A few weeks ago after a
below par
experience at Ascada
Ben, Caroline, Ellie and myself agreed to check out
Andiamo across the road.
It's a 'typical' street corner Italian restaurant (not a cheap pasta joint).
Service was fast and attentive (apart from bring one less water on arrival which
for some reason irked me). Meal wise we shared escargot (in the shells), a salad
and some tomatoes with mozarella. For the main I had the chicken fetucine while
others opted for osso buco, canelloni and some kind of chicken thing. Caroline's
chicken thing was cold - stone cold. It was returned for reheating. That kind of
thing isn't really excusable, especially in an Italian restaurant where the food
is subject to rapid cooling (eg. pasta). Now dessert was where Seattle's
reputation as the worst dessert city in the world began to 'shine'. Ellie's
panna cotta was firm. By firm I mean: chewy. By firm I mean: you needed a knife
to cut it. By firm I mean: you needed to recycle it - not eat it. There was so
much gelatin in this thing
that it felt like I was eating a cow hoof.
Overall - it was good. The prime card cuts the price down nicely (buy one
main and get one free with two cards per table). Atmosphere was nice - the
tables are close together but it is busy enough not to invade your privacy (unlike
Il Capretto d'Oro). I'd probably rate Andiamo #4 for Italian on the Eastside
(#1 Tosoni, #2 Firenze, #3 Il Capretto d'Oro).