There’s an interesting back story to this revie (ok, it’s not that interesting). My roommates and I have spent 2 years at the same apartment and we are finally moving off in different directions, during the past 2 years we have been recycling all of out empty beer bottles/cans and saving the money up to do something together. The initial plan was to throw a keg party, but seeing how we are all in the midst of moving out and pretty busy in our own ways this wasn’t likely. We ended up saving around $67 and change, and I figured with restaurant week it meant that dinner would be 60% off. So we went through all of the restaurants out there and settled on Sorellina as being our night out.
Sorellina is a pretty swank place, it was also packed for the evening with few open spots for a reservation. The place was humming and had a very cool, modern feel to it – there were some excellent cocktails at the bar as we were waiting for our table to be ready. This was going to be a semi-swank guys night out, so the ambiance fit what we were all going for.
For the first course we all ordered different items. I ordered the Linguini, which was a small bowl of pasta tossed with baby clams, garlic and herbs. At home, pasta with clam sauce is one of my go-to’s, so I was sold already. Tim ordered the Bruschetta which were hearty thick slices of italian bread topped with melted ricotta, tomato and zuchini. Greg ordered the Zuppa which was a chilled corn soup with crab meat and a basil infused oil. There were no complaints for any of us.
For the entree we were split between two of the dishes. I ordered the Anatra, which was half a roast duck (breast and leg) served over a cream corn sauce with long beans. The duck was excellent and fatty, the breast meat was moist and the dark leg meat had a rich confit flavor to it. My roommates ordered the Bistecca, which was a grilled piece of sirloin served with onions and mushrooms. Again, no complaints.
For dessert we all ordered the Budino, which was a chocolate mousse toped with whipped cream and a chilled espresso bottom. I originally wrote this off as another restaurant week parfait, but it was more complex than that. As you ate your way through the chocolate mouse you mixed the chilled espresso and introduced a coffe flavor into the desert. It was actually pretty impressive and a fitting end to the meal.
So, Sorellina’s – probably one of the best meals during restaurant week and highly recommended to anyone interested in checking it out.
After Sorellina’s we headed over to Top of the Hub for cocktails and to soak the Boston skyline in. After seeing Chicago from the Signature Lounge (96th floor of the John Hancock tower) every skyline now pales in comparison – still it was a good ending. In the spirit of “it’s a small world” I ran into a familiar face I hadn’t seen in 17 years – it turns out that my 7th grade Social Studies teacher is the piano player of the house jazz band. Also I ended up meeting this Dutch girl who, in a perfect world, would have been my wife – it didn’t go anywhere…
