Have I ever mentioned that I love Italian Food?

Oh yes I do!!!!

And why am I bringing this up?

Because my best friend just called and wants to get together for dinner tonight and wants to do Italian. And I know just the place.



Veal Parm . . . Oh yeah!

 

Have the Veal Francaise!!!!! Have you tried it yet?

 

I don't know if you have or not, but there is nothing better IMO.

Other than maybe breakfast foods....

If I had to choose two foods to live off of for the rest of my life, then it would be Italian and breakfast food and I wouldn't have a problem with that at all.

 

I agree 100% with the breakfast stuff. I could eat breakfast anytime of day. Repeatedly.

 

Kobi..
Veal parm?

you sound like a tourist..
take it from a ginzo..

try the veal saltimbocca..

you'll forget all about veal parm..

...zap!

 

Not yet

They do not have Veal Francaise on the menu where I be going.

I am a tourist. Actually, I have certain things I like and some happen to be the touristy, dull, dumb things (such as veal parm I also like chicken parm too)

They don't have veal saltimbocca but they do have chicken saltimbocca. However, their description of chicken saltimbocca is contrary to the definition of saltimbocca I looked up in a cooking dictionary.

It's a west coast thing I'm sure. Our Italian restaurants suck compared to back east whereas the mexican restaurants back east suck compared to here. (A certain mexican restaurant back east that I heard good things about proved to serve the WORST MEXICAN FOOD EVER)



I'm not saying where it is, but I'm just saying . . .yuck!

 

Northern or Southern Italian? Which is your preference?

 

Anything with pasta, tomato, and most important CHEESE(s) lots and lots of cheese, all kinds of cheese, melting smothering cheese, powdered cheese!!!

MMMM, MMM
Lip smacking good!

 

i like the use of more meats and the heartyness of Northern Italian dishes. If in the mood for lighter fare then a Central Italian style such as Tuscan is good, especially something with lots of cheese (although I suffer the consequences later).

However,what we got here is really neither,although I guess it's more southern/Sicilian - ish a homogenized version of it rather. Americanized Italian I guess, heavy on tomato sauce, a little of everything with a major Sicilian influence. And "pizza", which as we know it here, really isn't.

Lasagna, chicken parm, that kind of stuff, with lots of cheese. I know it's not "real" but overall I like it best. I guess it's the AmericanHomogenizedBastardized version of "Italian".

And in Lost Angeles it's even more "Disneyesque" than "normal".

 

I think I might know where that is. Well yeah, guess our Mexican food isn't so Mexican afterall. I just go for the Margaritas anyway.

 

Kobi - You need to go t Sonny's Pizza in San Clemente. Absolutely amazing food, at a great price (under $15 for most entree's). Get there early, it fills up quick.

 

This place?

http://www.sonnys.com/


Here's their menu:

http://www.sonnys.com/index/menu/menu.asp


I don't think LT or Zap would approve as it does not have Veal Francaise or Saltimbocca, but I'll give it a shot next time I'm down south.

 

Sbarro!

 

That'd be it...my favorite is Sonny's Famous Shells in either the shrimp and crab marinara or white wine clam sauce... I ALWAYS make it a point to go there while I am in town... Pizza and lazagna are good also.

 

I just love food Not particular what kind usually