2008/03/03
I went to Babbo with a party of six, which comprised a couple people intensely into food, a couple people casually into food, and a couple people that didn't really know anything at all about food. We each got an app, an entree, and most of us got desserts. I tried them all. So out of 19 dishes, there was only one that wasn't delicious. Everyone liked what they got, and I couldn't really reproach any of the dishes in any serious way.
The one dish that was not so good was the famous two-minute calamari. I'd heard that it was so good. Jeanette ordered it, and it was just some calamari rings in red sauce. There was nothing distinctive about it, but there was no beauty in the simplicity, either. The calamari were fairly tough. The sauce was not spicy. It might as well have been from Olive Garden.
Still, 18 out of 19 is a pretty spectacular run for any restaurant. I don't find the food at Babbo exciting, and indeed, none of the dishes stand out in my memory as being special. But pure deliciousness counts for quite a lot.
Posted by Barzelay on 2008/03/03 @ 22:50 | Comments (0) | Restaurants