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| - A solid 4 stars for Lago! Some of the best Italian food I've experienced in the city of Cleveland. A big group of us were here for an UYE family dinner arranged by Rachel B. (Thanks again!) and I had a really great time.
We arrived a little before 7 and the place was already hopping, the dining room was close to full and the bar was completely packed, so we were ushered into the Carriage Room in the back...we get our own private room? We can be as loud as we want without the fear of disturbing other patrons of this lovely restaurant? Score! This was a really good move by the restaurant since we tend to be a more.....errrr, "outgoing" group, shall we say ;o)
Our own private server was assigned to take care of our group and he did a wonderful job (good luck in medical school this fall!), especially dealing with the difficulty of the staggered entrance of our group. Drinks started flowing minutes after we sat down and appetizers were flying out of the kitchen very soon thereafter.
I was able to try out a few different things by virtue of sitting next to a couple of gentlemen who enjoy sharing their food!
Mussels and clams to start were ok, a little on the smaller side and the broth wasn't anything outstanding.
The Poached Pear Salad was very good, something that I would definitely like to try and recreate at home. Simple ingredients, but they played off of each other very nicely. A light and refreshing interlude to my main course.
Gnocchi - oh yeah, what Stefanie C. said.....absolutely phenomenal. And no, this isn't your typical store-bought gnocchi, guaranteed they were making this from scratch in the kitchen because each piece was a little bit of a different size and there were no machinery marks indicative of mass production on them at all. Some of the best gnocchi I have ever had and I will come back for more. The lobster and sweet corn with truffle, basil and roasted tomatoes worked perfectly for the dish, everything came together in sweet harmony.
The Grilled Lamb Chops were also something to write home about, especially that Pumpkin Gratin, WHERE did that come from?? Probably one of my favorite components of that plate! And yes, finally a place that knows how to serve lamb chops....we were at Johnny's downtown for Restaurant week and that little rack of lamb served there paled in comparison to this beautiful composition.
Even though I loved my dishes, I was slightly jealous of Rachel B.'s veal tortelloni....I must try ;o)
Goat Cheese Crème Brûlée.....I wasn't going to order this originally, I had my heart set on the Pear tartlette, but boy am I glad my dining partner put up a fuss! ;o) Absolutely incredible, so light and airy, it literally was a little piece of heaven in my mouth.....I really didn't want to share it at all, but I conceded a little bite of it in exchange for a bite of Tiramisu. The Tiramisu was good, but not good enough to tear my greedy palate away from my goat cheese dessert!
Coffee, tea and wine (complements of Paulius N., thank you again!) capped off the end of another wonderful Yelp get together with some of my favorite people in this city. Thank you Lago for going that extra mile and making it a very memorable night!
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