all i can say is, finally!

barbuzzo has been on my “restaurants i’m dying to go to but can’t ever seem to get a table” list for quite some time now. way back in december my friend emailed out that she got a table for january 22nd at 5pm [early yes, but we took it]. there was no way i was turning that down.

the menu starts out 2 crostinis with “from the chef.”

smashed fava-goat cheese (w/ preserved lemon, mint, evoo) & smoky chickpea (w/ roasted garlic, cumin, smoked pimeton). both were insanely delicious.

next up was the “first course.” between the 5 of us we ended up getting all 3 options.

i went with the roasted beet salad (w/ goat cheese, orange, pistachio pesto, tuscan kale). my friend who also ordered this and i decided that while the salad was very good, we would have liked some more fruit & beets. but flavor wise it was very good!

one of my friends ordered the sheep’s milk ricotta (w/ sherry soaked figs, evoo, vin cotto, herbs and sea salt). i asked her how she liked it and all she was “very good.” so, i think i might have to order this next time i’m there!

my other two friends went with the barbuzzo meatball slider (w/ warm caciocavallo, balasamic onion jam, rustic tomato sauce, sweet potato chips). again i asked their thoughts and all i got was a “really good.” they did say that they really liked how the cheese was on the inside (!) and therefore the buns weren’t soggy or sliding off the meatball.

next up, “second course”!

3 out of the 5 of us ordered the pan seared gnocchi. we ordered it vegeterian so we did without the prosciutto. it came with kohlrabi, wood roasted mushrooms and homemade truffle butter. to quote my friend liz, “they are little puffs of heaven.” and they were. it was delicious.

my other friend ordered the grilled bronzino with artichoke-mushroom farro and sicilian tomato pesto. she really liked it. 

& lastly my other friend ordered the capricciosa pizza with san marzanos, fior di latte, proscuitto cotto, hot coppa, artichokes and castelvetrano olives (she ordered it vegetarian style though). the pizza was huge, but at least she has left overs for today!

& for dessert… salted caramel budino (obviously). it’s layers of heaven. the bottom is a dark chocolate crust with a vanilla bean caramel on top (& whipped cream). the salted caramel was out of this world. i’m going to be craving this for days, i just know it.

overall, very positive RW experience. i definitely need a week off before i hit up 2 more restaurants next week! stay tuned!