Ristorante Italianissimo

Yesterday I had a great dinner at the Ristorante Italianissimo. With Andy and Sachit, my dad's business partners, and their families, we got a room to ourselves! The waiter was really nice, too.

For the appetizers, there was a great risotto del giorne. The rice was creamy, and it tasted great. I drank ginger ale (my favorite!). My mom had vongole, which is basically clams. The clams were tasty. I had patate fritti, steak fries tossed with parmesan. There were three dipping sauces - ketchup, a yellow sauce, and a spicy orange sauce. The yellow sauce tasted best with the thin fries - but I couldn't finish the fries, even sharing it with five people! I had to leave some space for the calamari, sausage  Friday (only available on Friday) and entrees. The sausage, which changes every week, was kind of spicy, with salsa, but it was great.

For the entrees, I had a paesana pizza - sausage and mushroom. I didn't know it was going to be that big - I only ate two slices! But the pizza was tasty. I wanted the fish of the day, mahi-mahi - but it ran out before we arrived! Brandon had penne pasta with cream sauce. Chris had penne with tomato sauce. It was all very tasty.

For dessert, I had gelato. It tasted more like ice cream - not that thick, but the flavor was great! It was vanilla with nuts in it, and the nuts were very crispy. A tiramisu also came to our table, but we didn't know whose it was. Brandon and Chris shared a mousse di ciccolato - chocolate mousse - and Harry, Andy's youngest son, pretended to slurp his with a straw (you're supposed to eat it with the spoons)!

In conclusion, I had a great dinner at Ristorante Italianissimo!