点评:Really wanted to love this restaurant experience but it didn’t quite reach the heights. Look it’s good, but not great, and reading the reviews you’d think this place was the epitome of Italian cuisine? Eyebrows raised when the bruschetta starter came out as tomatoes on ‘soggy’ french bread covered in mozzarella? That’s a new one and fine if executed well, but it wasn’t! Bruschetta is a peasant dish using left over bread, made crispy covered in tomato, maybe garlic and herbs. Burrata would have been nice but melted mozzarella on soft bread just made the whole thing soggy! More akin to mini pizza you’d Make with kids!
Main dishes are just huge, unnecessarily so and perhaps why the restaurant scores so well! Pasta is such a cheap ingredient, overfill a plate or bowl and any guest thinks they’re getting a great deal- oldest trick in the book!
The prawn/scallop spaghetti was tasty, hint of chilli. Had the chef seared the Scallops and properly de-veined the prawns it would have been so much better?
Couldn’t eat the whole plate- felt uncomfortable with the waste!
Similarly the ‘penette ’(clearly penne pasta but pennette sounded better I’m guessing) and was good but the addition of small pieces of ham seemed a little lazy!
The lasagne was excellent, a deep Tomato sauce and great texture. Again portion size too big! Not every guest wants to leave a restaurant with a carrier bag full of uneaten food. Smaller portion sizes matched with more reasonable prices would be a good balance?
Service was excellent, outside ambience nice. Just lacking that authentic Italian feel!
翻译:真的很想喜欢这家餐厅的体验,但它并没有达到高度。看起来不错,但不是很好,读了评论,你会认为这个地方是意大利美食的缩影吗?当布鲁舍塔开胃菜是西红柿放在“湿软”的法式面包上,上面覆盖着马苏里拉奶酪时,你会感到惊讶吗?这是一个新菜式,如果做得好就很好,但事实并非如此!布鲁舍塔是一道农家菜,用剩下的面包做成脆皮,上面覆盖着西红柿、大蒜和香草。布拉塔奶酪本来会很好吃,但软面包上融化的马苏里拉奶酪让整个东西都变得湿软!更像是你和孩子们一起做的迷你披萨!
主菜很大,没有必要这么大,也许这就是这家餐厅评分这么高的原因!意大利面是一种非常便宜的食材,装在盘子或碗里,任何客人都会认为他们得到了很大的优惠——这是最古老的伎俩!
虾/扇贝意大利面很好吃,有点辣椒味。如果厨师煎一下扇贝,并适当去除虾的筋线,味道会好得多吗?
吃不完整盘——浪费食物让我感到不舒服!
同样,“penette”(显然是通心粉,但我猜 pennette 听起来更好)味道也不错,但添加小块火腿似乎有点偷懒!
千层面很棒,番茄酱很浓,口感很好。分量又太大了!不是每个客人都想带着一袋没吃完的食物离开餐厅。更小的份量加上更合理的价格会是一个很好的平衡吗?
服务很棒,外面的氛围很好。只是缺少那种正宗的意大利感觉!