Date: April 16, 2011
Location: 1718 Avenue Road, Toronto (N. of Lawrence)
Website: http://www.tuttopronto.ca/
Cuisine/Style: Italian fine dining
Meal: Dinner
My thoughts:
I came here with some friends for dinner. Very nice ambiance and decor - dim lighting with lots of candles and chandeliers. Would be a nice place to bring a date.
Anyway, for starters, I ordered Coconut Shrimp, which was not bad taste-wise, but the serving was quite small. It consisted of 3 shrimp and a garden salad (about a handful). Price was around $13. I enjoyed my friends' appetizers much more. One of my friends ordered 'Grilled Calamari' and another 'Fried Calamari'. I normally am a fried calamari kind of girl, but I have to say, the grilled calamari was a lot better. It was cooked in a tomato-based sauce, which was very yummy. The texture was lightly chewy and it was cut thin. It was very flavourful. The fried calamari was good, but the batter tasted exactly like Kentucky Fried Chicken's batter, which was kind of strange. The price for those were $11 each, I believe.
I came here with some friends for dinner. Very nice ambiance and decor - dim lighting with lots of candles and chandeliers. Would be a nice place to bring a date.
Anyway, for starters, I ordered Coconut Shrimp, which was not bad taste-wise, but the serving was quite small. It consisted of 3 shrimp and a garden salad (about a handful). Price was around $13. I enjoyed my friends' appetizers much more. One of my friends ordered 'Grilled Calamari' and another 'Fried Calamari'. I normally am a fried calamari kind of girl, but I have to say, the grilled calamari was a lot better. It was cooked in a tomato-based sauce, which was very yummy. The texture was lightly chewy and it was cut thin. It was very flavourful. The fried calamari was good, but the batter tasted exactly like Kentucky Fried Chicken's batter, which was kind of strange. The price for those were $11 each, I believe.
Pic #1: Coconut shrimp. As you can see, decent-sized shrimp but there were only 3!
Pic #2: Grilled calamari. Sorry for the blurriness!
Pic #3: Fried calamari.
Now onto the mains. My friends ordered mushroom risotto, a seafood risotto, ravioli, a steak with sweet potato fries and I the rack of lamb. Very nice presentation and everything tasted as good as it looked! My favourite would probably be the lamb or the steak. The steak was a whopping 12 ounces and the sweet potato fries were thin-cut and crispy. I asked for my lamb to be medium rare, and it was more medium-well done, but it was still very good and tender.
Pic #4: 12-ounce steak.
Pic #5: Risotto with chicken.
Pic #6: Seafood risotto.
Pic #7: Ravioli.
Pic #8: Rack of lamb.
For dessert, my friend ordered a tiramisu, which looked like a flattened cupcake. Very moist and light. Love! Our very kind waiter also gave me a slice of chocolate cake, on the house, because it was my birthday!
Pic #9: Tiramisu. Sorry I didn't use flash. By this time, the restaurant had dimmed considerably and I didn't want to blind everyone with all my flashes!
Pic #10: My birthday/chocolate cake! Okay, I used flash for this, obviously, lol.
I would have to agree with what one of my friends said, 'Would come back but would prefer to try other restaurants first'. But overall, a very nice experience and celebration!
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