Went to Lago for the first time tonight- went since we heard they had a vegetarian menu for Mondays. We aren't vegetarian all the time, but Monday's are an exception.
To start we had the polenta with goat cheese and the poached pear salad. The polenta was great- the cake itself was somewhat bland and the portion was a little too large for an app- but still delicious. The poached pear salad was great- wish it came with more gorganzola though.
For entrees we had the veggie gnocchi and pappardelle- yum! Highlights of the evening- gnocchi (veggie- not the lobster) were pillowy and very satisfying for a vegetarian entree. The papparedelle was rustic and hearty- very simple dish.
The dessert is why I gave Lago a 4- we ordered the apple tart with zabaione off the vegetarian menu. It was obviously reheated because the apples were cooked to complete mush. They tried to resurrect it by placing fresh vanilla zabaione (with fresh vanilla- yum!) as a sauce. Unfortunately this was the last thing we tasted and it didn't leave us with a great memory. Hopefully the memory will be repaired with the leftovers of the gnocchi and papparedelle for tomorrows lunch :)