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| - We've dinned at their sister location Tuscany located at the JW Marriott in Palm Desert CA.
It was Christmas eve and we didn't have any reservations but the Maitre D seated us within five minutes. Ristorante Tuscany has made some major adjustments to their dinner menu and is trying to target a wider range of clientele - not just the high end diners as in the past.
The inside is very eye appealing and their new menu seems to be family targeted with even pizza now on the menu and prices are reasonable. We started with a appetizer of antipasti served with grilled ciabatta, black garlic spread, smoked prosciutto, stone ground mustard, balsamic shallots, and roasted garlic - Oh so yummy and it well with my glass of Malbac red wine from Argentina.
For our entree I ordered the wild mushroom risotto with prawns, porcini, celery root, chives, parmesan and walnuts. In addition, I ordered a Salciicia Pizza with fennal sausage and garlic. The risotto was to die for mushrooms had Lot's of flavor and the four prawns were huge. Pizza was decent and was made in a pizza oven.
The JW Marriott Dessert chefs won the 2009 National Pastry Champions and placed Bronze at the Dessert Internationals for 2010.
Our dessert was the Champs Choice which changes regularly but that evening was saffron and rose parfait topped with mango sorbet, side piece of dark chocolate cake with chocolate chips and layered with a thin strip of white chocolate topped with whip creme. It was absolutely decadent.
Service was decent but the waitress and waiters here are in dire need of assistants to help improve on the small details to clients. Other then this I was happy with our quality of food.
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