点评:Having spent a lot of time eating all over Italy, I never expect real Italian food in the USA. My daughter directed me to the Italian District of Boston as she was here last year, and so we came, and we found Dino's.
No bathroom, no table service, but the food and slightly casual service is definitely authentically Italian.
The first time I came I had the seafood spaghetti (frutti de mare), my wife had Vongole. Both were amazing. There is some inevitable nod to American tastes, but overall this is pretty close to actual Italian food - as close as I have ever found in the USA over many years of trying. It is million miles away from anything the west-coast can attempt at Italian food, where I've found no understanding of real Italian cooking in either San Francisco, Portland, Seattle or LA. Dino's was so good, we came back within a couple of days. And I actually like the crazy counter service and casual vibe, but a bathroom would be good.
We have been directed to other Italian restaurants in the district, but we've already found the one we want. I'm not sure it's not for everyone - especially people looking for dining in style and being pampered - but for the food, this gets 9/10 (deduct a point for the additions of things that the Italians in Italy simply wouldn't do - but this is of course the USA, for American tastes, not aimed at purists like me). Even the red wine is half decent.
I've travelled to the USA at least once every year for the past 25 years from the UK, and I've never found Italian food this good in the USA before. I'm coming back, straight from the airport.
翻译:我在意大利各地吃过很多东西,所以从来没想过在美国能吃到正宗的意大利菜。女儿去年来过波士顿,带我去了意大利区,于是我们去了,找到了Dino's。
没有洗手间,没有餐桌服务,但菜品和略显随意的服务绝对是正宗的意大利菜。
我第一次来的时候点了海鲜意大利面(frutti de mare),我妻子点了蛤蜊意面(Vongole)。两道菜都很棒。虽然难免会有一些迎合美国人口味的地方,但总的来说,这家餐厅已经相当接近正宗的意大利菜了——这是我多年来在美国尝试过的最接近的。这里和西海岸的意大利菜简直是天壤之别,在旧金山、波特兰、西雅图和洛杉矶,我都无法体会到真正的意大利菜。Dino's 的菜品太棒了,我们几天后就又来了。我其实很喜欢他们疯狂的柜台服务和随意的氛围,不过如果能有个洗手间就更好了。
我们之前被推荐去该地区的其他意大利餐厅,但我们已经找到了我们心仪的那家。我不确定这家餐厅是否适合所有人——尤其是那些追求时尚用餐和享受美食的人——但就菜品而言,这家餐厅可以打9分(扣一分,因为它添加了意大利人在意大利根本不会添加的元素——但这当然是美国,适合美国人的口味,不适合像我这样的纯粹主义者)。就连红酒也还过得去。
过去25年来,我每年至少从英国去美国一次,从未在美国吃过这么好吃的意大利菜。我打算直接从机场回来。