Piatti Ristorante and Bar

2182 Avenida De La Playa

La Jolla, CA 92037

Occasion: San Diego Weekend! Ella's Bday Dinner 8.28.10.

Cozze

Steamed Carlsbad Aqua Farm Mussels, Thyme, Grilled Fennel, Garlic and light tomato broth

You can't go wrong with starting your meal with mussels. I always love dipping the bread in the broth so that it soaks and sogs it up. Delicious.

Caprese Salad

My favorite type of salad. Tomatoes, mozzarella and basil. I was a bit disappointed there were not more dressing, but it was decent. Love love love mozzarella.

Carpaccio

thinly sliced beef with arugula, extra virgin olive oil, capers and shaved grana padana

I love trying this wherever I can and fortunately the bday girl wanted to try it too. The slices were thin enough,but they don't give that much.  Tastes just about right...italian style beef carpaccio. Still love the vietnamese beef carpaccio way better.

Paccheri Rigati Al Forno

Baked Large Pasta Tubes Filled with mozzarella, goat cheese, parmigiano, reggiano, grilled radicchio, leeks, rapini and marinara sauce

I got to try this and I thought it was pretty good. No meat, but a lot of cheese...I LIKE! I enjoyed the little bit that I did get to try and would definitely order it again.

Piccata

Veal sauteed with lemon, capers and white wine served with sauteed spinach and mushroom risotto cakes

I got to try a bit of this and I really liked it. Veal was very strong and flavorful and not as gamey as I had thought it would be.  It was decent.

Rotolo

Rolled Pasta filled with wild mushrooms, ricotta, spinach and porcini mushroom cream sauce

It looks like a sandwich wrap, but it tastes far from it.  The mushroom cream sauce definitely added flavor to it and probably the main ingredient in making this dish taste good, well for me at least.  I thought it was decent because it has ingredients that I enjoy eating.  I've never had this type of pasta before so I thought it was pretty interesting and the bursts of flavors I got out of this amazed me. Though not the best dish I had that night, I still thought it was pretty interesting.

Penne Al Brassato D'Agnello

Penne Pasta Braised lamb, red wine, tomato sauce, grana padana and fresh mint

This is what I ordered. I wanted to order something out of my usual habit of fish. Boy did I regret that.  Since it was an Italian restaurant, I figured that I should order some kind of pasta dish.  Love penne pasta so that definitely pulled my attention towards this dish.  I'm okay with eating lamb, so I figured why not give it a try. Turns out that I thought the lamb was a bit too gamey for my liking. It's edible and bearable, but I would have enjoyed something better.

Petto Di Pollo

Lemon marinated chicken breaste grilled "al Mattone" with Cannellini beans, toasted garlic and sauteed mustard greens

Nothing about it impressed me. I thought it was mediocre.  Though I did enjoy a couple bites of the mashed potatoes.  It was really nothing too special to me. Not even that memorable.