Lupa

Warm olives. So good. Why didn't I think of that. Seriously though they were a great appetizer. I wish I knew the names of the olives...but alas I don't. I really liked the small mauve colored one, but they don't sell it at Zeytuna, so I will have to look at Whole foods. Next onto the pasta. If I may quote another person "In the beginning Rome was founded by Romulus and Remus and Mario Batali". But those of you who like cream pasta sauce, as I do, be warned. Cream pasta sauce doesn't exist here. I know, I know. I don't understand. Is there something about pasta that I don't understand? Have I been living a lie every time I've enjoyed a creamy alfredo? I don't know....So basically this was the best Gnocchi I believe I've had. Soft little plump bite sized ricotta filled pasta and a spicy tomato sauce.
This was the pasta of the day. A chicken pasta in a spicy tomato sauce. The noodles were a little too al dente for my taste and the gnocci was much better. Next a side of Potatoes...with lots of oil and chives. So good, if only they were good for me.
Next: Post Dinner. The best meal. The first dish is coffee gelato. A nice smooth texture but lacking in a concentrated flavor that bursts in your mouth the way real gelato does. But then again we are in america, so i'll say it was pretty good. Next the Tartufo. Cherry Ice Cream covered in Chocolate and Hazelnuts. It was awful. Just kidding, how can you put those things together and have them be bad? It's impossible. Tasty little hazelnuts really go well with the cherry, no wander it is a standard dessert. The atmosphere at Lupa was loud, dark, friendly, truly in the vien of an Italian trattoria. A good place for having a good time, but not neccessarily hearing everything the person(s) you are sitting with says.