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2009-12-30
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I have heard rave reviews from multiple friends and publications about Posto Pubblico, so I guess I was pumped to have an exquisite dining experience. I do, after all, have a weakness for Italian-American food.Unfortunately, the meal quite didn't live up to my expectations. Nevertheless, I will start with the highlights.HIghlight #1: Creamy Polenta with Mushroom Trifolati - The polenta was creamy, with jus the right amount of cheese, and the mushrooms were perfectly sauteed (plus I tasted a tou
Unfortunately, the meal quite didn't live up to my expectations. Nevertheless, I will start with the highlights.
HIghlight #1: Creamy Polenta with Mushroom Trifolati - The polenta was creamy, with jus the right amount of cheese, and the mushrooms were perfectly sauteed (plus I tasted a touch of thyme, my favorite herb). I might just go back for this dish, heheh.
Highlight #2; The House Red - I forgot exactly what it was called, but for $60, the glass of Montepulciano was perfect for the meal. Bold, yet unassuming. A very good deal indeed.
And now for the disappointments:
Disappointment#1: Home-made Mozzarella - I was impressed enough by the fact that they baked their own ciabatta bread, but when I found out that they also served home-mad mozzarella cheese, I was (perhaps, overly) excited to try it. But it turned out to be a rubbery, bland cheese that was barely a notch above pizza cheese. I'm no mozarella connoisseur, and yet I was thoroughly disappointed. One of the head honchos there told me that it was made from cow's milk, which would explain its lack of flavor, but still made no excuse from the rubbery texture. For $100, 4 slices of sub-par rubbery cheese with tomatoes and a couple basil leaves made a pretty pathetic Caprese salad.
Disappointment #2: Arancini - the girlfriend I was dining with loves arancini, so we couldn't resist ordering it when we saw that it was on the specials board. There's something indescribably scrumptious about deep fried risotto balls with cheese oozing out of them. Except that Posto's rendition of it was a little on the bland side. The crisp arancini sat on a pool of outrageously salty ragout (meat sauce), so I guess the two balanced each other out. Still, I expected more out of this dish; I find it hard to accept that one can mess up this Italian-American comfort dish.
Disappointment #3 - Most people I know who have been there raved about the pizza, so it was a must-order for me. I went with the enticingly named "Grandma" pizza, which turned out to be a Sicilian-style cheese pizza with tomato sauce. I didn't inspect the slice very closely, but I think I saw specks of Kraft's Parmesan cheese on it. Gasp. The crust was not bad, but if my Grandma made me pizza, she wouldn't not have gotten away with no toppings and Kraft's cheese.
Disappointment #4- Cassata cake. I'm ashamed to admit that I haven't had Cassata cake before, but I've always imagined it to be rustic and yummy. I mean, how can you go wrong with ricotta cheese in cake? Guess I was wrong. Posto's cassata cake had too much going on - i couldn't figure out what flavors I was supposed to taste. It vaguely reminded me of cannoli... which I guess it's how it's supposed to taste? It had me stumped and dissatisfied =(
For 2 glasses of wine, 4 antipasti and 2 desserts, I felt that $665 (excluding service/tip!) was a tad pricey for Italian American food. Of course, it felt good that I was eating locally farmed produce (the farmers who supply Posto actually happened to be dining at the next table, kinda sweet), but hardly a value meal...
Nonetheless, I am intrigued enough to go back and try the pastas and meat dishes with a bigger group - I don't enjoy being the contrarian when it comes to restaurant reviews
It's still a fun place to have wine and hang out with friends - the decor/ambience reminds me of Keith McNally's establishments in NYC, perhaps a cross between Schiller's and Morandi...
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