My friend Mark is a total foodie. Last time we had dinner together, we decided that Piccolo Sogno (http://www.piccolosognorestaurant.com/) was next on our list. We've both heard great things so we finally met up there last week. First of all, the ambiance was fantastic. If I could live in that restaurant I would. It's decor was completely me and I adored the exposed brick walls. There was plenty of light in the restaurant (which I know is a huge pet peeve of Kevin's for Rose Angelis) and it looked like they had a fantastic patio for the summer as well.
Onto the food. Because Mark and I are very into trying everything we can, we could not settle on just one appetizer. The beet salad and the chick pea fries (insalata di barbabietole and cecina fritta) really stood out to us as did pretty much everything else (their menu is great!), but we chose those two as our appetizers. The beet salad was phenomenal. I'm really on a beet kick right now and that paired with a buffalo ricotta and fennel was superb! The chick pea fries were interesting. I'm really glad I tried them, but I'm not sure if I'd order them again. For dinner, I chose the Piccolo Sogno ravioli that was a four cheese ravioli in a butter sauce. Mark had an eggplant ragu gnocchi. On the specials list they had a risotto and I do love risotto, but unfortunately, it looked kind of plain, so I went with the ravioli. I have to comment that most of their dishes were in some kind of ragu sauce (meaty sauce - not necessarily meat, but could be like eggplant ragu), and I'm not a huge fan of ragu. I love cream sauces (who doesnt?!) but they didn't really have any cream sauces on the menu. The butter sauce in the ravioli I ordered was great, but there was a bit much. Also, and this is me being stupid and ignoring my taste buds, but I am not a fan of all four cheeses in the traditional four cheese pasta. The ravioli was still very good, and if you like the softer cheeses like gorgonzola and ricotta, you'll really enjoy this. Some of the cheese was just a little powerful for me. For dessert, I was disappointed. We ordered the ricotta cheesecake. I've made ricotta cheesecake before (because last year for my bday, Jaime and Erin took me to Capitol Grille - best cheesecake ever...and made with ricotta, so naturally I had to try to recreate it), but this ricotta cheesecake was crumbly and not soft and smooth like mine had been. I wasn't so pleased with the dessert. Perhaps I should've ordered the gelato.
I need to take a break from Rose Angelis for awhile because I've tried almost everything on the menu that I know I'd eat and like. My one and only experience at Filippos was amazing and I wanted to lick all of the plates clean there, but the ambiance at Piccolo Sogno was great and I'd love to try a few more of their dishes too. I'll definitely be going back to Filippos and Piccolo Sogno in the near future.
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