Sunday, October 12, 2008

La Scala Fine Italian

117 N Gaston Ave
Somerville, NJ 08876

We just came home from a phenomenal dinner at La Scala in Somerville. We started with a Caprese Salad appetizer. It had fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, red onion, basil, and a balsamic reduction. It was the perfect size for our party of four, and was simply outstanding. We very much enjoyed our warm rolls, which were served with an olive oil mixture as well as caponata.

We each enjoyed our meals a great deal, and were sharing from them because we were so happy. Each entree was served with a decent sized house salad (or soup; we all chose salad). One of us chose the tre fungi ravioli, the plate of which was practically licked clean. Another chose the Chicken Marsala--he enjoyed it, remarking that the chicken was so tender, although he was a little disappointed by the marsala sauce. Another had the Chicken Francese, and was quite pleased. Finally, I had the Chicken La Scala, which is served with a sherry wine sauce, pears, and cranberries. It was outstanding. In all, the portion sizes were remarkable (my entree had two thin pounded chicken breasts, as well as green beans and mashed potatoes), and the prices were reasonable. All this food and the bill came to around $80.

The atmosphere was quite nice, and our service was outstanding.

The restaurant is BYOB. I was able to make my reservation online, which was then confirmed via telephone.

My husband and I commented that we will surely return to La Scala.

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Sunday, October 5, 2008

Hoagie Hut

357 Union Ave, Bridgewater, NJ

We went to this deli yesterday for some yummy sandwiches after reading some great reviews on Yahoo! local. The hubs and I split a hoagie on a whole wheat roll. I'm not sure what it was about the sandwich, but neither of us was blown away by it. It might have been that the roll wasn't that great, but I was sort of disappointed in the hoagie as a whole. We declared that if we were in the area, we'd go back, but wouldn't make a special trip.


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