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| - Tappo is so romantic but not pretentious. Perfect for a dinner date. i loved the charming brick walls. love the atmosphere.
for app, we had calamari, marinated in lemon-cilantro, brandy citrus sauce and charred tomato-avocado salsa & grilled portobello mushroom on a bed of arugula salad with goat cheese. calamari was perfectly cooked, so tender but not mushy. i loved the sauce it was marinated with. but the portobello!! SOO good! esp w the goat cheese! we might be bias tho cuz we loveee portobello.
for entree, i had the gnocchi. ricotta-spinach gnocchi in a gorgonzola cream
sauce with caramelized pears and roasted walnut. OMG. secretly, i dont really like italian food. i find pasta boring & plain. maybe its cuz i never had real authentic italian italian food yet. but THIS!!! this gnocchi dish was delish!! sooooooo good, possibly the best gnocchi ive ever had (altho i havent tried that many) !! so creamy, so flavorful! i didnt really care about the walnut, but the little pieces of pear! i wish there were more! the bf had the lamb. ALL other restaurants should learn how to cook lamb like how they do at tappo!! he ordered it as medium and medium it came out,still so juicy and tender, NOT dry and chewy! perfect proportion of meat vs. fat. lamb was good, but what REALLY impressed me were the veggies that came w it. they were the most PERFECTLY cooked veggies ive ever had. HOW do you make your veggies like that?!
i really really liked tappo. the best italian ive yet to try. romantic candle lit setting, unpretentious, perfect food, perfect portion.. theres nothing else i need. :)
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