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| - I was so excited when I heard the site of the former Pufferbelly was undergoing renovations to restore the train depot and host a new fine dining restaurant - even moreso with an Italian-themed menu.
We made reservations at Treno for a Friday night (on their second weekend open, mind you) and got in at 8pm. We arrived and were greeted by a super nice hostess who welcomed us and pointed out some of the renovations: restoration of the original tile floors and using wood from the former bar to create a barn door that decorates a back wall. And I have to say the interior does look lovely and quite fancified with hanging rod iron lantern lighting and dark wood trimmings!
We were promptly seated and greeted by our waiter. Beer was very reasonably priced ($4 for a pint of Rhinegeist) and they had a good selection. (Next time I'll have to try a wine!) The menu had a nice selection of items including pasta, seafood, steak, etc. and had an overall feel that will be very familiar to you if you go to Laziza, one of the owner's other Kent restaurants.
We ordered a meat and cheese tray to start and it was really nice for sharing with salami, capicola, a variety of cheese (I couldn't identify all the cheese), crostini, and delicious fresh blueberry and strawberry. They also brought us some very tasty foccacia with a divine oil and balsamic herbed dip. I could just eat that all day!
I ordered Bolognese, one of my favorites, and the fella got chicken marsala. My Bolognese was very delicious but not exactly Bolognese. It had a very delicious tomato based sauce, yes, but the meat was braised beef tips strewn throughout the dish rather than the traditional chunky meat sauce. It was good, and not everything has to be traditional preparation, but I thought it was a tad odd. The noodles were a wide long and flat variety and cooked perfectly which I really appreciated.
Overall, my meal was very good and service was great! The removal of most booths and walls to the one side of the building does class up the joint but it can also be quite loud with no noise absorption methods. There is a new lovely bar to the right with limited seating (maybe up to 20 people) and a few booths on that side. I guess there's a Ben Curtis room in honor of it's co-owner/KSU alum who won the British open but I didn't notice that if I passed by it.
Good things are happening here and I definitely want to go back sometime to try a different dish. I think I'm in luck as there were many on the menu that sounded fabulous!
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