Vetro

Feb 06, 2008

bull bull s**t

so i take the wife out for the 1st anniversary. She isn't into French and since we had plans for Indigo later this month the only place i hadn't been to which was swanky enough was Vetro.

so we get there and the place comes out of the new york chic kit(plenty of marble, white walls version) however i think the coloured glass is retarded looking.

we were seated for a minute and asked to go in for a wine tasting but before we could onwards, to the table.

the service is fairly friendly but pretty slow. not impressed as to how long they take, especially considering it was Wed night and the place was full.

the menu has heavy use of black truffles which i personally find amazingly tasty. so we started with a bruschetta and a polenta and black truffle crostini. the bruschetta was below average and the polenta was downright bland (how the f*** do you make black truffles taste bland?)


next came the soup, minestrone fairly below par again, salvaged only by the liberal dose of pepper (and no, i dont equate Italian cuisine with tomato usage)
by the time i was wondering if the next two things would be a washout. Well, we got the recommended Ravioli with ricotta and Risotto with mushrooms and black truffle.

Well well, the ravioli was good, def up there but the risotto was top notch, out of this world. Complex yet subtle, the taste was many things in one. Wife thought it was the best Risotto ever.

The wine list was RETARDEDly priced. i cant tell you how man zeros were there next to the digits. I mean shit they probably just wanted to see how ridiculous they could be. (2400 a glass of Moet no mention of the vintage) i ended up having my usual Sula Shiraz and i bet i could get two bottles for what i paid for one glass.

The dessert was the Tiramisu with a blueberry sorbet. The tiramisu was not bad, acceptable (450 a piece, it better be) the sorbet was out of this world.

Overall, the ambiance is ok, the crowd mostly white, the service slow but friendly. The food, well the entrees were great, the soup and primi platter unacceptable (just like Corleone)

I am not a cheapskate by a long shot. But it is absolutely no value for money when it comes to the food they serve. A place like Indigo costs just as much and the food is not only good, its fairly inventive and has some effort put into it.

Damage for 2 with a glass of wine and an ice tea 3900.

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