We were told that the bruschette was most excellent and were not disappointed. The bruschette comes with your choice of 1, 3, or 5 toppings (the toppings come in individual bowls) and after discussing which 2 of the 5 we should skip we decided it was a moot point and ordered all 5. There was avocado with olive oil, ricotta cheese with sea salt, diced octopus chilies, one with mashed egg and another with garlic and onions in some kind of glaze. The avocado was okay and the garlic and onions dish was a little difficult to maneuver, so those would have been the two we would have cut in hindsight. The bruschette itself was okay at first. The first bowl was good and we quickly devoured it. Our waiter took the bowl and then didn't return with a new one for a few minutes. I thought it was strange that it took that long, but errored towards the idea that new bruschette were not ready to be served. This turned out to be true, and boy did that work in our favor. The new batch was amazing. So good, in fact, that it was almost a shame to add a topping. I'm pretty sure we ate 4 or 5 bowls of bruschette.
My main course was a risotto with two different kinds of meat. It was good, but my friends bolognese with three different kinds of meat topped it. Not only did he have an extra meat, but his dish had a nice spice to it that really made it.
Everything on the menu looked really good and the dishes we saw the people around us order looked great. This place is definitely a winner. Plus Austin Powers eats here so it must be good.
38 8th Avenue
New York, NY 10014
bruschette w/ 5 flavors
RISOTTO ALLA PILOTA housemade sausage, salumi, pecorino romano
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