Friday, December 23, 2011

Dinner at Ombra Ristorante


The other night, I got together with my dear friends at Ombra Ristorante in Studio City.

The owner/ chef is our friend, Michael, who is a real talented chef of Italian cuisine (and he is also an expert of Italian wines). The restaurant has a nice welcoming feeling, just like we were invited to Mike’s personal dinner party.

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There were 6 of us that night and we did all family style. After coming back from Piemonte, where I ate mostly meat and cheese (with virtually no vegetables!), Mike’s dishes were so refreshingly nice with a wide variety of freshest ingredients including a lot of vegetables, top quality seafood, etc. Antipasti included octopus salad, burrata & lentil, calamari fritto. Pumpkin and ricotta ravioli among primi was really nice.

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Ahi tuna steak, lamb, and sausage…I don’t eat a lot of sausage normally, but his sausage dish was really outstanding.

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Fromaggio and dessert.

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And, lots of wine.

Fantastic dinner with great friends.