Il Chianti
For more pictures of this restaurant, please visit the Chinese version of the blog (http://travelsmart8.blogspot.com/2010/03/il-chianti-restaurant-lomita-ca.html)
The outside of the restaurant looks very quiet...we thought its dead but its not. The outside patio is no longer available for seating, but the inside was quite full actually. We love our seats in the upper deck!
We were here for dinner and we were fully aware that the services are slow. But they waiter were trying hard to help (He was the only waiter for the entire restaurant, how odd).
The French Bread (White & Wheat) comes with Olive oil and onion dressing. Not too salty nor sour, goes well with the bread!
I asked bout the chef's special pasta, it was no longer served. However, we did follow the yelper's recommendation and tried the following dishes:
Appetizer. 1) Blue Shell Crab Roll - Delicious soft shelled crab topped with sesame, fried to perfection. Served with tortilla and lettuce, 1000 islands dressing & sweet salty dressing/ the one u have for peking duck. In simple term, it is the Peking duck without the green onion and have crab instead of duck. Its so delicious, juicy, yet crispy crab busted out the flavor in your mouth. Yummmm
2) Garlic Clam - Fresh clam served with the garlic sauce. Kinda like the Japanese concept of Asashi Clam with Wine but this one the sauce is kinda "soupy". Great with the French bread that comes with the meal! Eat the clam first, then enjoy the soup with breads!
3) Long Sausage - yes, its long (no pun intended, heh). 20" long. I believe, its made of pork and sage and other spices..My friend didn't like it but I like the fresh taste of it and its not greasy as the breakfast sausage we usually have at American Breakfast places.
Entree:
1) Squid Ink Spaghetti: Served in a bowl. Lots soup. Hearty! Squid Inks, squid chunks, bacon pieces, onions and au dante spagetti. Its garlic based flavor so if you don't like garlic, don't order it else this is a very good dish and unique one too (You can't find this very often in the American Chain Italian restaurants).
2) Lobster Fettuccine: Served with 1/2 lobster tail, clams, and mussels. Creamy white wine sauce with a hint of garlic and fresh peppers. I like the creamy pasta with lots dressing and the pasta does taste better with the sauce so make sure to stir for a bit before you eat it.
3) Four Cheeses Risotto: Served tableside in a sizzling hot stone pot. Reminds me of Korean style dosop bibimbop. Its very cheesy if you want me to tell you how the taste are like...and Unfortunately, I can not distinguish between the four cheeses. This is also our least favorite dish for tonight.
Dessert Tray: Like other Italian restaurants, they will bring you a tray with samples of desserts, we were too full to try it! Hopefully some other yelpers will write a detail review on their desserts!
The outside of the restaurant looks very quiet...we thought its dead but its not. The outside patio is no longer available for seating, but the inside was quite full actually. We love our seats in the upper deck!
We were here for dinner and we were fully aware that the services are slow. But they waiter were trying hard to help (He was the only waiter for the entire restaurant, how odd).
The French Bread (White & Wheat) comes with Olive oil and onion dressing. Not too salty nor sour, goes well with the bread!
I asked bout the chef's special pasta, it was no longer served. However, we did follow the yelper's recommendation and tried the following dishes:
Appetizer. 1) Blue Shell Crab Roll - Delicious soft shelled crab topped with sesame, fried to perfection. Served with tortilla and lettuce, 1000 islands dressing & sweet salty dressing/ the one u have for peking duck. In simple term, it is the Peking duck without the green onion and have crab instead of duck. Its so delicious, juicy, yet crispy crab busted out the flavor in your mouth. Yummmm
2) Garlic Clam - Fresh clam served with the garlic sauce. Kinda like the Japanese concept of Asashi Clam with Wine but this one the sauce is kinda "soupy". Great with the French bread that comes with the meal! Eat the clam first, then enjoy the soup with breads!
3) Long Sausage - yes, its long (no pun intended, heh). 20" long. I believe, its made of pork and sage and other spices..My friend didn't like it but I like the fresh taste of it and its not greasy as the breakfast sausage we usually have at American Breakfast places.
Entree:
1) Squid Ink Spaghetti: Served in a bowl. Lots soup. Hearty! Squid Inks, squid chunks, bacon pieces, onions and au dante spagetti. Its garlic based flavor so if you don't like garlic, don't order it else this is a very good dish and unique one too (You can't find this very often in the American Chain Italian restaurants).
2) Lobster Fettuccine: Served with 1/2 lobster tail, clams, and mussels. Creamy white wine sauce with a hint of garlic and fresh peppers. I like the creamy pasta with lots dressing and the pasta does taste better with the sauce so make sure to stir for a bit before you eat it.
3) Four Cheeses Risotto: Served tableside in a sizzling hot stone pot. Reminds me of Korean style dosop bibimbop. Its very cheesy if you want me to tell you how the taste are like...and Unfortunately, I can not distinguish between the four cheeses. This is also our least favorite dish for tonight.
Dessert Tray: Like other Italian restaurants, they will bring you a tray with samples of desserts, we were too full to try it! Hopefully some other yelpers will write a detail review on their desserts!
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