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| - After driving my friend to pick up his car at a friend's house in CenPho he offered me dinner and directed me to La Piccola Cucina.
I arrived first and was greeted by the owner who showed me how things worked in introduced me to the day's selections. The space is nice. I like the layout. The patio is nice too, though we ate inside.
I ordered a chicken breast with sun dried tomatoes and artichoke hearts in olive oil, with a side of grilled zucchini, and a side of orzo. My dinner companion ordered roasted turkey, a zucchini and egg fritter, asparagus.
Like another reviewer, I was a bit confused on the drink service and I ended up choosing delicious, but too expensive and large, bottle of Orangina. He had green tea.
Food presentation was nice, and service was prompt. I really liked my food. I felt that my chicken was a bit cold, and I felt awkward about asking for it to be warmer. I think my only other complaint was that it was really hard to cut this big skinless chicken breast with those crappy cheap food service knives. Again, both of these could have been resolved easily, but I honestly felt a little awkward and overwhelmed by the owner and his going on about restaurants and patrons that don't know good food. To be fair, this was brought up by my dinner companion and Andy engaged only after Sam started it. But being new to the place, I felt weird so I just ate. The zucchini was grilled perfectly with garlic and light oil. Not at all greasy or overcooked. The orzo was killer with cherry tomatoes, wilted spinach, and feta crumbled throughout.
Sam said his turkey was a bit on the dry side this time, but he still really liked it. His asparagus was cooked tenderly, and he really liked the zuccini fritter. Andy noticed Sam hadn't been given lemon to go with his fritter and corrected that right away. Sam commented it really was outstanding and the lemon was great.
For dessert we both had gelato. He had tiramisu flavor and I had Nutella (chocolate hazelnut). Awesome!
Two dinners, my big ass Orangina, green tea, and two gelatos ran us $42 which I thought was a little expensive. However, fresh food not served in swimming in oil or microwaved to death can be hard to come by this fast. It wasn't crazy expensive, but I felt it added up quick if our plates were only $13 each. I recommend it more for lunch than dinner.
I really like the food and the choices. I felt good and felt nicely full after eating. Great feeling!
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