Thursday night was a special treat, and on top of Aimee and I's first Girl's Night out for Dinner, we had a great meal at another new restaurant and I am keeping true to my New Year's resolutions!
Il
Cielo was just as beautiful as I imagined it would be. The ambiance in
the restaurant was just incredible! We got seated and were greeted by
two different people welcoming us to the restaurant, taking my coat for
me, and then bringing us water. We brought a bottle of wine in and they
had a $25 corkage fee which was fine considering the price per bottle
at minimum was almost double that. They brought bruschetta while we
looked over the menu and I went with the Insalta Toscana, Costolette di
Manzo, and Chocolate Souffle.
The
salad was butter lettuce with shaved apple, roasted almonds and
pecorino cheese in a honey mustard dressing. Aimee got the Beef
Carpacchio which was served with arugula, fresh squeezed lemon, and
parmesan. I'm not a huge honey mustard fan but the dressing was the
perfect accompaniment to the salad and I wouldn't have changed a thing. Il Cielo made me a believer! The appetizers were probably my
favorite part of the meal and it was my first time having Beef
Carpacchio and everything worked so well together and was just
stupendous.
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| Our delicious appetizers! |
My
entree was braised short ribs with a horseradish sweet potato and baby
vegetables. Aimee got the grilled Norwegian Salmon with broccolini and
cherry tomatoes in balsamic. The short ribs were tender and I loved the
horseradish potato but the short ribs at The Garage are so great, it
was hard to live up to. Aimee's veggies were very flavorful and she loved her
salmon but I'm definitely more of a meat-eater. The portions were
nice and big so that was great but not over-whelming which left plenty
of room for dessert.
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| Dinner is served... |
We
both ordered the Chocolate Souffle which was more of a bittersweet
chocolate but the chocolate center perfectly flowed out nice and hot. It's so easy to over-cook a souffle and this was timed to perfection and it showed.
It was served with vanilla gelato and I ordered an espresso to cap off
the meal and wonderful dining experience.
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| Yup. |
There were other entrees I was also looking at, like the Fettuccine with Sea Scallops and Cherry Tomatoes and that was on the Dine LA menu. They had a few different Risotto's and Lamb (that sounded really good) on their regular menu. I will most certainly be back because of the impeccable service and beautiful atmosphere. Plus, they have Happy Hour Monday through Friday which is great and totally unexpected from such an up-scale venue.
I will definitely be back to Il Cielo :)
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