Little Italy - Review

It was a busy Friday evening when we decided to go here. We had our table in the centre, next to which was the table where a famous contemporary Marathi actress was having her dinner with her mother (It would be best not to name her!). We started with the “Zuppa di Broccoli”, it the first time I had a broccoli soup sans cream and I loved it. The broth had a rich flavor of broccoli and slurped it down in no time because I had cold and it felt really comforting. 

We chose the good old favourite Caesar salad but it was just okay, the lettuce was not crunchy or fresh – certainly not impressive. It was accompanied by slices of toasted garlic bread and bottles of olive oil and balsamic vinegar.

We had vegetable lasagna for the mains, which was generously coated with gooey cheese – it was one of the best lasagnas I’ve ever had. It seems to me that even though it is relatively easy to prepare, very few places seem to serve something which truly gives the satisfaction of having one!

They have a massive selection of pizzas to choose from, we spent a long time on deciding what to have and finally settled on “Pizza Alla Vodka” as it seemed something offbeat. Like the lasagna, this too, was smeared with copious amounts of cheese and had contrasting toppings of jalapenos, tangy pineapple and hot red peppers.

For the appetizers, we chose “Fungi Alla Trapanese” although it was dismally served to us after our lasagna and pizza! We would have loved it had we not been already satisfied with the mains and would have had much more strength to appreciate those light flavours the mushroom was seasoned with. It was served with a platter of herbed bread, which we left untouched.

I wanted to try the “Semifroddo Al Mango”, a delicate mango cheesecake as they put it, but instead we had blueberry cheesecake. It was covered with more than necessary blueberry compote, so we brushed it off with our spoons and enjoyed the cheesecake. The compote was super sweet but the cheesecake was not, so my friend who wanted it sweeter had more of the compote with each bite.

The worst part was probably the time they took to get the check, I think we could easily have had another meal in the same time. Anyway, as we were sitting next to the aforementioned Marathi actress, my friend eavesdropped and we had a gala time :D