In yesterdays
post I described the adventures of my friends and me around town as a self
proclaimed tour guides. There is one little detail of that quest that I purposely
left out in preparation for a post today. It has been a while since I did my
very first Food Crusade restaurant review and I think that it is about time for
a second.
For the tour
of our home town we stopped in at a restaurant that was located in the
Kensington area of Calgary. There is this awesome little gourmet pizza place
that is down in that area of town called Polcinella. A couple months back my dad
took my family here when our cousin was in town for the weekend, I just had to
go back.
On the
inside it is a large open space that merges classic Italian feelings with very modern
artist type overlay. One of the coolest features is that you can see straight
into the kitchen and watch as the chefs slave away at your food.
Our tummies
were all a grumble so even though it was only lunch time some of us ordered appetizers
anyway. I did not order any for myself but my friends shared with me anyway out
of the kindness of their hearts.
Mr. White
had the Calamari Fritti to start. This dish was lightly breaded and well
seasoned leaving a pleasant after taste in your mouth that left you craving
more. Also I found that whoever cooked this is good at his or her job because
it was not over cooked to the point of being rubbery like so many other places.
Sir Kenneth
the Third started his meal off with the Polpette, Meat balls made of both beef
and pork. They came in three and he shared with all of us, the sauce that they
were cooked in was deliciously sweet. These meatballs were so good they
practically melted right in your mouth.
My beautiful
Wifey got the Tuscan Bruschetta for an appetizer. According to the menu the
Bruschetta was house made and came served on an Italian roll. It was a little
salty for my taste but delicious none the less with a bitter yet sweet after
taste resonating in your mouth.
Being that Polcinella
is an authentic wood stove style pizza place we all ordered ourselves a pie all
of our own. When it came to these pizzas they were so delicious we were all a
lot less inclined to share with others. These are one of the very few kinds of
pizza that I believe are ok to eat with a knife and fork, actually I encourage
it.
For myself I
found my interest drawn to one interestingly described pizza on the menu called
Vegetali Grigliati. It is a vegetarian style pizza loaded with red peppers, zucchini
and grilled aubergine. The combination of these different vegetables made this pizza
an explosion interesting tastes.
Everyone
else got their pizzas and pretty much inhaled them they were so scrumptious,
you can always tell when a meal is good because the table is pretty much
silent. While I was choosing what I wanted to order some of what my friends did
order were what I chose between.
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The main
reason that I go back to this place is for their dessert, normally I do not
have any kind of a sweet tooth. They make this dessert that we call the nutella
pizza and this is about the only time that I will ever say this about a dessert
“It is to die for!!!!”. I know that is one of the most cliché things that
anyone could ever say about a dessert but it is that good.
Time to rate
this restaurant I suppose
Food: 5
Service: 3
Atmosphere: 3.5
Grand Total:
11.5 out of 15
If you are
looking for a pizza fix but want to avoid the grease than this is a spot that
you should go check out. If you do make sure to order that damn good dessert, if
you do then you will be really glad that I told you about it.
Sincerely
Urban Yeti
