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La Caprese Mozzarella at it's Best!  on 8/7/2010 Taste: 5   Presentation: 4   Originality: 4 Review: I've always wondered how some places manage to mess up caprese. Its not exactly a complicated dish. But it takes a few things to make it very very good -- good and FRESH mozzarella, a good choice of balsamico and FRESH juicy tomatoes. Capellini had just the right blend of all the ingredients to make for a fantastic start to my meal. BTW, the bread her is great as well!

RAVIOLI ROSSO E VERDE Deceivingly Delightful  on 8/7/2010 Taste: 4   Presentation: 4   Originality: 3 Review: I've been to Capellini's before but was frankly never too impressed. And then someone recommended the ravioli. It wasn't particularly unique and frankly when I first saw it I thought I'd be hungry after eating it. But it was wholesome and tasty. I don't recommend Capellini in general, but if you're there you can't go wrong with the ravioli. (skip the butternut squash ravioli.. the sauce is uber-bland).

Ricanelas Yum!  on 8/1/2010 Taste: 5   Presentation: 3   Originality: 5 Review: Ok. wow. So I bought this flavor mostly because I like to try strange things that I cannot recognize. Ricanelas wasn't a familiar flavor but I loved it the moment I tasted it and I later found out the primary ingredients were snickerdoodle dough and cinnamon. It was absolutely uplifting! Enough Said! OH and an aside.. I was quitting ice cream after that night at the creamery. This was a painful yet wonderful way to begin my resistance to excess calories and sugar! But YOU should still go eat some!

Salted Caramel Ice Cream Talk about Unique!  on 8/1/2010 Taste: 4   Presentation: 3   Originality: 5 Review: I never thought salt would be good in ice cream but boy was I wrong. The tinge of saltiness balances out the ample sweetness of the caramel just perfectly. A wonderful one time experience like eating garlic ice cream but not sure if I'd get it over and over again. SOrry.. could not take photo :(

Gnocchi Alla Zafferano Unique and delightful  on 7/28/2010 Taste: 4   Presentation: 3   Originality: 5 Review: So last week I reviewed a Gnocchi dish at Pasta? in Palo Alto and basically tore it apart because it deserved to be. This week I tried another gnocchi dish at a much more authentic Italian restaurant in SF - E Tutto Qua. The gnocchi alla zafferano normally comes with clams but I had mine without. The little pasta dumplings at Tutto were cooked to perfection and definitely fresh. The zafferano or saffron was fragrant and not overpowered by a light white wine sauce. The dish could have used a few more veggies and maybe just a little more zest and flavor to the sauce. But overall, better than most!

Gnocchi Tartufati totally un-awesome  on 7/21/2010 Taste: 1   Presentation: 2   Originality: 2 Review: I'll keep this brief. The gnocchi was dry and definitely not freshly made. The sauce had little taste and almost no flavor. I ordered the truffle cream -- but there was no truffle flavor, no nutmeg flavor, just cream. skip this one.