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| - I give the seafood platter five stars. For $35, I got a huge platter of high quality seafood - scampi, mussels, clams, basa, salmon, calamari, scallops and shrimp. Perfectly cooked, each and every piece. Huge fat mussels. The calamari was my favourite - just so tender and toothsome. Clams were super fresh. And that sauce - white wine tomato was so good I wanted to mop up every last bit of it.
The house pinot gris was nice and good value at $10. The bruschetta was really tasty, toasty bread with minced garlic, tomatoes, basil and olive oil. I would order this again and it's an inexpensive starter at $4 for two pieces.
The portion of the seafood pasta is HUGE. The other pastas like the gnocchi and shrimp fettucine are smaller. So if you are a big eater, get the seafood pasta.
I saw Nenshi tweet about the Garden of Italy before and his picture is on their Facebook page. I asked the owner what Nenshi orders and she told me that lasagna, vegetarian penne, and pizza. I want to return for the seafood platter and lasagna.
Service was great. Sam is a hoot. Great place for lunch if you want something quick and way better tasting than the nearby restaurants in the same price range.
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