柏忠毅的 'the Daily Biff' - 2007 06 06

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Wed, 06 Jun 2007

Restaurant Review: Pallino Pastaria

Restaurant:	Pallino Pastaria
Cuisine:	Pasta/Pizza/Panini/Soup/Salad
Rating:	Tasty
Price:	about $20 for a family of 4
Location:	6150 East Lake Sammamish Parkway, Issaquah (by Fred Meyer, Home Depot, etc)
Website:	www.pallino.com

We eat at Pallino more than any other restaurant. I'm actually surprised I have not posted a review before... maybe I'd always presumed I'd already done so, or that I'd just get it the next time. Not sure. Anyway, I took the kids out to lunch today. We weren't planning on eating at Pallino, and had actually drove out to Preston to find the new location of Sherm's BBQ. We found Sherm's but they were out of the Sherm's scrumptious homemade Mac-n-Cheese. So we bailed and went to Pallino instead.

Pallino has tasty food. It's not the best food ever, but it is very solid for the price point (just a couple dollars more per person than McDonald's). Over the years and probably two or three dozen visits to Pallino, I've had quite a bit of the food on the Pallino menu. The Bruschetta is an excellent appetizer to start with. I haven't had a Panini there I didn't like. The Fagioli (Tuscan white bean soup) is superb. The pizzas are all quite good. Of the salads I've tried, the Dolcetto is the best... while the Caprese is a close second. For pasta, my recommendation is to stick with the seafood dishes. The bread (all you can eat) is very moist and chewy... great with a pad of butter.

As much as the kids love Sherm's Mac-n-Cheese, I think they probably like the Mac-n-cheese at Pallino better. Or maybe I'm projecting... because it actually is better (even if the kids don't realize it). Today I got them some dessert to try too. A regular and a chocolate cannoli (Curious George's favorite dessert... dontchaknow?). They liked the chocolate one better than the original (I thought they were both good).

Summary: Part of our standing rotation... a solid choice for lunch or dinner with the family.

(Update Mon Jun 25 16:28:07 PDT 2007 // fixed bad grammar)

:: Posted by rus on Wed, 06 Jun 2007 10:18 pm
:: Filed under /reviews/restaurants

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