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| - The location was hard to find as they were doing some construction/renovations. I'd say the entrance was on the Portland side of the intersection.
The mood of the restaurant was a romantic rustic feel which was nice. I haven't been on a romantic dinner with my other half in a while :P
The place used to be a textile factory and Buca kept some of the elements to create a "lofty" kind of environment.
The washrooms were weird lol. They had one separate tap for cold water and another for hot, so you freeze your hands or burn your hands while washing them. Pick our fate LOL.
The service was amazing. From the hostess to our waitress and the chef who got our food to us and explained the details of taste notes in each dish. I really appreciated the above and beyond service. I worked in customer service and I know the dedication that goes into making sure the customers have a great experience.
FOOD!
I started with the CERVELLO. It was lamb's brains alla saltimbocca, sicilian caper agliata.
It was interesting. I wish a different meat was rolled over the brains as I couldn't get a hold of the flavours of the lamb because of the saltiness of the prosciutto. I know, I know that it's supposed to be wrapped in prosciutto, but thats my personal opinion :)
Then we had the GNOCCHI DI RICOTTA. It was hand rolled nettle and basil dumplings, barolotti beans, preserved tomato, chili, savory, pecorino. I don't usually order gnocchi unless I'm at Nonnas ;) but it was sooooo good. Well done! It melted in my mouth. Wasn't chewy and the basil pesto was such an amazing touch from the taste to the aroma.
The TORTELLI also equally as good as the Gnocchi. It was fresh saffron pasta stuffed with lobster, buffalo ricotta and zucchini, summer squash, smoked tomato, nepitella, whey butter. Mmm It was so decadent, sweet, savoury, and smooth on the pallet. The pasta was perfectly cooked. Not rubbery. I was eating it so slowly to favour every moment of a bite :D
We finished with espresso and an interesting dessert. Unfortunately I forgot the name of the dessert, but I'll describe it to you.
It was a decadent pork blood chocolate tart with a hint of spiciness to it. It had salt and sugar sprinkled in top with a scoop of a south american vanilla bean gelato ouuu! and it was set on FIRE!!! HAHAHA. Of course I had to order the dessert that was set on fire :D
Man oh man it was so good. sweet, salty, spicy, warm and chilled all at the same time. I had a great experience eating this dessert. I wanted to take it home as it was so decadent and couldn't finish it but forgot :(
I recommend you visit this place. They will take good care of you, your taste buds and your belly like a good Italian resto should ;)
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