time to try making some with VOO and balsamic...
Bruschetta with seasonal tomatoes, basil, black olives, and mozzarella - MUCH YUMS. Crispy and flavourful with the perfect combination of ingredients, and I had a piece too many...
Proscuitto, hot salami, Italiann cheeses, etc - Standard charcuterie, not much to comment except it was good :)
For my actual starter.. I had an arugula salad with prosciutto and shaved parmesan and red wine vinegar. It was alright.. I liked the proscuitto a lot, arugula is just another green to me, and the parmesan didn't stand out. Meh, save your money on this one.
...At this point, I was ready to go home.. two drinks and all those starters later, my main of the chianti braised short ribs really weren't looking good. When it finally came, I was hoping there would be an explosion of flavour that would miraculously give me a new stomach to devour this dish with. Unfortunately, the flavour just wasn't there. The texture was great; tender, falls off the bones,.. the mash on the side tasted great.. but the meat itself. Blandness. One of the pricier items among the mains as well.. not very impressed, finished 1/2 of the meat only.
However, this could very well be due to the overload of drinks and food we had during our starters. But I should've stuck to pasta or the thin-crust pizza instead of the ribs at an Italian restaurant.
For dessert, we shared the nutella pizza. It was my diabetes dream coming true, carbs with nutella. Even with how full I was at that point and the impending food coma, I still had one full slice. It was absolutely delicious with the banana bits and nutella generously slathered over the slice of thin-crust pizza dough. Definitely to be shared with a party of 5+, however... you don't actually want your blood sugar to spike after a meal at this resto
All in all, good ambiance, good food, and a waitress with sass to spare. I would come back again
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