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| - I usually lower my expectations a bit when dining at a chain restaurant but I must say that Terroni impressed me. I recently came here for a family dinner on a weeknight, I was craving some pizza and this place delivered. I got to try a few dishes which went as follows:
Ricotta stuffed zucchini blossoms (appetizer): This was delicious; it was perfectly fried in a tempura like batter, not greasy at all. I am not usually a big fan of ricotta (it's a great way to ruin a lasagne IMO) but it actually gave this dish a great creamy texture which I loved. This appetizer was also accompanied by a couple pork ararncini things which were ok, but a bit heavy.
Al Salmone pizza ($17.95): this was a white pizza topped with Italian cream, capers, red onions, tomatoes and house smoked salmon. This was a fun play on the traditional combo of smoked salmon and cream cheese. First off the house smoked salmon was piled on generously, it was smoky and tender. Some of the best smoked salmon I have ever had. All the other ingredients worked together to balance out the salmon, the bite of the onions and the capers were especially nice.
C'T Mang pizza ($16.95): White pizza with mozzarella, gorgonzola, pears, walnuts, prosciutto and a drizzle of honey. I only got to try a slice of this but OMFG it was one of the best flavour combinations I have ever had on pizza. First off the prosciutto, MY GOD THE PROSCIUTTO! It was of a very high quality, so smoky and the saltiness was not overwhelming. I'm going to say it, everybody seems to have a bacon fetish but I for one will take a good prosciutto over bacon any day of the week! Anyways I digress... the walnuts on the pizza added a nice crunch, pears and the light drizzle of honey provided the sweetness to off set the salty prosciutto. This pizza was damn near perfect. It should also be mentioned that the pizza dough at Terroni is delicious; both pizza's I tried were baked to perfection.
The food at Terroni is obviously thought out and well executed. This location is pretty big and located in an old court house which gives it a nice ambiance. The portion sizes were generous and definitely justified the price tag.
Where these guys lose points is in the service, our waitress did her job but didn't really give off much personality. The restaurant is very loud making dinner conversation difficult. They are lacking any sort of selection in the beer department which was disappointing (especially the fact that they had no local beers on tap). The food was slow to come out of the kitchen and these guys have a strict no substitution policy that they abide by, which is just kind of douchey.
Overall I enjoyed my meal at Terroni, the good food was definitely enough to overcome the shortfalls in service.
*3.5 stars
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